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CDAWG Regulatory Update Marine Shipping Initiative Santa Barbara Channel

Vessel Speed Reduction:

Protecting Blue Skies

&

Blue Whales

Program Proof of Concept

Dave Van Mullem

Air Pollution Control OfficerOctober 8, 2014

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Overview• Proof of Concept• Incentivize ($) reducing speed to 12 knots or

less for transits July-October 2014• Blue whale season in Channel• Ozone season for Central

Coast Air Basin

• Modeled after successful LA & LB Ports Programs

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Trial Program Area

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Will An Incentive Program Work?

• No regulatory hammer so will ships participate?

• Can speeds & associated emission reductions be verified?

• How will incentive funding work, pricing and process?

• If ships slow down, why did they?

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Participating Companies

• K Line• COSCO• Hapag-Lloyd• Maersk Line• Matson• United Arab Shipping Company• Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL)

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Trial Program Outreach

• News release issued August 4th with partners – Regional, national, and international

coverage; plus shipping industry publications

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• National Marine SanctuaryChannel Islands (NOAA)

• Environmental DefenseCenter

• Santa Barbara CountyAPCD

• Ventura County APCD

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VSR Partners

Trial Funding

• Total funding: $91,000• Covers 32 transits @ $2,500 each• Funding sources:

• Santa Barbara Foundation Grant• Santa Barbara County APCD • Ventura County APCD

• Funding processing: through National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

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Incentive Program Worked

• No regulatory hammer so will ships participate? Yes

• Can speeds & associated emission reductions be verified? Yes

• How will incentive funding work, pricing and process? $2,500 incentive worked, funds passed through NMS Foundation

• If ships slow down, why did they? TBD

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Back-Up Slides

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Program Design

• Speed reduction to 12 knots • Shipping company registers; ships and # of

transits pre-qualified• Speed verified prior to payment • Incentive per transit $2500; plus public

recognition

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National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

• Nonprofit that supports national marine sanctuaries

• Role in VSR Trial: signs agreements with shipping companies and handles funds contributed to program

• District MOA with Foundation for handling of District funds

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• Shipping a major source of air pollution:– Diesel particulate, air toxics, sulfur dioxide, greenhouse gases– Ozone-forming pollutants – nitrogen oxides (NOx) and reactive

organic compounds

County Sources of NOx (2010 Clean Air Plan)

Emissions Inventory

Stationary Sources 9%Area-Wide

Sources, 1%

On-Road Motor Ve-hicles 19%

Other Mobile Sources

17%

Marine Shipping, Santa Bar-

bara Channel

54%

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Shipping Emissions Projections

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Projected marine shipping emissions (ROG + NOx) (Source: CARB)

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Emission Control Areas• International Maritime Organization

designates Emission Control Area (ECA)– Ships traveling up to 200 miles off North American

must meet stricter fuel and new engine standards– Fuel sulfur limits effective Aug 2012 – match more

stringent State standards starting Jan. 2015

North American ECA

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Rules Timeline

  Covers ships in (Zone)

2000 2008 2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2020

IMO standard (Annex VI)

World New engines: Tier I NOx Fuel: 4.5% sulfur

Existing engines: Tier I NOx  

  New engines: Tier II NOx

Fuel:3.5% sulfur

      Fuel: 0.5% sulfur

Emission Control Area (ECA)  

200 nm off coast North America

      New engines: Tier II NOx

Fuel:1.0% sulfur

  Fuel: 0.1 % sulfur

New engines:Tier III NOx

 

CARB Fuel Rule

24 nm off CA coast

    Fuel:Sulfurgas oil 1.0%diesel oil 0.5%

Rule extends to 24 nm outside Ch. Islands

  Fuel:0.1 % sulfur

     

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