National Clean Diesel Campaign

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National Clean Diesel Campaign

• Local Climate Leadership Summit
• Jim Blubaugh
• May 18, 2009

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Overview

• EPAs National Clean Diesel Campaign
• Climate Change Opportunities
• The DERA Era
• Available Tools

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Why Clean Diesel?

• Reducing diesel emissions is one of our countrys
  most important air quality challenges
• Diesel engines are the workhorses of the nation
  millions of diesel engines already in use
  continue to emit large amounts of nitrogen
  oxides, particulate matter and air toxics
• These emissions are linked to premature deaths,
  asthma attacks, lost work days, and global
  warming

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Mobile Source Diesel Emissions by Sector (2009)
NOx (6.4 million tons)
PM 2.5 (300,000 tons)
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Regulatory Actions

• 1. Tier 2 Light-Duty 2004-2009
  Vehicle Program
• 2. Heavy-Duty Highway Program
  2007-2010
• 3. Tier 4 Nonroad
• Diesel Program 2008--2014
• 4. Locomotive and Marine 2009

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National Clean Diesel Campaign
But what about the remaining 11 million engines
in the legacy existing fleet?

• Incentive-based, non-regulatory approach
• Focuses on five main sectors
• School Buses
• Ports
• Construction
• Agriculture
• Freight (SmartWay Transport Partnership)
• NCDC Program activities
• Technology verification
• Providing technical and policy analysis
• Coalition-building and outreach
• Establishing projects through grant competitions

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National Clean Diesel Campaign

• Verify proven technologies evaluate/test
• Introduce and demonstrate new emerging
  technologies
• Promote and implement clean diesel strategies
• Exhaust controls
• Engine upgrade kits, engine repowers
• Cleaner fuels
• Vehicle replacements
• Idle reduction technologies
• Hybrid vehicle technologies

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Clean Diesel Climate Benefits

• Clean diesels are one of the most fuel-efficient
  vehicles
• Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel (ULSD) enables
  advanced control technologies
• Alternative fuels
• Biodiesel, CNG, LNG, LPG, etc
• Hybrid vehicles conserve fuel, lower CO2
• Idle Control Technologies
• Provide CO2 reductions for school buses, trucks,
  locomotive, marine engines, etc
• Truck stop electrification, shore power, APUs,
  fuel operated heaters, battery air conditioning,
  automatic shutdown/start-up

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Clean Diesel Climate Benefits

• Black Carbon (BC) Current studies strongly
  point to diesel engines as the 1 source of BC
  emissions in the U.S.
• BC is the light absorbing component of PM
• Absorbs sunlight while in the atmosphere
• Creates a warming effect on the earth
• Deposition on snow/ice surfaces lead to quicker
  melting
• Proven technologies available to reduce BC gt 90
  for immediate results
• Wall-flow filters, engine replacement, etc

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Successes of NCDC

• All existing National Clean Diesel projects will
  lower PM by nearly 30,000 tons and realize 5
  Billion in health benefits when fully implemented
• 50 M DERA Funding FY08
• Demand for funding assistance outweighed
  available funding by 51
• Grantees matched 1 for 1
• Over 300 applications received
• 60 M DERA Funding FY09
• Will publish funding competitions early Fall

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Recovery Act Funding

• President Obama signed bill into law on February
  17, 2009
• 789 billion economic stimulus package includes
  300 M funding for EPAs Clean Diesel program
• One-time funding separate from Energy Policy Act,
  Diesel Emission Reduction Program
• All ARRA of 2009 clean diesel grants will focus
  on promoting economic recovery, preserving and/or
  creating jobs and reducing diesel emissions
• Nearly 650 applications received
• Approximately 2 billion requested offering over
  2 billion in matching funds

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DERA Priority Projects

• Maximize public health benefits
• Are the most cost-effective
• Are in areas with high population, air quality
  issues, and air toxic concerns
• Are in areas that receive a disproportionate
  quantity of air pollution (i.e. truck stops,
  ports)
• Maximize the useful life of the engine
• Conserve diesel fuel and utilize ULSD (early
  introduction of ULSD for nonroad projects)

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NCDC Tools

• Diesel Emissions Quantifier (web-based)
• Widely used tool
• Sector-based assistance
• Ports case studies, videos, workshops, etc.
• Communications Tools
• Website, brochures, fact sheets, webinars

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Conclusion

• EPA offers federal funding for clean diesel
  projects
• Menu of options and strategies for fleet/engine
  needs
• Technologies and strategies offer both health and
  climate change benefits
• www.epa.gov/cleandiesel