EPA Seeks to Create Emission Control Areas to Limit Vessel Air Emissions Along Coastline of United States
Written by Darrell L. Conner (Washington, D.C.), Yvette T. Wissmann (Washington, D.C.)
Environmental pressures continue to mount on the shipping industry, and soon virtually the entire U.S. coastline will have new emission requirements in place if the International Maritime Organization ("IMO") approves a joint U.S.-Canada request to create Emission Control Areas ("ECA"). The new proposal was announced at a March 30, 2009 news conference by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), joined by officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and elected officials from New Jersey. But even if approved by the IMO and implemented in the U.S., can shipping companies comply with the new requirements?
