A collection of VGP legal background documents.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Petition to Administrator Carole Browner from the Pacific-Environmental Advocacy Center for repeal of 40 CFR 122.3(a) (PDF)(12 pp, 655 K)
- Draft Ballast Water Report Factsheet (PDF)(2 pp, 126 K)
- EPA's Draft Ballast Water Report: Aquatic Nuisance Species in Ballast Water Discharges (PDF)(58 pp, 460 K)
- Draft Ballast Water Report Appendices (PDF)(85 pp, 162 K)
- Memorandum of Agreement between EPA, Office of Research and Development, and the US Coast Guard on Collaborative Environmental Technology Verification (PDF)(11 pp, 86 K)
- Memorandum of Understanding between EPA, Office of Water, and the US Coast Guard on Collaborative Environmental Technology Verification (PDF)(6 pp, 206 K)
- Declaration of James A. Hanlon in Northwest Environmental Advocates et al. v. EPA, 2005 (PDF)(36 pp, 1 MB)
- Declaration of James A. Hanlon in Northwest Environmental Advocates et al. v. EPA, 2007 (PDF)(15 pp, 683 K)