Back on July 17, 2012, Matthew Simon of KTUU.com/Channel 2 News reported on Alaska's filing a suit challenging the new EPA's fuel standard for cruise ships and the acceptance of it by the U.S. Government...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Warning of higher shipping costs for Alaskans, the state has filed a suit challenging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's acceptance of new Environmental Protection Agency fuel standards for cargo ships and cruise ships.
Attorney General Michael Geraghty says the revised EPA standards will require all cargo ships and cruise ships operating in Alaska to use hard-to-obtain, specially blended low-sulfur fuel beginning in August.
“There are reasonable and equally effective alternatives for the Secretary and the EPA to consider which would still protect the environment but dramatically reduce the severe impact these regulations will have on Alaskan jobs and families,” Geraghty said in a statement.
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Below is an update to this article quoted from Cruise Industry News . . .
The law suit filed by the State of Alaska against the EPA, the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security, to exempt state waters from the ECA, is moving along. Next is a hearing by the U.S. District Court in Alaska on Sept. 29 on the State’s motion for a preliminary injunction, following the Sept. 21 filing of the State’s amended complaints.
Further court dates are set for Oct. 26 for the U.S. response to the seconded amended response and the preliminary injunction; Nov. 26 for the State’s reply; and Dec. 17 for the U.S. reply in support of its motion.
