Emission Control Area definition
Emission Control Area means a special sea area established in accordance with Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL);
Emission Control Area means an area where the adoption of special mandatory measures for emissions from ships is required to prevent, reduce and control air pollution from SOx, NOx, and particulate matter and its attendant adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Emission Control Areas shall include those listed in, or designated under, regulations 13 and 14 of this Annex.
Emission Control Area means an area where the adoption of special mandatory measures for emissions from ships is required to prevent, reduce and control air pollution from NOx or SOx and particulate matter or all three types of emissions and their attendant adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Emission Control Areas shall include those listed in, or designated under, regulations 13 and 14 of these regulations;
Examples of Emission Control Area in a sentence
Similar to the U.S., the Baltic Sea and parts of the North Sea in Northern Europe are designated as an Emission Control Area for which, from 1 January 2015, the allowable sulphur level emitted from ships were reduced from 1% to 0.1%.
Laboratory results found the Sulphur level of the fuel to be above the SECA (Sulphur Emission Control Area) permitted level of 0.10%.
More Definitions of Emission Control Area
Emission Control Area means the areas as delineated in Schedule 3 together with any other sea area, including a port area, so designated as an emission control area in any amendment to the Protocol of 1997 as may be in effect from time to time in respect of the Islands;
Emission Control Area or ECA means an area where the adoption of special mandatory measures for emissions from ships is required to prevent, reduce and control air pollution from nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and particulate matter, or all three types of emissions, and their attendant adverse impacts on human health and the environment. ECAs include those listed in, or designated under regulations 13 and 14 of Annex VI. MARPOL Annex VI, Reg. 2.8; see also, 40 C.F.R. § 1043.20 (July 2012) (stating an Emission Control Area is an area designated pursuant to Annex VI as an Emission Control Area that: (1) is in force; and (2) includes waters of the U.S. territorial sea and /or the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (U.S. EEZ) (as defined in Presidential Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983)).