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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 935
Author: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/2/11
AYES: Simitian, Strickland, Blakeslee, Hancock, Kehoe,
Lowenthal, Pavley
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Ballast water
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes technical changes to the Marine
Invasive Species Act for more thorough implementation by
the State Lands Commission.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, under the Marine Invasive
Species Act (Public Resources Code Section 71200 et seq.):
1. Imposes requirements on the master, owner, operator, or
person in charge of a vessel, as defined, to minimize
the uptake and release of nonindigenous species,
including the removal of hull fouling organisms and
cleaning of the ballast tanks regularly to remove
fouling organisms.
2. Provides that if an owner or operator of a vessel that
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applies to install an experimental ballast water
treatment system and the State Lands Commission (SLC)
approves that application on or before January 1, 2008,
SLC would be required to deem the system to be in
compliance with any future treatment standard adopted
for a period of five years.
3. Requires the owner or operator of a vessel to implement
specified interim performance standards for the
discharge of ballast water.
4. Defines terms for purposes of the Marine Invasive
Species Act.
This bill:
1. Changes the definition of "hull fouling" to
"biofouling."
2. Changes the definition of "submerged" to "wetted" and
expands it to include internal piping structures in
contact with water taken onboard the vessel.
3. Extends the date from January 1, 2008 to January 2016,
for which an owner or operator of a vessel applies to
install an experimental ballast water treatment system
and that the SLC approves the application and thus deems
the system to be in compliance with any future treatment
standard adopted, for a period not to exceed five years
from the date that the performance standards were
adopted.
4. Deletes reference to Table x-1 in 2006 SLC Report on
Performance Standards for Ballast Water Discharges in
California Waters, and replaces it with actual
performance standards from that report.
5. Makes conforming changes.
NOTE: This is the Senate Environmental Quality
Committee's annual omnibus bill.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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CTW:mw 5/17/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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