Marine Vessel Emissions Reduction Act of 2008

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Introduced

24 May 2007

Last action

10 July 2008 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 870.

Summary

Marine Vessel Emissions Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations that, effective beginning on December 31, 2010, require specified marine vessels to use fuel that contains not more than 1,000 parts per million of sulfur in their main and auxiliary engines. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate interim regulations upon determining that compliance with such requirement is not technically feasible by such date. Authorizes the Administrator to provide for an alternative mechanism of compliance for a marine vessel if: (1) the vessel employs a control technology that reduces emissions of sulfur oxides and particulate matter to at least the same degree as the reduction that would be achieved through compliance with the applicable fuel sulfur content limitation; and (2) the emission reductions achieved are in addition to any reductions required to achieve compliance with an applicable engine emission standard. Requires: (1) the Administrator, no later than December 15, 2008, to establish and periodically revise standards for emissions of oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide from newly-manufactured and in-use main and auxiliary engines in oceangoing marine vessels that enter or leave a U.S. port or offshore terminal; and (2) such standards to require, beginning January 1, 2012, that the engines achieve the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through the application of available technology. Directs the Administrator, upon determining that the maximum level of control required by regulations applicable to on-road, nonroad, and stationary engines or achieved by sources from which control technologies may be transferred, including sources that use advanced aftertreatment technologies, will not be technically achievable by January 1, 2012, to promulgate: (1) standards that require the level of control that will be technically achievable by that date; and (2) additional standards that require either such maximum level of control or the level that will be technically achievable beginning January 1, 2016.

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Timeline

24 May 2007
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: IntroReferral
24 May 2007
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
14 February 2008
Committee
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1239.
Source: Committee
21 May 2008
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
10 July 2008
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 870.
Source: Calendars
10 July 2008
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-413. Minority views filed.
Source: Committee
10 July 2008
Reported
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-413. Minority views filed.
Source: Committee

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