This case addresses violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) by Permuda Spa, owner of the ship Four Bay. On December 23, 2013, the ship Four Bay, entered into the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) and the U.S. Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) in transit to the Big Stone Beach Anchorage within the Delaware Bay using fuel oil with a sulfur content of 2.5% m/m.
The Four Bay continued to operate in the North American ECA and the U.S. EEZ using fuel oil with a sulfur content of 2.5% m/m until approximately December 24, 2013, in violation of APPS section 1907.
As part of the settlement with EPA, GECL paid a $17,163 civil penalty to the US Treasury.