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USCG - BWMS type-approval application

The US Coast Guard issued a bulletin stating that the Marine Safety Center (MSC) has received its fourth application for Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) type-approval for the BalClor Ballast Water Management System manufactured by Sunrui Environmental Engineering, Co. Ltd. (1/26/17) [http://mariners.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2017/01/26/application-received-requesting-bwms-type-approval-balcor/].

House - bill introduced re EEZ

Representative Issa (R-CA) introduced a bill (H.R. 475) to designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States". (1/11/17) [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-115hr475ih/pdf/BILLS-115hr475ih.pdf].

Senate - bill introduced re coastal data integration

Senator Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Digital Coast Act (S. 110) to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program to provide a digital information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to support collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, and for other purposes. (1/11/17) [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-115s110is/pdf/BILLS-115s110is.pdf].

Malta - oil spill response exercise

Transport Malta issued a press release stating that it and other stakeholders recently completed a four-day oil spill response exercise. (1/26/17) [http://www.transport.gov.mt/news/press-release-26-january-2017-oil-spill-response-training]. Fonte: Dennis Bryant.