The Lake Michigan Federation (LMF) and Great Lakes United (GLU) hereby petition you, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act at 5 U.S.C.§553(e) and 33 CFR 1.05-20(a)(Petitions for Rulemaking), to reconsider your refusal, in the above cited regulation, to bar vessels from outside of U.S. waters from entry into the Great Lakes while they remain in violation of mandatory Ballast Water Management (BWM) reporting requirements. We urgently request that you issue a second correction to the Coast Guard’s new regulation that includes denial of entry to the Great Lakes as a penalty for violation of BWM reporting requirements before the new rules take effect on August 13, 2004.