b'NEWSWIREReminder to Ferry Operators: Please Respond to National Census of Ferry OperatorsT he National Census of Ferrynotice from the Bureau of Transpor- beenadheredto,thesurveywould Operatorsisunderway.Itstation Statistics (BTS) by email as wellhave been done last year, seeking 2021 important that every memberas by a letter in surface mail. data. However, BTS took a hiatus for a ofthePassengerVesselAssociationyear because the 2021 data would have that operates ferries promptly partic- Thecurrentsurveyseeksstatisticalbeen skewed, since many ferry opera-ipatesbecausethiscensusprovidesinformationaboutferryoperationstors ridership was still depressed as a themostcomprehensivesnapshotin calendar year 2022. Each operatorresult of the pandemic.of ferry transportation in the Unitedisrequestedtoprovideinformation States. Please check now to confirm thataboutbasicoperationalcharacteris- As was done previously, the census is you have responded.tics,passengersandvehiclescarried,being conducted online. If you have not vessels,terminals,androutes.Seereceived an email communication from Inaddition,aferryoperatorthatre- information collected in previous cen- BTS,pleasecontactferry@dot.gov ceives annual funding from the Federalsuses at bts.gov/NCFO. forlog-ininformation.Youcanalso HighwayAdministrationunderitscall1-800-853-1351forinformation Ferry Boat Grant Program will forfeitThe April issue of FOGHORN maga- andhelp.Ms.ClaraReschovskyof the chance to receive funding in 2024 ifzine has additional information aboutBTS(clara.reschovsky@dot.govor it fails to respond to this years census. this years census. Read it here. 202-768-4994) manages the census; she madeawell-receivedpresentationat A few weeks ago, each U.S. ferry op- BTS traditionally conducts the censusthe PVA Annual Convention at Mar-eratorshouldhavereceivedacensuseverytwoyears.HadthatscheduleiTrends 2023 in Long Beach, Calif.NEWSWIREPVA President Testifies at EPA Virtual Hearing on Revised Harbor Craft Emissions RuleO n June 1, 2023, the U.S. Envi- PVA President Jim Swindler urged theApproximately 30 individuals and or-ronmental Protection AgencyEPA to turn down Californias waiverganizations testified, with proponents (EPA)conductedavirtualproposaltoenableCARBandtheand opponents evenly split.public hearing on whether to authorizepassengervesselsectortore-engage Californias enforcement of its updatedtodevelopamorerealisticrevisionPVAwillalsosubmitamoredetailed CommercialHarborCraftairemis- to the Harbor Craft Emissions rule.statement to the regulatory docket by the sionsrequirements.PVAandotherA copy of the PVA testimony can beJuly 1 deadline for written comments.maritime organizations had previouslyfound here.requested EPA to hold the hearing.33 JUNE 2023'