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State Consultation Meetings

Phase I

The Navy, EPA, and Coast Guard held two rounds of briefings with interested States during Phase I.

Round I

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The first round of UNDS consultation meetings was held between August and December of 1996. Twenty-one States accepted the offer to be briefed on UNDS and discuss State concerns.

The Round I Briefing outlined UNDS legislative requirements, efforts to identify and characterize vessel discharges, and the role of the Navy and EPA in the program.

Round II

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The second round of Phase I consultation meetings was held between October 1997 and January 1998. The Navy, EPA, and Coast Guard met with 22 States in this round of meetings.

The Round II Briefing contained more technical aspects of the UNDS process, including preliminary discharge determinations and analytical information supporting decisions to control or not control discharges. Prior to each meeting, the State representatives were provided with discharge summaries containing the description, analysis, and preliminary determination of each of the 39 Armed Forces vessel discharges.

Phase II

To date, the Navy, EPA, and Coast Guard have conducted two rounds of consultation meetings with interested States for Phase II.

Round I

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The first round of Phase II consultation meetings was held between August and December 1999. Twenty-four States accepted the offer to be briefed. In this round, both State water program and coastal management program representatives were briefed. The Phase II Round I brief reviewed Phase I decisions and discussed the general technical approach for Phase II.

Round II

The second round of Phase II consultation meeting was held between September 2003 and February 2004. Twenty-six States participated in the briefings. Similar to the previous round of outreach, State water program and coastal management program representatives were briefed. The Phase II Round II brief provided an update on the current status of Phase II, including a review of the preliminary performance standards for the five Batch One discharges -- surface vessel bilgewater/oil-water separator effluent, weather deck runoff, hull coating leachate, underwater ship husbandry, chain locker effluent, elevator pit effluent, and photographic laboratory drains.