2005 House Resolution 53

Offered in the House

April 20, 2005

Offered by Rep. Kathleen Law (D-23)

To urge the United States Coast Guard to immediately eliminate the "No Ballast on Board" (NOBOB) exemption from regulations on ballast water management and require all ships with ballast tanks that enter the Great Lakes to conform to all regulations for ballast water management in federal law.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment