Officials say proposed ballast water regulation could shut down Port of Oswego, St. L

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The federal Environmental Protection Agency is set to issue regulations on ballast water release from ships by the end of this month. Collister Johnson Jr., administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., said the U.S. Coast Guard will follow with its regulations soon after. He is hoping these new regulations will show New York state that its regulations are off base.

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It's a bunch of "horse-pucky" to think that 72,000 jobs would disappear. I don't really care if 72 K jobs in other countires disapear. The Great lakes need to be protected. With current technology, there's no reason these foreign owned ships can't be bulk transfer loaded somewhere way up the St Lawrence onto ships that have never seen the salt. Now that would create some jobs.