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By Jordan B. Darling
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LOCAL Port of San Diego Suspends In-water Hull Cleaning of Boats with Copper-Based Paint Starting in December
SAN DIEGO— The Port of San Diego is suspending the in-water hull cleaning of boats with copper-based paint in the Shelter Island Yacht Basin from Dec. 19 to Feb. 9, 2022. The suspension will allow the port to conduct frequent inspections and weekly water testing to test the copper levels in the water. As a result, the port expects to see a reduction in copper loads and improved water quality. The pause is in partnership with the Regional Water Quality Control Board and is part of the port’s Copper Reduction Program. The port has a goal to reduce copper pollution in the basin by 76 percent by Dec. 1, 2022. This is in compliance with federal and state standards. There will be a minimum $1,000 fi ne for performing in-water hull cleaning on vessels with copper antifouling paint during the pause. For more information, see https://www.portofsandiego.org/ environment/environmental-protection/ copper-reduction-program.
A Coalition of Environmental Groups Reach Settlement with Southern California Edison to Protect Waterways
SANTA BARBARA— In a Nov. 9 settlement, Southern California agreed to implement a comprehensive program to prevent contaminants from escaping its facilities. Over the next seven years, Edison will carry through a strategy to cover areas where treated wood is stored and processed and contain, fi lter, or treat storm runoff from its properties to meet water quality targets. Edison will monitor to ensure their methods meet standards and provide $160,000 to a public-private partnership working to develop water quality protections for Areas of Special Biological Signifi cance throughout California. The settlement results in environmental protections for over 60 waterways, beaches, and other natural resource areas. For more information, contact Christopher Sproul at Environmental Advocates, csproul@ enviroadvocates.com.
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CARB Hears from NonProfits, Marina Operators, and Small Businesses Over Proposed Regulations
SAN DIEGO— The California Air Resources Board took public testimony from the boating and angling community over the proposed boat engine regulations announced earlier this year. The regulations would require vessels to upgrade to a U.S. EPA certifi ed marine tier 3 or tier 4 engine plus a diesel particulate fi lter between 2023 and 2030. The proposed engines are not safe for wooden or fi berglass vessels and would require some businesses to scrap their vessel to accommodate the engine. “The CARB board heard from boat owners that the proposed regulations are economically and structurally infeasible for their family operations,” said Ken Franke, president of the Sportfi shing Association of California in a Nov. 20 press release. “They also heard from Californians concerned that as boat owners go out of business, they will be denied access to offshore fi shing and marine life and with this comes economic consequences for their coastal economies.” CARB is expected to revisit the proposed regulations early in 2022.
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Port of Seattle and Center for Biological Diversity Reach Agreement on Project for Orca Conservation
SEATTLE, WASH. — On Nov. 16, the Port of Seattle and the Center for Biological Diversity reached a legal agreement resolving a Center lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association Fisheries that sought additional environmental considerations for a dredging project that could affect 73 resident orcas. This particular population of orcas is an endangered population that ranges from southeast Alaska to central California and lives part of the year in the Salish Sea. The lawsuit was fi led against federal agencies, but the port, a local sponsor of the Seattle Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, intervened to ensure the completion of the project. The agreement includes funding for several environmental programs and habitat improvement. The port has committed to continuing its participation in the multi-party Quiet Sound Program, an effort to provide greater protection to the Southern Resident killer whale community from ship-induced noise and disturbance. The port will also expand the funding of shoreline restoration at Terminal 108 and conduct a monitoring study of acoustic impacts from dredging at a planned Terminal 18 maintenance dredging project. The agreement is valued at approximately $640,000.
October 2021 World’s Fourth Warmest on Record
INTERNATIONAL— Scientists at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) said that Oct. 2021 is ranked as the fourth warmest October on record in 142 years. According to scientists, the average global land and ocean surface temperature in October was 1.60 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20-century average. The last eight Octobers are ranked the eighth warmest on average, and this is the second warmest October land temperature on record for North America behind October 1963. According to the NCEI’s Global Annual, Temperature Rankings Outlook 2021 is on track to be among the 10 warmest years on record worldwide. For more information, see the NOAA website at https://www.noaa.gov/news/october2021-was-worlds-fourth-warmest-onrecord.
