California Regulation for Lower-Sulfur Marine Fuel Now in Effect
Green Car Congress
JULY 2, 2009
A legal challenge to the enforcement of the regulation, filed by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), was denied on 30 June by the Eastern District of California. In 2009, MGO (marine gasoil) must have a sulfur limit of 1.5% (15,000 ppm), while MDO (marine diesel oil) would have a limit of 0.5% (5,000 ppm).
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