(Seattle—Nov. 10, 2011) Clean
diesel technology is coming to the Northwest thanks to nearly $3.9 million in
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants for advanced diesel and heat
recovery technology. Dennis McLerran, Regional Administrator for EPA Region 10,
highlighted the grants at an event in Portland, Oregon showcasing the Northwest
states’ grant recipients.
The grants are funded under the
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through the West Coast Collaborative, a
partnership between leaders from federal, state, and local government, the
private sector, and environmental groups committed to reducing diesel emissions
throughout western North America.
Since its inception in 2004 as
part of EPA’s National Clean Diesel Campaign the West Coast Collaborative has
awarded over 100 grants to reduce diesel emissions from the medium- and
heavy-duty engines used to power vehicles in goods movement, agricultural,
construction, and public fleets sectors
The WCC
boasts over 1000 partners from all over western North America, including:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Canada,
and Mexico.
For more information about the
West Coast Collaborative, please visit: www.westcoastcollaborative.org
Washington Grant
Recipients
Makah Tribe of the Makah
Indian Reservation
The
Makah Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation received $750,000 to repower nine
uncertified commercial marine vessels to Tier 2 standards. The tribe is
partnering with 12 tribal fleet owners that will repower nine commercial marine
vessels. The Makah Tribe is contributing 25 percent of the project cost.
The engine repowers will vastly
improve fuel efficiency by decreasing marine fuel consumption and diesel
emissions. They will also cut down on fuel costs, allowing the fishing
businesses that own these vessels to be more competitive in the market place.
Puget Sound Clean Air
Agency
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
received $650,000 to repower the tugboat Eagle with two new Tier 2 propulsion
engines and two Tier 3 auxiliary engines replacing all four of the old,
uncertified diesel engines. PSCAA is partnering with Harley Marine Services and
the Washington State Department of Ecology.
This
Puget Sound tugboat repower project provides short-term relief, long-lasting
emission reductions and public health benefits in areas of high population
density, poor air quality and heavy diesel fleet activity.
Tulalip Tribe of the
Tulalip Reservation
The Tulalip Tribe of the Tulalip
Reservation received $576,525 to repower 13 tribal marine vessels with new
low-emission engines. These vessels are used for gillnet fisheries, dive
fisheries, and for the enforcement and rescue patrol along the Tulalip Bay. The
project will be implemented with over $192,808 in leveraged funding.
Repowered
marine vessels are some of the most effective and cost-effective targets for
air pollutant reduction.
Washington State
Department of Ecology
The Washington State Department
of Ecology received $400,000 to retrofit 153 privately owned non-road
construction equipment and heavy-duty on-road construction trucks with diesel
oxidation catalysts.
Construction
equipment generates about 18 percent of the diesel particulate matter in
Washington. Heavy-duty, on-road trucks such as dump trucks, concrete trucks,
and semi-tractor trailers that move non-road construction equipment also
contribute to the 29 percent of diesel particulate matter generated by
heavy-duty, on-road trucks.
WADOE also received $288,740 to
replace 11 pre-1994 heavy duty diesel school buses to meet or exceed the 2007
on-road emission standards.
Idaho Grant Recipient
Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality
The Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality received $189,271 to install fuel-operated heaters on at
least 32 heavy-duty diesel school buses to reduce idling and start up
emissions.
School bus fleets operate largely
in residential areas where children live and school facilities are located.
This program will reduce the risk from toxic pollutants by reducing the
exposure of school-age children to diesel emissions from school buses. The
program area includes areas of high and medium population density, as well as
small towns in rural areas.
Oregon Grant Recipients
Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality
The Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality received $502,522 to repower two auxiliary engines on the
dredge Oregon to
Tier 2 standards and $286,046 to repower two propulsion engines on the Captain
Bob towboat to Tier 2 standards. ODEQ is partnering with the Port of Portland,
which is leveraging 80 percent of the project cost.
ODEQ is partnering with Tidewater
Barge Lines to replace two uncertified propulsion engines on the Captain Bob towboat with
engines meeting Tier 2 emission standards. Tidewater’s area of operation
extends from the inland Port of Lewiston, Idaho to the Pacific Coast Port of
Astoria, Oregon, a distance of 465 miles. ODEQ together with Tidewater has
leveraged $1,765,206 in matching funding for the completion of the project.
Alaska Grant Recipients
Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation
$188,742 to partner with Alaska
Energy Authority and Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. for the
completion of heat recovery projects in four Alaskan villages. Electricity in
rural Alaska villages is generated by local power plants with diesel engines.
One method to reduce emissions and improve efficiency of the engines and energy
use in the villages is to use recovered exhaust heat to reduce the energy
demand.
Tanana Chief Conference
$59,000
to replace a stationary gen-set engine with a new engine that meets Tier 3
emission standards. Fort Yukon is a rural community of approximately 587 people
on the Yukon River about 145 air miles northeast of Fairbanks. The city power
plant sits in the center of the village with diesel generators running 24 hours
per day, with continuous exhaust emission in close proximity to this small
community.
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