Exhaust System Could Be Expanded to Entire Fleet

The Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved a measure to undertake a demonstration project with the New York City Department of Transportation to retrofit a Staten Island ferryboat with new exhaust emission reduction devices. If the project is successful, a new agreement between the two agencies could be developed to retrofit the remaining six vessels in the Staten Island Ferry fleet. The demonstration project grew out of discussions with the USACE, the EPA, as well as environmental agencies in NJ, NY and NYC on air impacts associated with the upcoming project to deepen channels in New York harbor to 50 ft. The $1.2m project includes the purchase and installation of the new exhaust system and the development of protocols and monitoring of air emissions from the retrofitted ferryboat. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Port Authority are jointly funding the 50-ft. harbor deepening project.

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 11, Aug 2003

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