In June 2012, ACA's
AFWG developed and submitted the "In Water Hull Cleaning and Passive Leaching Study Protocol" to DPR and coordinated the funding of the study among copper suppliers and copper-based antifouling registrants in California.
Barbara Ibrahim, member of
AFWG and founding director of the John D.
In March 2011, members of the
AFWG and other affected registrants received a data request from the California DPR, "Clarification of Leach Rate Determination, Notice of Additional Data Requirements and Meeting Regarding the Reevaluation of Copper Based Anti-fouling Paint Pesticides.
ACA's
AFWG and other industry stakeholders had urged the California State Lands Commission to delete the performance standards from the proposed regulation and, instead, confine its provisions to those in the IMO Guidelines for Control and Management of Ships' Biofouling to Minimize the Transfer of Invasive Aquatic Species.
A key goal of the IPPIC
AFWG is to establish a standard approach to antifouling regulations globally, based on risk assessment.
