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AGENDA
September 25, 2009 - 12:00 p.m.
AQMD Headquarters - Conference Room CC2
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE
21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar CA
The public may participate at any location
Videoconference Locations
20 Civic Center Plaza
8th Floor
Santa Ana, CA 92701 |
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OCTOBER BOARD AGENDA ITEMS FOR
ACTION/DISCUSSION |
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Execute Contracts to Implement
Phase II HEROS Program
On December 5, 2008, the Board approved release of an RFP to implement
the second phase of the High Emitter Repair or Scrap (HEROS) Program.
Implementation of the second phase will focus on increasing the
voluntary rate of participation of identified high-emitting vehicles to
scrap or repair the identified vehicles. Two proposals were received by
the closing date of the RFP. This action is to execute a contract with
Valley Clean Air Now for an amount not to exceed $798,960 from the AB
923 Fund to implement Phase II of the HEROS Program. In addition, this
action is to execute a sole source contract with the Foundation for
California Community Colleges for vehicle testing and repairs in an
amount not to exceed $900,000 from the AB 923 Fund. An action is also
requested to allocate $1,900,000 from the AB 923 Fund for the low-income
eligible vehicle replacement incentives and vehicle scrapping component
of Phase II HEROS Program. |
Lori Berard
AQ Specialist |
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Execute Contracts to Cosponsor
Demonstration Projects for Renewable Feedstock to Energy and Fuel
Technologies
The use of renewable feedstocks for energy production and
transportation fuel is a necessary transition to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and provide for domestic energy diversity. These conversion
technologies, however, also need to be made as clean as possible, and
the proposed two projects investigate this potential. The first proposed
project is with Orange County Sanitation District for the demonstration
of retrofit gas clean-up and catalytic after-treatment emission control
technology on a biogas engine. This second proposed project is with the
College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology,
University of California, Riverside, for a bench scale demonstration
project to produce natural gas from biomass waste using steam
hydro-gasification process. The total for both projects is over $2.6
million with cost-share being requested from the AQMD not to exceed
$301,369 from the Clean Fuels Fund. |
Al Baez
Sr. Air Quality Engineer |
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Execute Sole Source Contract to
Demonstrate Natural Gas Powered Police Vehicle
At its February 2009 meeting, the Board approved the conversion of a
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor to run on compressed natural gas
for the City of Redlands Police Department. Since the award, there has
been interest in evaluating a CNG-powered Police Interceptor as part of
the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Annual Law Enforcement
Vehicle Test and Evaluation Program. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department indicated their willingness to test a CNG-powered Police
Interceptor at their test facilities and would provide an existing
gasoline-powered Police Interceptor to be converted to run on CNG. This
action is to execute a sole source contract with BAF Technologies for
the conversion of an existing 2008 model year or newer Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department Police Interceptor to operate on CNG.
Following conversion, the vehicle would be evaluated by the Sheriff's
Department. The total cost for this project is estimated not to exceed
$34,500 from the Clean Fuels Fund. |
Lori
Berard |
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Issue Carl Moyer Program
Announcement for FY 2008-09
At its February 6, 2009 meeting, the Board approved the release of
Program Announcement for the FY 2008-09 “Year 11” Carl Moyer Program.
Over $39 million of applications were received, but due to a combination
of the slow economy and the new CARB regulations, many of the projects
either dropped out or were found ineligible. This action is to issue a
new program announcement to fund projects and encumber the remaining
“Year 11” Carl Moyer Program funds. |
Connie
Day
Program Supervisor |
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Recognize Revenue from Department of Energy and California Energy
Commission and Execute Contract to Develop and Demonstrate Fleet of
Medium Duty Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
The AQMD anticipates an award through the recent American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act funding opportunity in the Transportation
Electrification category. The funding opportunity was coordinated
through the Department of Energy (DOE) with the aim to further research,
development and demonstration activities for plug-in hybrid vehicles.
This action is to recognize $45,443,332 in revenue from the DOE and up
to $5,000,000 in revenue from the California Energy Commission, and
execute a contract with the Electric Power Research Institute to develop
and demonstrate a fleet of approximately 378 plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles in an amount not to exceed $44,522,405. |
Jeff Cox
AQ Specialist |
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Recognize Revenue from U.S. EPA and Execute Sole Source Contract for
Optimization and Demonstration of Exhaust Emission Control Technologies
for Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks
On-road heavy-duty trucks contribute substantially to NOx and PM
emissions within the South Coast Air Basin. Selective catalytic
reduction (SCR) systems and diesel particulate filter (DPF) technologies
are capable of significantly reducing NOx and PM emissions,
respectively. Staff proposes to demonstrate both technologies deployed
as a retrofit emission control system. This action is to recognize $4
million from U.S. EPA and upon receipt of award to execute two sole
source contracts with Johnson Matthey Inc., to optimize and demonstrate
selective catalytic regenerating and selective catalytic continuously
regenerating technologies on on-road heavy-duty diesel trucks at a total
cost not to exceed $4,600,000 from the Clean Fuels Fund. |
Adewale Oshinuga
Program Supervisor |
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Execute Contract with New Fleets for Off-Road Emissions Reduction
Showcase Program
On October 5, 2007, the Board approved a $1.2 million project to
retrofit selective catalytic reduction systems and diesel particulate
filters on off-road construction equipment owned by multiple fleet
operators. The project presented to the Board identified specific
fleets that would participate in the project. One of the identified
fleet operators will not be able to participate in the program as a
result of the recent economic downturn. This action requests to modify
the project to engage new fleet operators in the program and execute a
contract with Griffith Company and/or Sanitation Districts of Los
Angeles County for a combined total amount not to exceed $232,900 from
the Clean Fuels Fund. |
Jeff Cox |
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Execute Contracts for Technical Assistance for Advanced, Low- and
Zero-Emission Mobile and Stationary Source Pollution Control
Technologies under Clean Fuels and Carl Moyer Programs
On June 5, 2009, the Board approved the release of two RFPs to
solicit proposals to provide technical assistance and public outreach
support for advanced, low- and zero-emission mobile and stationary
source pollution control technologies for the Clean Fuels Program and
incentive programs. Eight proposals were received for the Clean Fuels
Program and four were received for incentive programs. This action is
to execute seven contracts with technical experts to provide
consultation services at a total cost not to exceed $555,000 from the
Clean Fuels Program. Further, this action is to execute three contracts
with technical experts to provide consultation services for the Carl
Moyer program at a cost not to exceed $330,000 from Carl Moyer Program
Fund SB 1107 Account. |
Dipankar Sarkar
Technology Demonstration Manager |
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INFORMATIONAL ITEMS ONLY |
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Clean Fuels Program Draft Plan Update
In March, the Board requested that staff bring the Clean Fuels
Program Plan Update before the Board as a separate item to solicit more
direct input before requesting final approval each year in early spring.
This action is to receive and file the calendar year 2010 Clean Fuels
Program Draft Plan Update with major emphasis on electric and hybrid
vehicles, including plug-in hybrids, clean engine technologies,
refueling infrastructure deployments, including upgrades to refurbish
older stations, and support for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. |
Matt Miyasato
Assistant Deputy Executive Officer |
Next Meeting: October 16, 2009 - 12:00 p.m.
Other Business
Any member of the Technology Committee, or its staff, on his or her own initiative or in
response to questions posed by the public, may ask a question for
clarification, may make a brief announcement or report on his or her own
activities, provide a reference to staff regarding factual information,
request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter,
or may take action to direct staff to place a matter of business on a future
agenda. (Govt Code Section 54954.2)
Public Comment Period
Members of the public may address the Technology Committee concerning any agenda item
before or during consideration of that item (Govt. Code Section 54954.3(a)).
All agendas for regular meetings are posted at District Headquarters, 21865
Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California, at least 72 hours in advance of a
regular meeting. At the end of the regular meeting agenda, an opportunity is
also provided for the public to speak on any subject within the Technology
Committee
authority. Speakers may be limited to three (3) minutes each.
Document
Availability:
All documents (i) constituting non-exempt public
records, (ii) relating to an item on an agenda for a regular meeting, and
(iii) having been distributed to at least a majority of the Committee after
the agenda is posted, are available prior to the meeting for public review
at the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Public Information
Center, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The agenda and documents in the agenda packet will be made available, upon
request, in appropriate alternative formats to assist persons with a
disability (Gov’t Code Section 54954.2(a)). Disability-related
accommodations will also be made available to allow participation in the
Technology Committee meeting. Any accommodations must be requested as soon as
practicable. Requests will be accommodated to the extent feasible. Please
contact Pat Krayser at (909) 396-3248 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30
p.m., Tuesday through Friday, or send the request to
pkrayser@aqmd.gov.
Adjournment
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