FACING 'TRAIN WRECK,' EPA EYES FLEXIBILITY FOR SHIPS' DISCHARGE PERMIT

EPA is considering several options to provide regulators and industry with flexibility to implement a court-mandated general permit regulating commercial ship discharges, in order to avoid what one industry source says would be a "train wreck" stemming from inconsistencies in EPA's new program and existing state programs. Options that EPA is weighing include asking the court for more time to finalize and implement the permit, and other options aimed at addressing concerns from states that are unable to coordinate their...