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Health and Air Quality Benefits of Diesel Retrofits
Ulla Reeves, Regional Program Director, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Air Quality Planning – Implications for Western North Carolina
Sheila Holman, Environmental Supervisor, North Carolina Division of Air Quality
Technical Advances Affecting the Diesel Industry
Ken Katch, Director, Emissions Solutions Group, Caterpillar Inc.
Economic Implications of Diesel Industry Advances – A Local Business Perspective
Paul Richards, Chief Engineer, Wheel Loaders, Volvo Construction Equipment
Future for Diesel Retrofits in Western North Carolina – A Local Business Perspective
Lanny Cole, Emissions Solutions Representative, Cummins Atlantic
Clean School Bus USA Diesel Retrofit Project
James Raiford, Air Quality Engineer, Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency
National and Regional Sources of Financial Assistance
Dawn Fenton, Director, Technical & Policy Programs, Diesel Technology Forum
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Asheville, North Carolina
Diesel Industry Contributing to a Cleaner, Healthier Environment for Western North Carolina
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2006
Clean Diesel Technology to Aid City of Asheville and Buncombe County
(Asheville, NC – April 12, 2006) At today’s “Clean Diesel, Clean Air Conference” sponsored by the Diesel Technology Forum, the diesel industry reiterated its ongoing commitment to cleaner, healthier air by donating clean diesel retrofit technology to the Asheville Public Transit System and the Buncombe County Landfill.
Congressman Charles Taylor, who provided the keynote address at the event stated, “The City of Asheville and Buncombe County are true environmental success stories and demonstrate the clean air solutions we can achieve when public and private entities work together. Clean diesel retrofit technologies represent one of the most cost-effective, clean air solutions available for federal funding, and these localities should serve as a microcosm for a broader national program.”
Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum added, “The diesel industry has been working to improve emissions performance for years, and today’s retrofit award is a hallmark of that commitment. While new diesel trucks and buses hitting the roads in 2007 will reduce emissions by over 90%, the technology donated today is an important step towards reducing emissions from the 11 million existing diesel engines already powering our economy.”
Clean diesel retrofit projects have proven themselves to be one of the most cost-effective, immediate solutions for reducing key emissions. Older diesel vehicles and equipment can reduce their emissions by nearly 85% with the retrofit of after treatment devices, such as particulate traps and diesel oxidation catalysts when used in combination with ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, which will be available nationwide later this year.
Caterpillar Inc. donated 16 diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs) to be installed on 16 of Asheville’s public transportation buses and two catalyzed converter mufflers (CCMs) for two D6 Track Type Tractors belonging to the Buncombe County Landfill. All told, these donations will reduce key emissions by 26.1 tons per year.
A broad and unique coalition comprised of industry, environment organizations, public health groups and elected officials have rallied around federal legislation that establishes a national diesel retrofit program. In his 2007 budget proposal, President Bush requested $49.5 million to reduce emissions through expanded installation of clean diesel retrofit technologies. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that $49.5 million for a national retrofit program would attract an additional $100 million in funding assistance and yield an estimated $2 billion in public health benefits.
For more information about clean diesel retrofit technology and the national diesel retrofit program before Congress, visit www.dieselforum.org.
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