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newsrel -- ARB announces $2 million for clean engine projects

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:13:22
Money will drive advanced technology, cleaner air for port and
rail communities . 

The Air Resources Board recently announced the selection of four
projects to demonstrate advanced clean engine technologies that
reduce smog-forming and diesel soot emissions.  

ARB selected the Port of Long Beach, the Port of Los Angeles, the
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and the
South Coast Air Quality Management District as agency partners
for the awards.  

“California prides itself on being one of the trailblazers in the
field of high tech and these projects are no exception,” said ARB
Chairman Mary D. Nichols.  “Testing the latest technologies will
mean residents living near railyards and ports can reap the
benefits of cleaner air and a better quality of life.”

The goal of ARB’s demonstration projects is to accelerate the
next generation of advanced technology vehicles, equipment, or
emission control devices to the open market.  Governor
Schwarzenegger provided funding for clean vehicle technologies by
signing AB 118 into law in October 2007.  Smog abatement, vehicle
and vessel registration fees pay for these programs.

The selected demonstration projects are:

•	$1 million to retrofit a tugboat with hybrid engine technology
at the Port of Long Beach; 
•	$346,178 for advanced technology locomotive engine upgrades
with soot traps at the Port of Los Angeles; 
•	$502,865 for advanced technology locomotive engine upgrades
with soot traps within the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
Management District; and, 
•	$150,957 for advanced technology locomotive engine upgrades
with soot traps within the South Coast Air Quality Management
District. 

The awardees will work in partnership with ARB to find new
solutions that improve air quality for the communities they serve
as well as providing matching funds for the projects. Work on the
demonstration projects will be completed by June 30, 2012.  

More details on the funding plan are available at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aqip/fundplan/fundplan.htm

Emissions from diesel particulate matter are associated with
causing a variety of health effects including premature death and
a number of heart and lung diseases.

For more information on the advanced technology demonstration
projects, go to ARB’s demonstration project website.
The Air Resources Board is a department of the California
Environmental Protection Agency. ARB's mission is to promote and
protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through
effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and
considering effects on the economy. The ARB oversees all air
pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain
health based air quality standards.

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