Public meeting on cruise ship discharge rules set for Wednesday in Juneau
By Kim Marquis | JUNEAU EMPIRE
Cruise lines should be able to comply with new, temporary rules for wastewater discharge limits, since the state dropped them to mirror results produced by cruise ships currently operating in the state.
Alaska had some of the strictest environmental standards in the industry, put in place by voters in 2006. The rules placed limits on the amount of pollutants, such as ammonia, copper, nickel and zinc, that could be in wastewater discharged from cruise ships.
Cruise lines complained the limits were too tough to meet, so legislators last year gave them more time to comply. Lawmakers also said the standards could be temporarily lowered.
The standards are written into a general permit cruise lines must acquire to do business in the state."
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