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Portland residents urge council to ban cruise-ship scrubber wash to protect Casco Bay
Summary
Multiple residents and local advocates told the City of Portland’s sustainability and transportation committee to pursue an ordinance or tariff change banning cruise-ship scrubber wash discharge, citing peer-reviewed research and examples from other ports.
Dozens of Portland residents told the City of Portland on Monday that the council should pursue a ban on cruise-ship scrubber wash discharge to protect Casco Bay, local fisheries and public health.
Public commenters offered similar arguments during the workshop’s public-comment period, pressing the sustainability and transportation committee to pursue either a municipal ordinance or a change to port tariffs that would require visiting cruise ships to burn cleaner fuel while docked and to stop discharging scrubber wastewater. "We cannot have any entity polluting our pristine bays, shores, and harbors with this chemical cocktail of sulfuric acid, heavy metals, and carcinogens," said…
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