Sec. 3601. Reduction of black carbon emissions
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The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the Administrator ), in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from ships based on appropriate emissions data from oceangoing vessels. The plan shall provide for such reduction through— a clean freight partnership; limits on black carbon emissions; and efforts that include protection of access to critical fuel shipments and emergency needs of coastal communities.
A principal objective of the plan developed pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be the establishment, in coordination with the Secretary of State, of a roadmap for helping countries to reduce fine-particle (PM2.5) and black carbon emissions in the shipping sector through— the installation of advanced emissions controls; the reduction of sulfur content in fuels; and the adoption of black carbon control policies. The Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of State, and other relevant Federal agencies, shall— lead an effort to reduce black carbon through an Arctic-wide aspirational black carbon goal; and encourage observers of the Arctic Council (including India and China) to adopt mitigation plans consistent with the findings and recommendations of the Arctic Council’s Framework for Action on Black Carbon and Methane. The Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of State, is encouraged to work with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants to craft specific financing mechanisms for the incremental cost of international black carbon mitigation activities. The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in cooperation with the Administrator, shall— encourage black carbon mitigation activities as part of official development assistance and programmatic activities; give special emphasis to projects that produce substantial environmental, gender, livelihood, and public health benefits, including support for clean-burning cookstoves and fuels; and work with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves to help developing nations establish thriving markets for clean and efficient cooking solutions. The Secretary of State, in collaboration with the Administrator, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Transportation, shall provide aid to international efforts to reduce black carbon emissions from diesel trucks and ships, 2-stroke engines, diesel generators, and industrial processes by providing technical assistance— to help developing nations lower the sulfur content of diesel fuels; to expand access to diesel particulate filters; to provide vehicle manufacturers with low- and zero-emission engine designs; to deploy on-road, off-road, and shore-side infrastructure to support zero-emission engine technologies; to develop other mitigation activities, including energy efficiency alternatives for generators and industrial processes; and to reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture.