This article has been reprinted from the Oct. 24 USDA Grain Transportation Report.
On December 5, 2019, the California Air Resources Board will conduct a public hearing on a proposed regulation aimed at reducing air pollution at California ports and marine terminals.
Implementing several changes to the existing At-Berth regulation, the proposed regulation would further reduce emissions generated from oceangoing vessels at berth.
The new regulation would also help carriers meet compliance challenges stemming from operational difficulties that could not be foreseen when the existing regulation was written.
Furthermore, the proposed regulation would expand the scope of the existing regulation by increasing the number of controlled visits from the currently regulated vessel categories and by including new vessel categories (such as vehicle carriers and tanker vessels), new ports, and independent marine terminals.
Written comments not physically submitted at the hearing must be submitted by December 2, 2019.