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Alternative Fuel Vehicles Projects
	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) plans to install diesel particulate filters on 635 buses. They also operate 4 diesel/hybrid buses. (CMAQ)
	Centre Area Transportation Authority operates approximately 50 CNG buses in State College, PA (State)
	PA Turnpike operates 20 CNG (propane) trucks
	Valley Forge National Park uses B20 biodiesel on 13 diesel powered park vehicle
	PA Turnpike operates 315 trucks using B20 biodiesel
	DelDOT’s maintenance trucks operate on B20
	MD Transit Administration operates 165 ULSD transit buses
	Allegheny County Port Authority operates some of its transit buses on CNG. (State)
	Erie Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates 12 CNG buses.(State)
	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) operates transit buses, lean NOx catalysts, DPF, ULSD (CMAQ)
	Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Mass Transit Administration - 165 transit buses, ULSD (1 year beg. 9/1/04) (EPA)
Anti-Idling Efforts
	Anti-Idling Regulations in Philadelphia (all diesel vehicles, Pittsburgh (one aimed at school bus idling and the other for all diesel on-road HHDV idling), Delaware, District of Columbia and Maryland.
	Enhanced enforcement of anti-idling regulations in Philadelphia. The City will be enforcing idling through its Traffic Code (effort began April 20, 2005).
	Signs have been placed in key locations throughout the City of Philadelphia where buses are known to idle for extended periods of time. The signs direct buses to a parking facility on 2^nd and Callowhill Streets, where drivers can shut off their engines and relax in a building equipped with heat and A/C as well as other amenities. (City enforcement mitigation funding)
	Pennsylvania Statewide anti-idling campaign for school buses being spearheaded by the Clean Air Council (CAC). Through this same effort, the CAC is working with a committee to develop model school district anti-idling model policy is being developed for consideration by school districts. They hope to achieve statewide anti-idling policy for school buses. (VEPCO SEP)
	PA’s Small Business Advantage Grant program reached its ($250,000) limit for truck anti-idling applications for 2005 fiscal year about one month after opening of the grant application period. Other avenues for meeting the demand through private financing mechanisms are being explored. Over 70 small companies were assisted in the previous fiscal year’s program.
	Pennsylvania’s North Central Regional Office held an anti-idling technology workshop for trucking firms in mid-July, possibly a model for other small scale workshops around the state.
	West Virginia Department of Education and WV DEP are collaborating to develop anti-idling policies for all school buses in WV.
Non School Bus Retrofit Projects
	Coca-Cola, Harrisburg, PA Retrofit 26 (FBC Fuel/DOCs) Trucks (VEPCO SEP)
	City of Phila. (Div. Of Water; Div. Of Waste Mgmt.) Phila., PA. Retrofit 27 mixed fleet (DOCs) (VEPCO SEP)
	Waste Mgmt. Inc., Gilbertsville, PA Retrofit 177 (DOC/FBC) refuse Compactors/trucks (VEPCO SEP)
	Maryland Dept. of the Environment/Baltimore City Fire Dept. Baltimore, MD
	Retrofit 37 fire trucks and 26 ambulances w/DOCs and Crankcase Ventilation Filtration Systems (EPA grant)
	County of Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, 12000 Government Center Parkway. David Duvall. Retrofit 49 Class 8 semi tractors; 18 solid waste collection
	Vehicles; 34 other heavy duty diesel trucks (dump, etc.) w/DOCs. (EPA grant)Vehicles; 34 other heavy duty diesel trucks (dump, etc.) w/DOCs. (EPA grant)
	Maryland Dept. of the Environment Air Toxics reduction project - Retrofit 150 trucks and buses with DOCs and Crankcase Ventilation Filtration Systems in East Baltimore and central Prince George’s County, Maryland.(EPA Grant)
	Maryland Department of Environmental Management (MD DEM) MD DEM is partnering with the Baltimore Fire Department to reduce emissions from fire trucks and ambulances with diesel oxidation catalysts and crankcase filters. (EPA grant).
	The County of Fairfax will retrofit solid waste collection vehicles, transfer tractors, and other dump trucks with diesel oxidation catalysts. Fairfax County will use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. Federal grant: $75,000.
	Sunoco Settlement: Environmentally beneficial projects valued at $3.9 million. Supplemental Environmental Projects include: (1) Refinery upgrades at the Philadelphia facility to further reduce emissions; and the subsidizing of low sulfur fuel purchases in the area. (2) State and local projects include clean diesel retrofits for municipal vehicles in the Philadelphia area and asthma prevention services. State and local partners include Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia.
Ports and Community Efforts
The Philadelphia Diesel Difference (PDD)
	The Philadelphia Diesel Difference (PDD) Working Group has been formed to help build a coalition of diverse partners with a mutual interest in reducing air pollution from diesel engines in the greater Philadelphia area through voluntary programs and the use of innovative strategies including market-based approaches. PDD includes EPA Region 3, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Philadelphia Air Management Services, local nonprofit public interest groups, diesel fleet owners, retrofit manufacturers, and ultra low sulfur and other low emission fuel suppliers. The mission is to work cooperatively to promote, review and publicly recognize voluntary projects and strategies in the Philadelphia area that use diesel retrofit and idling reduction technologies, to promote the use of low sulfur diesel fuel and other fuels or fuel additives that reduce emissions, and to promote practices and habits that reduce fuel consumption. Some accomplishments to date include: Developing and implementing a recognition program for fleets that reduce their diesel emissions; Reviewing proposed diesel emission reduction projects and recommending funding for a school bus retrofit project proposed by the West Chester School District, Forming a "Clean Yellow Bus" subcommittee to provide information to school districts regarding the benefits of diesel retrofits and grant opportunities, and Facilitating contacts between diesel fleet operators and diesel emission control equipment and ultra low sulfur diesel fuel suppliers. Working Group Meetings are held monthly. (EPA grant)
Philadelphia Port Initiative
	As part of the Philadelphia Air Toxics Project, EPA Region 3 and Hqs Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards evaluated the health and economic impact associated with diesel particulate matter in the five county Philadelphia metropolitan area. This study revealed that the Port of Philadelphia is a major source of diesel particulate matter, with significant health impacts for city residents. The Regional Administrator and Alvaro Alvarado met with the City of Philadelphia to present the findings of the study. At that meeting the city and the Region pledged to form a workgroup to tackle environmental concerns at the Port of Philadelphia - the beginning of a collaborative stakeholder group. The Port of Philadelphia project is at a point where many of the key stakeholders are aware of the issues and are ready to take action. A stakeholder meeting will be convened the first week of April with the City of Philadelphia, PADEP, the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, and terminal operators. The Port of Philadelphia project received 2004 CARE grant money. The grant funds a contractor to: confirm that the assumptions that went in to the Port of Philadelphia emissions inventory, identify sources of diesel PM at the Port, and outline mitigation technologies appropriate for the Port of Philadelphia. This report will give the stakeholder group a menu of options for reducing pollution from port operations. Members of Region 3, the City and EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality visited the port in February. (No money to date)
Baltimore Port Initiative
	Members of Region 3's Air Protection Division and HQ’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality toured the Port of Baltimore in December of 2004. A follow up meeting was held on April 8, 2005 with the Port of Baltimore, the Maryland Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Department of the Environment to discuss various strategies to reduce air emissions. The Port of Baltimore (POB) is #1 among all U.S. ports in terms of importing and exporting Roll-on/Roll-off items such as construction and agricultural equipment. The POB is also #1 in auto exports and #2 in importing iron ore, aluminum, salt and autos. There are several terminals at the port that handle general cargo such as containers, autos, forest products, steel and other bulk cargo. An emissions inventory was conducted in 2002 that showed high emissions of all criteria pollutants, including 2560 tons per year of SO2, 1556 tpy of NOx and 203 tpy of particulate matter. Most of theses emissions are from marine vessels. Diesel Particulate emissions from yard equipment, trucks and cranes are also high. Potential emission reduction projects that were discussed include converting tug boats from diesel to biodiesel and retrofitting with Diesel Oxidation Catalysts. In addition, cruise ship operations will be relocated to the South Locust Point Marine Terminal. The possibility of electrification was also discussed, where cruise ships would "plug-in" at the dock side and shut off their diesel generators and propulsion engines. This is already being done with cruise ships on the West Coast. The POB voluntarily electrified 7 large Gantry Cranes that previously burned diesel fuel at the Seagirt Terminal, resulting in a reduction of 155 tpy NOx and 13 tpy VOC. Region III is having discussions with the POB/MDOT to hold another meeting in Philadelphia this summer to discuss grant opportunities and potential diesel retrofit projects.
Baltimore Diesel Particulate Efforts
Presently, there are several initiatives under way in the Baltimore area to address diesel particulate emissions
	Many school buses in several districts within MD including Baltimore will be retrofitted
	All fire trucks and ambulances in the Baltimore City Fire Department will be retrofitted
	Truck Stop was electrified in Jessup and East Baltimore (260 spaces). (EPA grant and CMAQ funding)
School Bus Retrofits
	North Allegheny School District, Pittsburgh, PA Retrofit 100 school buses w/DOCs; Completed (EPA)
	North Penn Hills School District , Montgomery County , PA 75 DOC Retrofits and ULSD (VEPCO SEP)
	General McLane School District , Erie , PA. DOCs on 40 school buses; Completed (EPA)
	PA DEP/Wissahickon School District buses, ULSD on 75 bus fleet, 27 DPFs, 14 DOCs on buses; Completed. (DEP/3 M donation)
	Philadelphia S.D. Phila.., PA (Shalcross Station), 125 (ULSD Fuel) only (VEPCO SEP)
	Upper Darby S.D., Delaware Cnty, PA, Retrofit PMF,ULSD,anti-idling 61 (DPF) 115 (ULSD) Data logging all buses. (EPA)
	Roanoke County S.D. Roanoke , VA Retrofit 100 buses w/DOCs (VEPCO SEP)
	Frederick County Public S.D. Maryland Retrofit 126 (DOC) (VEPCO SEP)
	Henrico County . S.D. West Virginia Retrofit 100 (DOC) (VEPCO SEP)
	Fairfax County . S.D. Virginia Retrofit 285 (DOC. EPM Reprog.) (VEPCO SEP)
	Winchester County S.D. , Virginia Retrofit 18 (DOC. EPM Reprog.) (VEPCO SEP)
	VA Beach/Norfolk S.D. Virginia Replacement 10+CNG buses+refueling (VEPCO SEP)
	Berkeley/Jefferson S.D. West Virginia Retrofit 68 (DOC) (VEPCO SEP)
	Montgomery Cnty S.D. Maryland Retrofit DOC,ULSD,ECM Reflash (VEPCO SEP)
	Prince George 's County S.D. Maryland Retrofit 100+ (DOC, ECM Reprog.) (VEPCO SEP)
	Anne Arundel Cnty SD. Maryland Retrofit DOC,ECM Reprog.(VEPCO SEP)
	West Chester S.D. Pennsylvania . Retrofitting 10 school buses w/DOCs. (EPA Grant)
	Allegheny County Health Department held a school bus retrofit conference in May 2005 to present information to school districts about retrofit options.
Truck Stop Electrification and Smartway Partners
	PA Truck Stop Electrification: TSE station in Carlisle, PA is expected to be completed by the summer of 2005 with tentative plans for two more sites elsewhere in the state. PADEP is currently exploring locations. (EPA, State grant, DOE )
	Truck Stop Electrification: MD stations in East Baltimore and Jessup, Maryland are expected to be up and running by July 2005. (CMAQ)
	The State of Delaware is considering a TSE station, pending single source competition issue. (DOT)
	Eleven Smartway Transport Partnerships in Region 3. Three railroad companies have expressed interest in becoming a SmartWay Transport partner and the region continues to work with them.