Federal Register - "Expansion of Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, and Regulatory Changes"

Title: Expansion of Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, and Regulatory Changes Source: Federal Register Data/Action: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (Final Rule) Date: 3/12/2015 Text Preview: ...references to other resource agencies, such as the discharge regulation (Environmental Protection Agency), the regulation prohibiting take of certain species (NMFS)... ...Washington, and Alaska) and nationally (e.g., the Vessel General Permit [VGP]) of the EPA). Cruise ships are a unique class of vessel and have the potential to... ...anti-fouling hull coatings, cathodic protection, (as well as others described in the EPA VGP). Response: The exceptions for discharges (Sec. Sec. 922.81(a)(2)(iii)...