Terminal and Port Plans

Terminal Plans

What are Terminal Plans?

A terminal plan is a planning document that must be submitted to CARB by regulated marine terminal operators discussing how a regulated terminal intends to comply with the requirements of the Regulation. The requirements for a terminal plan are found in Section 93130.14(a) of the At Berth Regulation.

Ports may submit terminal plans for their terminal operators if they choose.

When were they due?

All terminal plans were due on December 1, 2021. Revised terminal plans for ro-ro and LA/LB tanker terminals were due on February 1, 2024. Revised terminal plans for all other tanker terminals are due on February 1, 2026.

Which terminals are required to submit a terminal plan?

All terminals receiving 20 or more visits from a regulated vessel category must submit a terminal plan, and all ports with regulated terminals must submit a port plan. All port and terminal plans must be signed by the applicable port’s and terminal’s Responsible Official under penalty of perjury and are subject to verification by CARB staff.

Which terminals are required to submit a revised terminal plan?

Ro-ro and tanker terminal operators must submit a revised terminal plan that reflects any changes to the terminal operator’s control strategy since the initial plan was submitted, or confirm with CARB that no changes have been made. The revised plan is due the year before the compliance date for that terminal’s vessel category.

What if a terminal is no longer considered a “low activity terminal”?

Terminals and ports that were considered “low activity” are also required to submit a plan once the annual visit threshold is exceeded. A low activity terminal that exceeds the annual visit threshold (i.e., receives 20 or more visits per year for two consecutive calendar years from a vessel type) is required to reduce emissions starting January 1 of the following year and shall submit a terminal plan by July 1 of the following year (section 93130.14(a)(2)(E). In addition, Ports shall submit an updated plan by July 1 of the following year after any new terminal at the port exceeds the annual visit threshold (section 93130.14(b)(2)(E).

What is required to be included?

Terminal plans must include a list of any anticipated necessary infrastructure modifications needed to reduce emissions from ocean-going vessels at a terminal by the required implementation dates for the vessel category(s) received by that terminal.

For each emissions reduction strategy that the terminal intends to use for compliance, the terminal plan must include the requirements specified in Section 93130.14 of the At Berth Regulation.

All terminal plans shall be signed by the applicable terminal’s Responsible Official under penalty of perjury and are subject to verification by CARB staff. The division of responsibilities between the terminal operator and the port must be signed by the port’s Responsible Official under penalty of perjury.

Can I provide a public and not-public components of Terminal Plans to address potential confidential business information?

Terminal Plans (Plans) will be posted to CARB’s website for public review for transparency. The Plans can include both public and confidential information. CARB is requesting that if the Plan includes confidential information, the Plan is submitted in two parts, where Part 1 contains only public information. Any confidential information is submitted in Part 2, under the cover of and per the directions contained in the Confidentiality Form for the Plans.

Will CARB provide a template to use for terminal plan submittals?

CARB staff will not provide a template. We will leave the submittals at the individual terminal discretion to decide what format works best for them to provide to CARB.

Terminal Plan Submittals

Terminal plans can be submitted to CARB through e-mail to shorepower@arb.ca.gov or physical mail, as specified in Section 93130.19 of the At Berth Regulation.

All Port and Terminal Plan submissions and CARB responses to those Plans can be found here.

Port Plans

What are Port Plans?

A port plan is a planning document that must be submitted to CARB discussing how a regulated terminal intends to comply with the requirements of the Regulation. The requirements for a port plan are found in Section 93130.14 (b) of the At Berth Regulation.

When were they due?

All port plans were on due December 1, 2021.

Which ports are required to submit a port plan?

What is required to be included?

Port plans must include a list of any anticipated necessary infrastructure modifications needed to reduce emissions from ocean-going vessels at a terminal by the required implementation dates for the vessel category(s) received by that terminal.

For each emissions reduction strategy that the port intends to use for compliance, the port plan must include the requirements specified in Section 93130.14 of the At Berth Regulation.

All port plans shall be signed by the applicable port’s Responsible Official under penalty of perjury and are subject to verification by CARB staff. The division of responsibilities between the terminal operator and the port must be signed by the terminal’s Responsible Official under penalty of perjury.

Can I provide a public and not-public components of Port Plans to address potential confidential business information?

Port Plans (Plans) will be posted to CARB’s website for public review for transparency. The Plans can include both public and confidential information. CARB is requesting that if the Plan includes confidential information, the Plan is submitted in two parts, where Part 1 contains only public information. Any confidential information is submitted in Part 2, under the cover of and per the directions contained in the Confidentiality Form for the Plans.

Will CARB provide a template to use for port plan submittals?

CARB staff will not provide a template. We will leave the submittals at the individual port discretion to decide what format works best for them to provide to CARB.

Port Plan Submittals

Port Plans can be submitted to CARB through e-mail to shorepower@arb.ca.gov or physical mail, as specified in Section 93130.19 of the At Berth Regulation.

All Port and Terminal Plan submissions and CARB responses to those Plans can be found here.