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SAB Work Group fact finding regarding data and conclusions on ballast water treatment efficacy in the 2011 SAB report, Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: a Report by the EPA Science Advisory Board

08/12/2016


08/12/2016, 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM ET
Fact-finding
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Meeting Agenda

The purpose of this teleconference is fact finding regarding data on ballast water treatment efficacy and conclusions in the 2011 SAB report, Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: a Report by the EPA Science Advisory Board.

Meeting Materials


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CategoryMeeting Material
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficePresentation from Dr. Andrew Cohen, Center for Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: Analysis demonstrating that no designation of an "adequate confidence level" can support the Ballast Water Report's conclusion that five treatment types met the IMO D-2 standard but none met the 10x IMO D-2 standard (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen. Email Correspondence between Drs. Cohen, Tamburri, and Dobbs. Subject SAB Report. October 29, 2014 - October 31, 2016 (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen. Meeting materials and public comments submitted through 8/11/2016. Materials arranged in chronological order with comments by Dr. Cohen. (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: Ballast Water Advisory Panel draft Reports and draft responses to charge questions available on the Ballast Water Advisory Panel webpages. Hyperlinks provided. (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: Email correspondence from Drs. Dobbs and Cohen. Subject: Continued Discussion - All Former members of the SAB panel on Ballast Water. February 13, 2016 (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: Email correspondence from Drs. Drake and Tamburri. Subject: Re: All former members of the SAB Panel on Ballast Water treatment technology. February 12, 2015 (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: Email Correspondence. Dr. Cohen's March 30, 2016 response to Dr. Meyer's March 7, 2016 letter. Subject: Re: A response to Dr. Indy Burke's letter. (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: Email corrpondence between Drs. Ingrid Burke and Peter Thorne regarding the SAB Ballast Water Report. May 2015 - October 2015. (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: EPA repsonse to Dr. Ingrid Burke letter of January 26, 2016 (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: EPA response to March 2, 2015 letter from Dr. Cohen and signatories (PDF)
Public comment submitted to the SAB Staff OfficeSubmitted by Dr. Andrew Cohen: Suplemental Material for Cohen and signatories letter of March 2, 2016 (PDF)
SAB Staff Office MaterialCorrespondence regarding the corrections to the Ballast Water Report , Letter from Dr. Andrew Cohen, May 11, 2015 . (PDF)
SAB Staff Office MaterialCorrespondence regarding the corrections to the Ballast Water Report . Letter from Dr. Andrew Cohen and signatories, March 2, 2015 (PDF)
SAB Staff Office MaterialCorrespondence regarding the corrections to the Ballast Water Report . Letter from Dr. Judith Meyer, April 26, 2015. (PDF)
SAB Staff Office MaterialCorrespondence regarding the corrections to the Ballast Water Report. Letter from Dr. Ingrid Burke, January 26, 2016 (PDF)
SAB Staff Office MaterialCorrespondence regarding the corrections to the Ballast Water Report. Letter from Dr. Judith Meyer, March 7, 2016 (PDF)
SAB Staff Office MaterialEfficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: a Report by the EPA Science Advisory Board (EPA-SAB-11-009) (PDF)
SAB Staff Office MaterialEPA's response to Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: a Report by the EPA Science Advisory Board (PDF)
SAB Staff Office MaterialTable of meeting agendas and meeting minutes for the SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee, augmented for Ballast Water Advisory with hyperlinks (PDF)

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