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Court stops California from regulating shipping fuel standards
Posted By Walter Schneider On September 5, 2007 @ 6:16 am In Bunker Fuel, Emission Incidents & Issues, Sulphur Logistics, Ultra-Low-Sulphur Diesel | No Comments
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A federal court has stopped California from enforcing a new fuel standard designed to cut use of bunker fuel from cargo ships as they reach ports in the Golden State….
The Long Beach Press-Telegram reported that bunker fuel contains sulfur content as high as 27,000 parts per million, compared with U.S. diesel limits on cars and trucks of sulfur no higher than 15 parts per million….([1] Full Story)
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Note by folc.ca: At 27,000 parts per million, bunker fuel used by diesel-powered ships and locomotives contains 1,800 times as much sulphur by volume than does ultra-low-sulphur (ULS) Diesel at 15 parts per million used by highway trucks.
It appears that the [U.S.] EPA adamantly protects a system for waste-sulphur disposal through dispersion in the environment. Why would the EPA do that?
Article printed from Lamont County Environment: http://lce.folc.ca
URL to article: http://lce.folc.ca/2007/09/05/court-stops-california-from-regulating-shipping-fuel-standards/
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[1] Full Story: http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2007/Sep07/090307/090507-09.htm
[2] California legislation regarding marine diesels and sulfur-containing diesel fuel: http://lce.folc.ca/2007/02/21/california-legislation-regarding-marine-diesels-an
d-sulfur-containing-diesel-fuels/
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