North American ECA 200 mile zone "is not based on very solid science"
Independent environmental and energy consultant Dr. Ranajit (Ron) Sahu says the decision to make the North American Emissions Control Area (ECA) extend 200 nautical miles from the coast was "not based on very solid science," Ship & Bunker reports.
Sahu also said that when the 0.10 percent sulfur cap for marine fuel comes into effect in 2015, a 50 mile ECA zone would be equally effective as the 200 mile zone.
Speaking to delegates who had gathered for the GreenTech 2013 conference in Vancouver, Canada last week, Sahu called on regulators to reconsider the legislation, saying they had failed to take into account the impact on short-sea shipping in their decision making process.
"When it came to the 200 mile requirement of the North American ECA," said Sahu, "what was the technical basis for that? Why 200?"
"It is not based on very solid science. And I say that categorically."
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