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Comment 8 for Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust for California (vw-mititrust-pl-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: John
Last Name: McGowan
Email Address: richard.mcgowan@ge.com
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Subject: Freight Switcher Funding Requirements
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Dear Ms. Lisa Williams, Two questions regarding the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust for California available for freight switcher locomotives. 1. Existing switcher locomotives produce high levels of emission pollutants at EPA Tier 0+ or non-emission tier levels also operating at low efficiency rates, which produce high greenhouse gas output. The older switcher configurations are relatively inexpensive to overhaul and maintain, thus difficult to justify EPA Tier-4 conversions without funding near 80% reimbursement rates. Therefore, can the 40% Volkswagen funding for switchers be utilized in conjunction with other California state or DERA funding? 2. The funding applies to freight switcher applications while some re-power applications will continue to serve freight yards but will have gross power ratings above the 2300 ghp EPA line haul classification threshold. Please clarify if re-power solutions rated between 2,300 to 4,100 ghp that continue to serve California switch yard applications, qualify for the VW funding reimbursement. Best regards, John McGowan
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2017-10-09 09:29:36
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