Ports and Air QualityPorts and Air QualityJanuary 12, 2007January 12, 2007

Matt Haber, Deputy DirectorMatt Haber, Deputy Director

Air DivisionAir Division

U.S. EPA Region 9, San FranciscoU.S. EPA Region 9, San Francisco

Today's Talk

• What is the Air Quality Problem?• Ports impact on Air Quality• What's to be done??!!

8-hour Ozone Exceedances

PM 2.5 Exceedances

California Container Ports

• LA, Long Beach– #1, 2 in US– Together, #5 in

World

• Oakland– #3 in CA, #4 in

US

Ports Air Impact

• Large contributor to basin emissions• Most sources not well controlled• Massive growth in containers• Most other sources controlled 90-99%

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What's to be Done

• EPA Role• Other Roles (will be covered by other speakers)

• State Role• Ports Role• Industry Role

EPA's role

• National Standards– Diesel rules:

fuel/engines

• Incentive Programs– West Coast

Collaborative• Grants• Info sharing

• Ports Initiative– Ports Clean Air

Leadership Forum– WCC Ports Sector

EPA Role: Trucks

• Final Rules in 2000• Covers Fuels and Engines• Fuel: 15 ppm sulfur (2006)• Engines:

– PM: 0.01 gm/bhp-hr (2007)– NOx: 0.2 gm/bhp-hr (2007-2010)

EPA Role: Non-Road

• Final Rule 2004• Covers Fuels and Engines• Fuel: 15 ppm (2010)• Engines

– PM: 0.01 gm/bhp-hr (2011)– NOx: 0.3 gm/bhp-hr (2011-13)

EPA Role: Marine and Locomotive

• Generation behind other standards• Fuels: Same as Non-Road

– (15 ppm: 2010; 500 ppm: 2007)

• Engines: ANPRM: 2004– Proposed standards expected early

2007– “…modeled after highway/non-road

programs…”– “…focus on large PM reductions…”– “…similar (NOx) emissions levels…

achievable from highway…may be feasible…”

– Likely to include aggressive rebuild standard

EPA Role: Ocean Going Vessels

• 2003 Rule– Duplicates MARPOL Annex

VI req’ts– Very small Reductions

• SECA• Commitment to

rulemaking in 2007

EPA Role: NCDC

• Problem: Diesel Engines are long lived• Problem: Greater Efficiencies can be

achieved.• Solution: West Coast Collaborative

• Solution: NCDC• Solution: Smartway

EPA Role: Ports Initiative

• WCC Ports Workgroup• Regional Administrator’s Ports Leadership

Forum 9/06• Sponsor of LA-Shanghai Pacific Rim Ports

Air Quality Collaborative 12/06• Sponsor of Clean Ships: Advanced

Technology for Clean Air 2/07

State/Local Role

• Ozone plan due Summer '07– PM-2.5 plan due Spring '08

• Major Goods Movement Section– Regulatory measures– Incentive Measures

Ports Role

• LA/Long Beach– Ports Clean Air Plan

• Oakland– Vision 2000 Clean Air

Program

www.epa.gov/cleandiesel

www.westcoastcollaborative.org

For more information….

Questions?Photo © Matt Haber