Regulated areas during the specified 2010/2011 period:

Country	Ports	Specified period
Russia Far East	Nakhodka, Ol'ga, Plastun, Pos'yet, Russkiy Island, Slavyanka, Vanino, Vladivostok Vostochny, Zarubino, Kozmino	July 1 to September 30

 

Country	Ports	Specified period
Japan	Ooita	June 1 to August 15
Japan	Hiroshima	June 1 to August 15
Japan	Hannan	June 1 to August 15
Japan	Kobe	June 1 to August 15
Japan	Shimizu	June 15 to September 1
Japan	Sakata	July 1 to September 15
Japan	Otaru	July 1 to October 1
Japan	Hachinohe	July 15 to October 1
Japan	Hakodate	July 15 to October 1
Japan	Tomakomai	July 15 to October 1

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Additional regulated areas beginning the 2011 specified period:

CFIA is implementing expanded regulation in 2012. Marine vessels that call on ports in high-risk areas in Korea, China, and the expanded area of Japan (defined below) during the specified periods in 2011 will be required to present a valid Phytosanitary Certificate or other approved certificate to CFIA during the 2012 risk period for Canada.

Country	Ports	Specified Period
People's Republic of China	All ports in northern China, including all ports north of Shanghai	June 1 to September 30
Republic of Korea	All ports	June 1 to September 30

 

Country	Port location - Prefecture	Specified period
Japan - Northern	Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima	July 1 to September 30
Japan Western	Akita, Yamagata, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa	June 25 to September 15
Japan - Eastern	Fukui, Ibaraki, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie	June 20 to August 20
Japan - Southern	Wakayama, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime, Kochi, Fukuoka, Oita, Saga, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima	June 1 to August 10
Japan - Far Southern	Okinawa	May 25 to June 30

 

 

 

USA West Coast: Effective August 1^st, 2012, all vessels operating within the ECA are required to burn 1% LSFO

- USCG will be monitoring and enforcing the regulation.

- Vessels that do not have LSFO onboard are  requested to file a non compliant fuel oil report 96hrs prior to arrival at a US Port.

- If a non compliant vessel fails to file a non-compliance report prior to arrive, the USCG will request the vessel to do so.

- We understand that the non-compliance report will be reviewed by the EPA as it documents the efforts made by the owner/operator to procure LSFO prior to entering the ECA.

- Vessels that are non compliant can:

            - Receive compliant fuel prior to departure

            - Prove that the vessel will be receiving compliant fuel at next US Port

- If compliant fuel is not scheduled for purchase at the current or next US Port or the vessel owner/operator does not intend to purchase/supply compliant fuel

            - Vessel will be informed that the owner/operator is subject to a separate Marpol Annex VI violation for each day of operation that the vessel is not in compliance.

            - Vessel will not be detained but will be issued a CODE 50 deficiency, “to be rectified within 30 days”

- The USCG will be referring all ECA related deficiencies to the EPA for possible administrative penalties, and/or judicial action

- After August 1^st, 2012 the USCG/EPA may also consider past non compliant transits of the ECA (Canadian Ports or US Ports) when determining if a fine or other penalty is warranted.

 

Canada West Coast: Effective August 1^st, 2012, all vessels operating within the ECA are required to burn LSFO

- Transport Canada has announced that they will not be enforcing the regulation until November 1^st 2012, but they will be monitoring as of August 1^st, 2012

- Vessel that are found to be non compliant will be informed of the regulation by the Port State Control Inspector

- The master maybe requested by the Port State Control Inspector to document, file a non compliance report, efforts made prior to arrival to supply LSFO

- At this time Transport Canada has not advised the enforcement and penalties that will commence after November 1^st, 2012

- Vessels calling Southern BC ports and do not have LSFO onboard are not required to file a non compliance report with the USCG/EPA or Transport Canada as current regulations are interpreted but it is strongly suggested that non-compliant vessels do so as they could be requested to do so by Transport Canada on arrival at a Canadian Port or on a subsequent US Port Call.

 

Reporting can be done as follows 96 hr in advance:

 

USA

Fuel Oil reports should be sent to the following email address  marine-eca@epa.gov

 

Canada

Together with 96 hr PAIR report to offshore@rmic.gc.ca

 

LSFO is either not available or in very short supply on the West Coast of the USA and Canada. Both USCG and Transport Canada are expected to take this into consideration provided that the owner/operator can document the efforts that were made to procure compliant fuel before entering and while operating within the ECA.

 

It is important that the vessel be able to provide documentation confirming the efforts that were made to procure LSFO prior to entering the ECA or while operating in the ECA. This information is expected to be used by the EPA and Transport Canada (after November 1^st, 2012) when determining if a monetary or judicial penalty warranted.