vvEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA-420-B-11-002
   January 2011
   Category 3 Marine and MARPOL Annex VI Fuel Sulfur Requirements

Worldwide
fuel sulfur
content ("a«j
fuel oil used
onboard
ships'1'' per
Regulation
14.1)
Sulfur
content (per
Regulation
14.4) of fuels
used in EGAs
that have
entered into
force
Sulfur
content of
fuels used in
the North
American
ECAb
2010








15,000
until July
1; 10,000
on and
after July 1



N/A (see
worldwide
sulfur
standards)


2011
45,000 a







10,000







N/A (see
worldwide
sulfur
standards)


2012
35,000







10,000







N/A until
August 1;
10,000
beginning
August 1

2013
35,000







10,000







10,000





2014
35,000







10,000







10,000 c





2015
35,000







1,000







1,000





2020
5,000







1,000







1,000





a- All sulfur standards begin on January 1 of a given year, unless otherwise noted.
b- The amendments adopting the North American ECA enter into force on August 1, 2011; per
the requirements of Regulation 14. 7, during the first year after an amendment designating a
new ECA, ships operating in that ECA are exempt from the fuel sulfur requirements of
Regulation 14. 4 and 14. 6. Thus, the fuel requirement enters into force on August 1, 2012.
c- Per the C3 Marine rule (§§80.510(k) and 80.5 11 (b) (9)), marine fuel for use in an ECA must
be produced at the 1,000 ppm sulfur level beginning June 1, 2014, terminals transition by
August 1, 2014, retailers/WPCs transition by October 1, 2014, and in use by December 1,
2014.

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