Ballast Water Bill -- S.373 -- Would Open Coasts and Great Lakes to Invasive Species Assault

<> Ballast Water Bill Would Open Coasts and Great Lakes to Invasive Species Assault - The US Senate Commerce Committee reported a bill to the Senate that would exempt ship ballast water—the source of numerous damaging invasive species infestations in the Great Lakes, inland waterways and sensitive waters along the entire American coastline—from the Clean Water Act. S. 373: Vessel Incidental Discharge Act