2017 Minnesota Statutes 115.1701 – Definitions
Subdivision 1.Application.
For purposes of sections 115.1701 to 115.1707, the following terms have the meanings given them.
Subd. 3.Ballast water.
“Ballast water” means water taken on board a vessel to control trim, list, draft, stability, or stresses of the vessel, including matter suspended in the water, or any water placed into a ballast tank during cleaning, maintenance, or other operations.
Subd. 4.Ballast water management.
“Ballast water management” means mechanical, physical, chemical, and biological processes used, either singularly or in combination, to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water and sediment.
Subd. 6.Constructed.
“Constructed” means a state of construction of a vessel at which the keel is laid, construction identifiable with the specific vessel begins, assembly of the vessel has begun comprising at least 50 tons or one percent of the estimated mass of all structural material of the vessel, whichever is less, or the vessel undergoes a major conversion.