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EMISSIONS

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EMISSION EMISSION “It aint easy

REGULATIONS

REGULATIONS – being Green”

Nor is it getting any easier to understand when, how and why to comply.

By Robert Kunkel hether your marine operation is a major corpo- ration or a family “mom & pop” company, the

Wtype of fuel you now burn or for that matter what emanates from your stack each day after the burn has now become a major source of confusion. As Kermit the

Frog once said, we will now know what its like to be green.

NEW SLANT ON AN OLD TOPIC

Some believe the discussion is a new subject. It is not.

Those of us that work the oceans, rivers and sounds for a living always had a concern of how much fuel we burn and what the quality of that fuel was. We did not need to be tagged ‘ECO.’ We worked for ef