Washington § 77.120.050 - Pilot project — Private sector ballast water treatment operation.

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§ 77.120.050. Pilot project — Private sector ballast water treatment operation.

The shipping vessel industry, the public ports, and the department shall promote the creation of a pilot project to establish a private sector ballast water treatment operation that is capable of servicing vessels at all Washington ports. Federal and state agencies and private industries shall be invited to participate. The project will develop equipment or methods to treat ballast water and establish operational methods that do not increase the cost of ballast water treatment at smaller ports. The legislature intends that the cost of treatment required by this chapter is substantially equivalent among large and small ports in Washington.
[ 2000 c 108 s 6.]

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