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Coast Guard formally agrees to assist EPA in the detection and reporting of deficiencies under EPA’s vessel general permit program

• Blank Rome LLP
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• USA
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• February 21 2011

On February 11, 2011, the Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") outlining the steps the agencies will take to better coordinate efforts to implement and enforce the requirements of EPA's Vessel General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Vessels ("VGP"), which became effective on February 6, 2009