INDUSTRIES SEEN SUING ARB OVER SHIP AUXILIARY ENGINE REGULATION

Oil and shipping industry organizations are likely to sue the air board over a controversial regulation adopted last week that requires emission reductions from ship auxiliary diesel engines operating as far as 24 nautical miles from the California coast. The industries claim the regulation violates several statutes, including federal preemption laws and the Clean Air Act. The industries fear the rule may be mimicked by other states and set up a patchwork of varying regulations in the U.S. that would...