The Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance just updated its website with the following joint document from the Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency:

Coast Guard and EPA Revised protocols on referrals under MARPOL Annex VI as implemented by the Act to prevent pollution from ships

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