ACT/MERC Workshop: Ballast Water Compliance Monitoring Using Fluorometry
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4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Review and adjourn for the day
6:00 p.m – 7:30 p.m.
Reception at Fado Irish Pub for refreshments and hors d’oeuvres,
dinner on your own at one of several nearby Annapolis restaurants
Friday, 15 June 2012
SESYNC Center, Annapolis MD
Agenda
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Coffee and continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Review of day one and goals of day two (Tamburri ACT/MERC)
Part 3 Continued: Charge Question B - Can thresholds of “unambiguous exceedance” be established
for various fluorometric approaches?
8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Factoring in organisms less than 10 μm and those greater than 50
μm in size, non-photosynthetic organisms, various fluorescent
interferences, etc., when can we be “certain” a discharge has
exceeded the discharge regulations? (group discussions - Smith
ACT)
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Break
Part 4: Charge Question C -
What would be required to adapt the most promising approaches for use by
inspectors and/or integrated into a vessel ballast water monitoring system?
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Instrument design and performance requirements for fluorometers
automated into ship systems and for inspector handheld
instruments, instrument validation and SOPs, etc. (group
discussion - Johengen ACT)
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Conclusions, recommendations and next steps (Tamburri ACT/
MERC)
2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Travel reimbursement process and adjourn
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