Commercial Marine Activity for Great Lake and Inland River Ports in the United States. Final Report

摘要

This report is Volume II of a two volume report on commercial marine activity in the United States developed by ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller, Inc., for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Mobile Sources. This Volume addresses commercial marine activity at selected Great Lake and river ports. The purpose of this report is to present a basis for quantifying and qualifying operational characteristics of commercial marine activity at major Great Lake and river ports in the U.S. This report details work performed under work assignment (WA) 2-01, a continuation of WAs 0-06 and 1-05, of Contract 68-C6-0068, begun in fiscal year 1997 by ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller for the EPA. The activity profiles developed herein may be used to quantify emissions from Great Lake and river ports in the United States. This report will help EPA to assist state and local air pollution control agencies in forming a more precise picture of commercial marine activity at Great Lake and river ports, a large contribution to overall marine activity, and may help in devising incentive programs and regulations to reduce emissions from the marine sector. This report will help EPA to assist state and local air pollution control agencies in forming a more precise picture of commercial marine activity at Great Lake and river ports, a large contribution to overall marine activity, and may help in devising incentive programs and regulations to reduce emissions from the marine sector.