Trucking Sector
The objective of the Trucking Sector Workgroup is to share information about current and potential emissions reduction projects along the West Coast. The workgroup focuses on strategies to reduce emissions along major transportation corridors and near population centers by providing information on topics that include innovative financing, public & private funding, technology developments, and use of alternative fuels to reduce emissions. For more information on WCC projects in this sector, please click here.
Sector Calls and Meetings
WCC Goods Movement Webinar, June 2, 2015
Thank you to the presenters and participants in the WCC Goods Movement sector webinar held on Tuesday, June 2, 2015.
Agenda:
- Welcome, roll call
- Keynote Presentation: eHighway Catenary Truck Demonstration Project - Joseph Impullitti, South Coast AQMD
- EPA and WCC updates: DERA National and Tribal RFP and other updates
- Closing
If you have any questions, please contact Francisco Dóñez, Ph.D., Ports and Marine and Locomotive Sector Lead, at (213) 244-1834, or by email at donez.francisco@epa.gov.
WCC Goods Movement Webinar, March 3, 2015
This is a reminder to join us for the WCC Goods Movement sector webinar on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 10:00 am to 11:15 am Pacific Time.
Here is the information you need to access the webinar and conference call connection.
- Audio conference line: 1-866-299-3188
- Conference code 206-553-8087#
- Webinar "room" for viewing presentations: https://epa.connectsolutions.com/wcc2015-03-03/ (log in as guest)
- To download slide presentations, click here (PDF).
The agenda for the call is as follows.
- Welcome, roll call
- EPA/NCDC updates (Ports Initiative, DERA Updates, ECA Enforcement)
- Gay MacGregor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality (5-10 min)
- Seema Kakade, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (5-10 min)
- Guest Speaker: Alternative fuels for heavy duty applications in a period of low petroleum prices - CALSTART
- Closing
If you have any questions, please contact Francisco Dóñez, Ph.D., Ports and Marine and Locomotive Sector Lead, at (213) 244-1834, or by email at donez.francisco@epa.gov.
Also, look for another WCC webinar on Community Impacts and Actions on Diesel Emissions in April!
Trucking Sector Resources
- U.S. EPA National Clean Diesel Campaign
- U.S. EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership
- U.S. EPA Regulations & Engine Certification for Heavy Duty Trucks
- California Air Resources Board – Truck Stop: Diesel Truck Information
- U.S. DOT – Federal Highway Administration: Air Quality
- U.S. DOT – Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Projects
- West Coast Collaborative DERA: Agriculture, Construction & Marine Repower/Replacement in Southern California (2012): the South Coast Air Quality Management District received $1,045,993 to replace at least 50 medium-duty diesel engines with battery-electric trucks delivery trucks throughout impacted communities.
- Competitive 2012 DERA Reducing Truck Diesel Emissions at Bay Area Ports: the Bay Area Air Quality Management District received $898,833 to replace 22 heavy-duty drayage trucks operating around Bay Area ports.
- Competitive 2012 DERA Deploying Cleaner Trucks in the San Joaquin Valley: the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District received $898,833 to replace 35 heavy-duty diesel engines trucks with newer, cleaner 2011 model year engines.
- State 2011 DERA Grant: Retrofit and Replacement of Diesel Trucks in Hawaii: the Hawaii Department of Public Health received $189,000 to retrofit and replace short-haul diesel trucks on Oahu.
- Competitive 2010 DERA Grant: Cascade Sierra Solutions – Green Machines: Cascade Sierra Solutions received $847,941 for replacing 42 1990-2001 model year trucks with 2008-2011 hybrid and 2010-2011 cleaner diesel trucks.
- Competitive 2010 DERA Grant: PPRC – Advance Trailer Aerodynamics Implementation Program: the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) received $875,972 to install advanced trailer skirts, verified technologies approved by the U.S. EPA, on long haul trailers used to move goods throughout the region.
- Competitive 2010 DERA Grant: Heavy Duty Truck Replacement Program in the San Joaquin Valley: the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District received $1,796,474 to replace approximately 48 onroad heavy-duty trucks with newer model year engine diesel trucks.
- State DERA 2009 Deployment of Electrified Parking Spaces in Southern Arizona
- Tribal 2009 DERA Grant: Clean Buses, Construction Equipment, and Trucks for Morongo Band of Mission Indians: the Morongo Band of Mission Indians received $250,000 to retrofit or replace nine vehicles, including school and transit buses, utility truck, and construction vehicle.
- Emerging Technologies Grant 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Retrofit Heavy-Duty Trucks in South Coast: the South Coast Air Quality Management District received $2,000,000 to retrofit heavy-duty diesel trucks powered by EGR or non EGR engines with Johnson Matthey Selective Catalytic Reduction Technology (SCCRT).
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Reducing Truck Diesel Emissions at the Port of Oakland: Bay Air Air Quality Management District received $2million to reduce pollution from trucks around the Port of Oakland. For more information, click here.
- American Reinvestment and Recovery Act: Trailer Aerodynamics Project: Cascade Sierra Solutions received $907,072 to install trailer aerodynamics on long-haul trucks.
- State 2008 DERA Grant: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Promoting funded for Anti-Idling Technologies along the Arizona-Sonora Boarder
- Competitive 2008 DERA Grant: South Coast Air Quality Management District received $1 million to retrofit heavy-duty diesel trucks with diesel particulate filters
- Earmark 2008 DERA Grant: South Coast Air Quality Management District received nearly $5 million to replace 130 heavy-duty diesel trucks with new liquefied natural gas trucks around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.