INDUSTRY MAY CHALLENGE ARB JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM IN SHIP ENGINE RULE

Shipping operators may challenge air board claims that it has jurisdiction extending 24 miles into the Pacific Ocean to regulate emissions from vessel auxiliary engines, based on concerns that such a rule may violate federal and international maritime laws. The rule, which aims primarily to reduce diesel emissions from vessels' non-propulsion engines, is considered important in the air board's campaign to reduce toxic pollution at and near state ports, and could provide a model for other states. At issue is...