May 1, 2007 Great Lakes Task Force Washington, DC Teresa Harten ETV Director, USEPA, ORD National Risk Management Research Laboratory May 1, 2007 Great Lakes Task Force Washington, DC Teresa Harten ETV Director, USEPA, ORD National Risk Management Research Laboratory Environmental Technology Verification Program Overview and Ballast Water Treatment and Monitoring Efforts

ETV Snapshot 4Created in 1995 to provide objective testing of commercial-ready environmental technologies 4Speeds implementation and helps solve environmental problems 4385 Verifications, 85 protocols completed 4Collaboration and privatization: funding from vendors and other partners at over 50% (30% cash and 20% in-kind) 4Web and international interest >3M hits/year

Research Proof of Development Demonstration Verification Commercialization/ Concept Deployment ETV Helps Technology Commercialization and Innovation

Example case study: Diesel Retrofit Technologies 7 tested 6 eligible for EPA grants program (ex: Clean School Bus) Minimum 1345 sold as result At 10% projected market penetration 9-31K tons PM reduced $4-15 B in monetary benefits avoided premature mortality

Currently Six ETV Centers – Two working in Ballast Water 4ETV Water Quality Protection Center NSF International 4ETV Advanced Monitoring Systems Center Battelle ETV P2 Coatings and Coating Equipment Pilot Concurrent Technologies Corporation ETV Air Pollution Control Technology Center RTI International ETV Drinking Water Systems Center NSF International ETV Greenhouse Gas Technology Center Southern Research Institute

What to Do?

How Do They Get Here ? Thousands of nonindigenous species are transported in ships’ ballast water from one port and released into other ports. Ballast water is required by ships worldwide to: –Maintain waterline & stability during loading & unloading operations –Maintain stability at sea –Aid propulsion & maneuverability –Reduce stress on hull Increased Importance of Ships as Transporters of Nonindigenous Species Ship size, number of ships, transit speeds, voyage frequency Combination leads to increase in number, type, vigor of organisms introduced with ballast water

US ETV Ballast Water Monitoring and Treatment 4Collaboration with Coast Guard on: Treatment technology - develop and validate testing protocol for technology performance Exchange screening technology – verify technology performance

Coast Guard and USEPA ETV Background 4Coast Guard regulates ballast water discharge Coast Guard entered into MOU with EPA ETV to jointly develop testing protocol for ballast water treatment technology 4Interagency Agreement funded by Coast Guard at $750K for ETV to develop protocol

Treatment Technology Protocol Development 4A draft protocol has been developed (and used as basis of International Maritime Organization recommendations). 4A test facility at Naval Research Laboratory in Key West was built per the protocol specifications. 4This past winter a technology test was conducted to help validate the protocol.

Ballast Water Treatment Technology Verification Naval Research Lab Ballast Water Technology Testing Facility at Key West, FL

Ballast Water Treatment Technology Verification One of four zooplankton sampling nets in the 100 m 3 ballast tank used to collect organisms after treatment

Ballast Water Treatment Technology Verification Severn-Trent DeNora’s BalPure Ballast Water Treatment System, was selected by the Coast Guard to pilot test ETV protocol. The system is based on an electrochlorination process and is used in both ballasting and deballasting cycles

Treatment Technology Protocol Development, cont. 4As result of the test, recommendations for changes to the protocol are currently being developed by a peer review group. 4Likely there will be a recommendation from the group to conduct another validation test to finalize the protocol. 4Another Coast Guard funded effort (outside of ETV) will help inform final protocol. 4University laboratory-based testing of organisms to determine susceptibility to current treatment methods/chemicals.

Ballast Water Exchange Screening Technology Verification Ballast exchange involves back-flushing the tanks and is both a time consuming and dangerous operation. Performing ballast water exchange can de-stabilize a vessel and cause hull stress. Ballast water exchange cannot be performed during conditions of high seas often encountered in North Atlantic routes.

4Ballast water exchange is the current approach used by ships to reduce introduction of invasive species. 4Coast Guard is funding ETV verification of one ballast water exchange screening technology that they are considering for use to monitor whether a ship has exchanged its ballast water. 4Report to be complete by end of Other commercial-ready technologies are available and could be verified in future. Ballast Water Exchange Screening Technology Verification

Dakota Technologies “BEAM” Ballast Water Exchange Screening Tool