Cruise Ship Lines Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

The Department of Ecology, Port of Seattle, and Northwest CruiseShip Association negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at improving the treatment of waste discharges from cruise ships operating in Washington waters.

Below are links to the original MOU, amended MOU, appendices, and other information. Ecology welcomes your comments as we implement this agreement.

• Current MOU: Amendment No. 4 signed May 19, 2008
• Original MOU – This is the Memorandum of Understanding as signed on April 20, 2004.
• Summary of Amendments
• 2008 Cruise Season
  • 2008 Discharge Status
  • 2008 Cruise Season Bivalve Shellfish Beds information
  • 2008 Cost Recovery Agreement - Coming Soon
• Sampling:
  • Guidelines for Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing for Cruise Ship Wastewater Discharges
  • Summary of Sampling Results for 2004

Previous Cruise Seasons

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