Southeast Diesel Collaborative

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Southeast Diesel Collaborative

• Rachel White, EPA Region 4
• August 17, 2005

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Air Quality in Region 4

• Air quality concerns
• 90 Counties in non-attainment for 8-hr ozone,
  population 16 million people
• 47 Counties not attaining PM2.5 standard,
  population 8 million people
• Health concerns
• Premature death
• Diesel exhaust a possible human carcinogen
• Other respiratory system effects

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Diesel in the Southeast
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Diesel Success in Region 4

• Region 4 diesel programs include
• Retrofits
• Idle reduction
• Alternative fuels
• Outreach
• Leveraging resources
• GA ULSD
• NC retrofit program

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Diesel Projects in Region 4
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Region 4 Clean School Bus

• One of the first school bus retrofit programs in
  the country
• 1.45M ten projects totaling almost 2000 school
  bus retrofits
• Georgia was able to leverage CSB-USA funds for
  other ULSD efforts
• North Carolina and Tampa, FL have own programs

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Truck Stop Electrification

• 7 truck stops equipped with TSE technology
• Interstates 40 and 85 are national idle free
  corridors
• 30 SmartWay partners
• Future sites in TN, GA and FL

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Biodiesel in Region 4

• Coordinating with DOE and SEATF
• Available in all Region 4 states
• Municipal and state fleets NCDOT, Knox County,
  etc.
• Airports Orlando, coming soon
• Corporate fleets Georgia Power, Knoxville
  Utilities, etc.

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Where to go from here?
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Building on Success
2004 Mobile Source PM2.5 Emissions, by Sector
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National Clean Diesel Campaign

• Consolidating diesel clean-up efforts in order to
  protect health and allow nonattainment areas to
  meet the NAAQS
• Two components
• Regulations for new engines
• Voluntary programs for existing engines
• Five sectors
• School buses, Ports, Construction, Freight and
  Agriculture

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Sector-Based Approach

• Clean Diesel Campaign approach announced at 2004
  Conference, received support and endorsement from
  broad coalition of stakeholders
• Identify sector-specific incentives at federal,
  state and local levels
• Build broad-based regional collaboratives
• For more information see www.epa.gov/cleandiesel

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Region 4 Diesel Collaborative

• A coordinated approach to address the impacts of
  diesel engines and fuel use in the Southeast.
• Leverage resources to maximize benefits
• Limit duplication of effort
• Pool intellectual capital

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Collaborative Partners

• Government
• Federal, State and local air quality,
  transportation, energy and agriculture agencies
• Industry representatives
• Non-governmental organizations (e.g., ALA,
  environmental orgs, community groups, academia,
  etc.)

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Potential Target Sectors

• Construction
• Agriculture
• On-roadbuild on past successes

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Construction

• State and municipal fleet retrofits and
  alternative fuels usage
• Pilot projects
• Contract language
• Engage private sector in discussions

Sector Goal Secure funding to establish retrofit
projects, work with DOTs to create contract
provision language
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Agriculture

• Retrofits (mobile equipment and ag pumps)
• SmartWay Transport Partnership
• Potential to create closed-loop biofuel crop
  industry
• Can replace less profitable crops
• Improves farmers bottom line, biodiesel better
  for public health

Sector Goal Create partnerships, develop sector
strategy and pilot retrofit and other clean
diesel projects
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Potential Funding Sources

• Federal EPA (Clean School Bus, General
  Retrofit), DoE (Clean Cities) and DOT (CMAQ)
• State
• SEPs Settlements at federal and state levels
• Local funding (Tampa, FL)
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Creative financing

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Next Steps

• Near Term
• Outreach to potential partners
• Develop website
• Evaluate focus sectors
• Sign Collaborative Partnership commitments
• Solicit funding from within EPA for pilot
  projects
• Convene Collaborative partners meeting
• Develop specific project ideas, milestones
• Long Term
• Seek significant funding to expand to include new
  partners and projects

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In Conclusion

• Need exists to reduce non-road diesel emissions
• Region 4 is in good position to leverage existing
  successes to expand efforts
• Potential partners have already expressed
  interest
• Region-wide network and technical resources
  already exist that can be utilized to achieve
  significant results in a timely manner

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For More Information

• Rachel White
• White.rachel_at_epa.gov
• 404.562.9044

• Dale Aspy
• Aspy.dale_at_epa.gov
• 404.562.9041

Alan Powell Powell.alan_at_epa.gov 404.562.9045