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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.\n\nC\n\nThe 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.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1327107,"text":"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. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 312<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2002, chapter 40<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 815<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1417671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356463,"identifier":"28.2-111","token":"28.2\/I\/1\/3\/28.2-111","url":"\/28.2-111\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-111\/","token":"28.2\/I\/1\/3\/28.2-111","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adoption of guidelines and forms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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

B.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall adopt Ballast Water<\/span> 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<\/span> shall adopt procedures to distribute the Ballast Water<\/span> Control Report form to the operator<\/span> of a commercial vessel<\/span>, or to a ship agent for the operator<\/span>, at the time the commercial vessel<\/span> enters state waters or as soon thereafter as practicable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall submit copies of the forms received from operators<\/span> of commercial vessels<\/span> and ship agents acting on behalf of operators<\/span> of commercial vessels<\/span> with the National Ballast Water<\/span> Information Clearinghouse of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on a quarterly basis. The Virginia Maritime Association shall submit such forms to the Commission<\/span> monthly. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADOPTION OF GUIDELINES AND FORMS (\u00a7 28.2-111)\n\nA. The Commission shall adopt the federal guidelines as the guidelines governing\nvoluntary ballast water management practices to be followed by the operators of\ncommercial vessels. The guidelines adopted by the Commission shall not require a\ncommercial vessel to be operated in a manner that may threaten the safety of the\ncommercial vessel, its crew or its passengers.\n\nB. The Commission shall adopt Ballast Water Control Report forms, consistent\nwith the form adopted by the United States Coast Guard and set forth in 33\nC.F.R. Part 151, Subpart D, Appendix, to monitor compliance with the guidelines\nadopted pursuant to this section. The Commission shall adopt procedures to\ndistribute the Ballast Water Control Report form to the operator of a commercial\nvessel, or to a ship agent for the operator, at the time the commercial vessel\nenters state waters or as soon thereafter as practicable.\n\nC. The Commission shall submit copies of the forms received from operators of\ncommercial vessels and ship agents acting on behalf of operators of commercial\nvessels with the National Ballast Water Information Clearinghouse of the\nSmithsonian Environmental Research Center on a quarterly basis. The Virginia\nMaritime Association shall submit such forms to the Commission monthly.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 312; 2002, c. 40; 2010, c. 815.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}