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994162

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date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the use of scrubber technology and marine sulphur dumping on UK coastlines.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	183432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not seen any evidence that the use of scrubbing technology would have any significant effect on marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>All scrubbers must comply with mandatory Guidelines, which were developed by the International Maritime Organization, before they are allowed to become operational. The potential effects of the use of scrubber technologies on the marine environment was taken into consideration when developing the Guidelines. To be compliant, the systems collect and store any sulphur residue and solid particulate matter on-board the vessel, to be deposited at a port waste reception facility.</p><p> </p><p>Some scrubbers discharge treated wash water back into the sea – which is also controlled under the IMO Guidelines. There are ongoing studies which are looking at the impact of wash water discharges within European waters, which we are monitoring. At this stage, we are not aware of any significant issues which have been found. However, we will respond appropriately at international level, if these or any other studies, conclude that further controls are needed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 183433 183434 183435 question first answered 31/10/2018 14:20:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

994163

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the potential effects of the use of scrubber technology and marine sulphur dumping on the English channel.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	183433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not seen any evidence that the use of scrubbing technology would have any significant effect on marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>All scrubbers must comply with mandatory Guidelines, which were developed by the International Maritime Organization, before they are allowed to become operational. The potential effects of the use of scrubber technologies on the marine environment was taken into consideration when developing the Guidelines. To be compliant, the systems collect and store any sulphur residue and solid particulate matter on-board the vessel, to be deposited at a port waste reception facility.</p><p> </p><p>Some scrubbers discharge treated wash water back into the sea – which is also controlled under the IMO Guidelines. There are ongoing studies which are looking at the impact of wash water discharges within European waters, which we are monitoring. At this stage, we are not aware of any significant issues which have been found. However, we will respond appropriately at international level, if these or any other studies, conclude that further controls are needed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 183432 183434 183435 question first answered 31/10/2018 14:20:41 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

994164

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the use of scrubber technology and marine sulphur dumping on marine life and biodiversity in UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	183434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not seen any evidence that the use of scrubbing technology would have any significant effect on marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>All scrubbers must comply with mandatory Guidelines, which were developed by the International Maritime Organization, before they are allowed to become operational. The potential effects of the use of scrubber technologies on the marine environment was taken into consideration when developing the Guidelines. To be compliant, the systems collect and store any sulphur residue and solid particulate matter on-board the vessel, to be deposited at a port waste reception facility.</p><p> </p><p>Some scrubbers discharge treated wash water back into the sea – which is also controlled under the IMO Guidelines. There are ongoing studies which are looking at the impact of wash water discharges within European waters, which we are monitoring. At this stage, we are not aware of any significant issues which have been found. However, we will respond appropriately at international level, if these or any other studies, conclude that further controls are needed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 183432 183433 183435 question first answered 31/10/2018 14:20:41 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

994165

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the use of scrubber technology and marine nitrate dumping on algae build up on UK coastlines.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	183435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not seen any evidence that the use of scrubbing technology would have any significant effect on marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>All scrubbers must comply with mandatory Guidelines, which were developed by the International Maritime Organization, before they are allowed to become operational. The potential effects of the use of scrubber technologies on the marine environment was taken into consideration when developing the Guidelines. To be compliant, the systems collect and store any sulphur residue and solid particulate matter on-board the vessel, to be deposited at a port waste reception facility.</p><p> </p><p>Some scrubbers discharge treated wash water back into the sea – which is also controlled under the IMO Guidelines. There are ongoing studies which are looking at the impact of wash water discharges within European waters, which we are monitoring. At this stage, we are not aware of any significant issues which have been found. However, we will respond appropriately at international level, if these or any other studies, conclude that further controls are needed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 183432 183433 183434 question first answered 31/10/2018 14:20:41 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

994166

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seas and Oceans: Sulphur
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the International Maritime Organisation on the matter of marine sulphur pollution.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	183436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a strong supporter of taking global action to reduce pollutant emissions from shipping and has played a leading role at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to drive global regulation in this area.</p><p> </p><p>There will be a new global 0.5 per cent sulphur cap on marine fuels coming into force in 2020, which was reviewed and approved by the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) in October 2016. The UK is actively involved with other States and industry at the IMO, to ensure the transition to the global cap for ships and fuel suppliers is as smooth as possible. This work has been progressing well, and further headway was made at the seventy third session of MEPC which met this October. The meeting considered a range of measures to support implementation including ‘ship operator implementation plans’ with further work planned at an IMO sub-committee in February 2019 to address cases of non-compliant fuel. MEPC also confirmed in October that the carriage of non-compliant fuel oil (as well as its use) should also be banned, unless the ship uses an exhaust gas cleaning system.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the UK has been active within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in supporting the development of guidance for shipowners. The existing standard for marine fuels (ISO 8217:2017) will continue to apply, but additional guidance will be available for companies ordering and handling these fuels from mid-2019.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/10/2018 14:52:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

994168

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (b) Marine Management Organisation and (c) Maritime and Coastguard Agency on assessing and mitigating the risks that scrubber technology poses to UK waters and coastlines.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	183437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS), or ’scrubbers’ as they are commonly known, are an internationally recognised technology which ships can use to comply with sulphur limits, providing an alternative to using low sulphur marine fuel. The systems are subject to controls at an international level through the adopted International Maritime Organization (IMO) Guidelines, which are mandatory.</p><p> </p><p>The Guidelines ensure sulphur dioxide emissions from scrubbers are equivalent or better than would be obtained from using compliant fuel. They also address water quality and environmental impacts, in order to mitigate risks to the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, played an active role in the development of the Guidelines at both European and international level with input from the Marine Management Organisation, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, system manufacturers, as well as approval organisations and industry stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Ships’ installed scrubbers must be approved in accordance with the Guidelines before operating in UK waters.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/11/2018 16:40:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston