Shippers Seek Review Of EPA Vessel Discharge Standards For ‘Lakers’

A shipping industry group is asking an appellate court to review the Biden EPA’s final rule governing ballast water discharges from ships, a suit that will test whether the Trump administration supports the rule’s provisions regulating new “Laker” ships that operate exclusively in the Great Lakes. The Lake Carriers Association (LCA) filed a Jan. 17 petition for review to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the agency’s final vessel incidental discharge national standards of...