[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80833-80834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32193]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2010-1110]
Shipboard Air Emission Reduction Technology Report
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In Section 305 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010,
Congress directs the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast
Guard is operating to conduct a study, in conjunction with the
Environmental Protection Agency, on Ship Emission Reduction Technology
for cargo and passenger vessels that operate in United States waters
and ports. For this study, the Coast Guard and the Environmental
Protection Agency will survey new technology and new applications of
existing technology for reducing air emissions from cargo and passenger
vessels regulated under the Clean Air Act and the Act to Prevent
Pollution from Ships, and identify the impediments, including any laws
or regulations, to the implementation of this technology. Through this
notice, the Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency invite
the public to provide information on the state of current and future
air emission reduction technology, including specific comments on any
impediments to this technology.
DATES: Comments and related material must either be submitted to our
online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before January 18,
2011 or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2010-1110 using any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202-372-1925.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call or e-mail LT Nicholas Woessner, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 202-
372-1307, e-mail [email protected]. If you have questions on
viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to submit comments and related material to be
incorporated into the Shipboard Air Emission Reduction Technology
report to Congress. All comments received will be posted, without
change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal
information you have provided.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the
docket number for this notice (USCG-2010-1110) and provide a reason for
each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and
material online, or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only
one of these means. We recommend that you include your name and a
mailing address, an e-mail address, or a telephone number in the body
of your document so that we can contact you if we have questions
regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
click on the ``submit a comment'' box, which will then become
highlighted in blue. In the ``Document Type'' drop down menu select
``Notices'' and insert ``USCG-2010-1110'' in the ``Keyword'' box. Click
``Search'' then click on the balloon shape in the ``Actions'' column.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an
unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period.
Viewing the comments: To view the comments for the report to
Congress on Ship Emission Reduction Technology, go to http://www.regulations.gov, click on the ``read comments'' box, which will
then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG-
2010-1110'' and click ``Search.'' Click the
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``Open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. If you do not have
access to the internet, you may view the docket online by visiting the
Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. We have an agreement with the Department of
Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a
Privacy Act, system of records notice regarding our public dockets in
the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Background and Purpose
The U.S. implemented the Clean Air Act, Title 42 of the U.S. Code,
Chapter 85, and the Act to Prevent Pollution from ships, 33 U.S.C.
1905-1915, by promulgating regulations for ship air emissions in Title
40, Protection of Environment, sections 50-99 of the Code of Federal
Regulations and ratifying the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol
of 1978 (MARPOL) Annex VI. These regulations require the reduction of
nitrous oxides (NOX), sulfur oxides (SOX), and
particulate matter (PM) emissions from ships. Additionally, the U.S.
has established an emission control area (ECA) for the U.S. under
MARPOL Annex VI that further limits NOX and SOX
emissions from ships. Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations and
MARPOL Annex VI apply to both new and existing ships and will require
the commercial maritime industry to implement new technology that will
reduce NOX, SOX and PM emissions from all ships.
In developing the ship air emission regulations, the Coast Guard
and the Environmental Protection Agency worked with industry and other
stakeholders to identify and evaluate emission control technology for
ships.\1\ At this time, the Coast Guard and the Environmental
Protection Agency seek additional information about new and existing
technology for reducing these air emissions from cargo or passenger
vessels subject to Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations and/or
MARPOL Annex VI. It also seeks to identify impediments, including any
laws or regulations, to implementing this technology.
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\1\ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ``Regulatory Impact
Analysis: Control of Air Pollution from Category 3 Marine Diesel
Engines, EPA-420-R-09-019, December 2009.
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We are particularly interested in information that includes details
about:
--Data and analysis from the maritime community concerning the
state of their air emission reduction technologies;
--The technology relating to after-treatment systems, alternative
fuels, advanced engine design, auxiliary equipment, and other pertinent
processes;
--The projected or measured percent reduction of air emissions
achieved from specific equipment;
--Any adverse impacts, safety implications, or any system
integration effects with other shipboard equipment;
--Potential capital and operating costs or savings of the
equipment's implementation.
Please consider the following questions when responding to this
notice:
(A) What new technology exists for reducing air emissions from
cargo or passenger ships?
(B) What is the availability of such technology?
(C) What methods or equipment are currently under development that
may be able to meet the MARPOL Annex VI requirements?
(D) Are methods or equipment being applied for similar purposes in
other transportation modes or industries (e.g., military, rail, over-
the-road truck industries, manufacturing, power) that merit
investigation for use aboard vessels?
Authority
This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 14
U.S.C. 93(a)(4).
Dated: December 17, 2010.
J. G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2010-32193 Filed 12-22-10; 8:45 am]
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