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Laws and Regulations Pertaining to UNDS

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Newsletter: UNDS Tidings

This official UNDS newsletter describes various activities and apprises you of recent progress in the development of the UNDS rulemaking. All past and current issues are available below.

  • Vessels of the Armed Forces Vol. 7 No. 2 (Fall 2006)
  • Complying with the Coastal Zone Management Act Vol. 7 No. 1 (Spring 2006)
  • Phase II Batch Rulemaking—Focus on Batch Two Vol. 6 No. 1 (Fall 2005)
  • UNDS Phase II Update Vol. 5 No. 1 (Summer 2003)
  • UNDS Phase II Underway Vol.4 No.1 (Spring 2000)
  • UNDS Final Rule Published in the Federal Register Vol.3 No.1 (Spring 1999)
  • UNDS Proposed Rule Published in the Federal Register Vol.2 No.2 (Summer 1998)
  • Identifying and Assessing UNDS Discharges Vol.2 No.1 (Spring 1998)
  • State Involvement in UNDS Development Vol.1 No.5 (September/October 1997)
  • Ballast Water Management: Defending Our Waters from Invasive Species Vol.1 No.4 (July/Aug. 1997)
  • Membrane Filtration—A Promising New Shipboard Technology Vol.1 No.3 (May/June 1997)
  • The US Navy's RDT&E Program Vol.1 No.2 (March/April 1997)
  • An UNDS Primer Vol.1 No.1 (January/February 1997)

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Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Uniform National Discharge Standards homepage is the homepage for the EPA's Ocean Regulatory Programs, Uniform National Discharge Standards for Incidental Liquid Discharges from Vessels of the Armed Forces.

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