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shorepower -- Extension of Deadline for Vessel Fleet and Terminal Plans Submittal
Posted: 24 Jun 2016 16:30:59
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is extending the Vessel Fleet and Terminal Plans submittals due date from July 1, 2016 to October 1, 2016. The Airborne Toxic Control Measure for Auxiliary Diesel Engines Operated on Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth in a California Port (At-Berth Regulation) requires that affected fleet operators submit a plan to ARB identifying the compliance option they will use to reduce at-berth emissions at a port and outlining how vessels in the fleet will comply with the requirements of the regulation. Operators of terminals are also required to provide updated plans to ARB outlining how the terminal will provide the necessary infrastructure for affected fleets to comply with the regulation. The submittal of the vessel and terminal plans for the upcoming 70 percent reduction requirement is now due to ARB on October 1, 2016. For more information on the At-Berth Regulation and this extension, please visit the Shore Power website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/shorepower/shorepower.htm To download updated terminal and vessel plan reporting forms, please visit the “Forms and Tools” section of the shore power website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/shorepower/forms/forms.htm If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Jonathan Foster, Air Resources Engineer, at (916) 327-1512 or Lynsay Carmichael, Air Resources Engineer, at (916) 327-5784 or shorepower@arb.ca.gov. Background: In December 2007, the Air Resources Board approved the At-Berth Regulation (Shore Power). The purpose of the regulation is to reduce emissions from diesel auxiliary engines on container ships, passenger ships, and refrigerated-cargo ships while berthing at a California Port. The regulation provides two options to reduce at-berth emissions: 1) turn off auxiliary engines and connect the vessel to some other source of power; or 2) use alternative control technique(s) that achieve equivalent emission reductions. The At-Berth Regulation affects operators of container-ship or refrigerated-cargo-ship fleets whose vessels cumulatively make 25 or more visits annually to one affected California port and operators of passenger-ship fleets whose vessels cumulatively make five or more visits annually to one affected California port. The affected California ports are: the Port of Hueneme, the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), the Port of Long Beach (POLB), the Port of Oakland, the Port of San Diego and the Port of San Francisco. Terminal operators at the affected ports who receive 50 or more visits are required to submit a plan to CARB demonstrating how they will accommodate shore power and/or reduced emissions vessel visits for the vessel fleet’s January 1, 2017 requirements. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.
