                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES AND FORMS (§ 28.2-111)

A. The Commission shall adopt the federal guidelines as the guidelines governing
voluntary ballast water management practices to be followed by the operators of
commercial vessels. The guidelines adopted by the Commission shall not require a
commercial vessel to be operated in a manner that may threaten the safety of the
commercial vessel, its crew or its passengers.

B. The Commission shall adopt Ballast Water Control Report forms, consistent
with the form adopted by the United States Coast Guard and set forth in 33
C.F.R. Part 151, Subpart D, Appendix, to monitor compliance with the guidelines
adopted pursuant to this section. The Commission shall adopt procedures to
distribute the Ballast Water Control Report form to the operator of a commercial
vessel, or to a ship agent for the operator, at the time the commercial vessel
enters state waters or as soon thereafter as practicable.

C. The Commission shall submit copies of the forms received from operators of
commercial vessels and ship agents acting on behalf of operators of commercial
vessels with the National Ballast Water Information Clearinghouse of the
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on a quarterly basis. The Virginia
Maritime Association shall submit such forms to the Commission monthly.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 312; 2002, c. 40; 2010, c. 815.