The speakers on the panel will provide different perspectives on how ballast water regulation and technology has created the current state of invasive species in the Great Lakes. This workshop will also enable participants to understand the regulatory challenges facing ballast water today while fully appreciating the current state of technology that is rising to the challenge of invaders. This presentation was given by Allegra Cangelosi, President, Northwest-Midwest Institute.

1. Who
We
Are,
What
We
do,
Where
are
the
GL-­‐
Relevant
BWMS?
Presenta)on
by
Allegra
Cangelosi,
PI
Great
Ships
Ini)a)ve,
Northeast-­‐Midwest
Ins)tute

2. Presenta9on
Outline
• Who
we
are
• What
we
can
do
and
what
we
are
doing
• Where
are
the
Great
Lakes-­‐relevant
BWMS?

3. Who
we
are
….
Funders
Advisors
• MARAD
• US
EPA
GLRI
-­‐
USCG
MARAD
• GLPF
• City
of
Superior
(in
kind)
• GL
States
• GL
Ci)es
• NGOs
• Ship
owners
• US/CDN
agencies
• Port
authori)es
• Seaway
orgs
Partners
• NEMWI
• UWS-­‐Superior
-­‐
LSRI
• UM-­‐Duluth-­‐
NRRI
• AMI
Engineers
• IL
Partners
Clients
and
Peers
GSI
• BWT
Tes)ng
Facili)es
• BWTS
Developers
• Regulators

4. “Independent
Laboratory”
Partners
• Ils
alone
can
supply
data
to
USCG
for
Type
Approval
considera)on
• GSI
part
of
the
first
IL,
comprising
– NSF,
Intl.
– GSI
–
Freshwater
Tes)ng
– MERC
–
Salt
and
Brackish
Water
Tes)ng
– Retliffe
Associates
–
“Shake,
RaWle
and
Roll”
Tes)ng

5. GSI
Peers,
BWT
Tes9ng
Facili9es

6. What
We
Do:
GL
BWMS-­‐Related
Research
Services
• Research
Quality
Objec)ves:
• Independent/Transparent/
Public/Mutually
Credible
• Research
Scales:
• Bench/Land-­‐Based
/
Shipboard
• Research
Purposes:
• Risk-­‐Release
Rela)onship/
Valida)on
Methods
Dvpt/
BWMS
Valida9on
Tes9ng

7. Need
for
FW-­‐
and
GL-­‐Specific
BWMS
Research
• Peculiari)es
of
Freshwater
Species
Assemblages
– Organism
size
range
(zooplankton
example)
– Types
of
organisms
(phytoplankton
example)
• Peculiari)es
of
GL-­‐Relevant
Trades
– Voyage
dura)ons
(US
lakers
and
Canadian
lakers:
hours
to
days;
sal)es:
days
to
weeks)
– Ship
construc)on
(no
coa)ngs
on
US
laker
tanks)
• Peculiari)es
of
Physical/Chemical
Medium
– O`en
cold
– No
salinity
– Drinking
water
source

8. GSI
BWMS
Valida9on
Tes9ng
• For:
• Bio-­‐Effec)veness
• Opera)onal
Func)onality
• Environmental
Soundness:
• Through:
• Proof
of
Concept
Test
• Prototype
Status
Tests
• Cer9fica9on
Tests

9. Domes9c
and
Global
Regulatory
Context
for
BWT
Tes9ng
Interna)onal
Mari)me
Organiza)on
EPA
USCG
Indt.
Lab
(NSF
Intl)
GSI,
Other

15. GSI
2013
Ac9vi9es
• Risk–Release
Rela*onship
in
GL
• Mesocosm
Experiment
• Ship
Discharge/Harbor
Survey
Method
• BWMS
Valida)on
Methods
Development
– ETV
Shipboard
Protocol
Valida)on
on
Indiana
Harbor
– GSI
Ship
Discharge
Monitoring
Methods
Development
• Evalua)ng
BWMS
– Proof
of
Concept
Tes)ng:
3-­‐5
BWMS
Processes,
including
UV
– Status
Tes)ng
• Filter
System
Land-­‐Based
Trials
(6
Filters)
• Indiana
Harbor
Lye
Treatment
Trials
• Ranger
III
Hyde
Guardian
System
– Cert
Tes9ng:
Nothing
this
Year

16. Why
Not
More
Cert
Tes9ng
at
GSI?
• Issue
1:
US
Discharge
Requirement
End
Point
=“Live”
– UV
Systems
designed
to
reduce
“viable”
organisms
i.e.,
those
able
to
reproduce;
– Many
early
BWMS
employ
UV,
await
revision
of
U.S.
end
point;
• Issue
2:
Alterna)ve
Management
System
program
gives
BWMS
with
foreign
TA
a
5
year
“buy”
on
US
TA;
• Issue
3:
GSI
(like
MERC)
rela)vely
transparent
with
findings;
foreign
Test
Facili)es
offer
complete
confiden)ality
–
o`en
more
aWrac)ve
to
BWMS
vendors
for
early
tes)ng.
• Non-­‐Issue:
Fresh
water
is
unique
to
GL
– US
Type
Approval
for
FW
requires
tes)ng
in
FW
– Many
important
harbors
throughout
the
world
are
FW

17. What
is
to
Come?
• More
GSI
Cert
Tes)ng:
Meritorious
BWMS
that
achieve
AMS
will
next
seek
solid
US
Type
Approval
• Non-­‐Regulatory
Shipboard
Valida)ons:
Self-­‐
monitoring
of
BWMS
performance
post-­‐
installa)on
will
give
early
detec)on
of
weaknesses
and
boost
confidence
in
BWMS
standard
effec)veness
• Con)nued
Risk
Release
Inves)ga)on

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You!
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