INVITATION FOR COMMENTS RELATED TO THE US EPA DRAFT REGULATIONS ON VIDA
Circular Ref: O(20)95
Issue Date: 16 Nov 2020
The United States Environment Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on the Vessel Incident Discharge Act (VIDA) have recently been released in pre-publication form. These are available at:
The EPA is inviting comments on the proposed rule from all stakeholders with a deadline to receive comments by 25 November 2020.
Members are invited to review the draft regulations and send any comments that they have to the Secretariat.
Chamber of Shipping America have kindly provided their analysis of the rules which might be helpful in understanding the draft rule and its implications. This is attached below.
Members are requested to provide their comments to. Sunil Krishnakumar, ICS Senior Technical Adviser by 22 November 2020.