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Ships-at-Berth & Cargo Handling Equipment
The diesel pollution from current goods movement operations greatly
impacts the health of community residents in the Los Angeles/Inland Empire
region, which has the largest concentration of goods movement facilities
(e.g. ports and railyards) In California. The result has been major health
risks associated with very high regional levels of ozone and fine
particulate (PM 2.5) pollution. The Proposition 1B Goods Movement Emission
Reduction Program (hereafter "Program") targets emissions from the diesel
engines in trucks, locomotives, ships, harbor craft and cargo handling
equipment.
On January 7, 2011 the Board released a Program Announcement to solicit
eligible projects in the category of "ships-at-berth" for the Proposition
1B-Goods Movement Program. This funding opportunity closed on February 11,
2011, and was limited to projects at ports and intermodal rail yard
facilities located in the Los Angeles/Inland Empire trade corridor and at
Port Hueneme. AQMD staff completed their evaluation of exclusively proposed
grid-based shore power applications submitted by the three port authorities.
On May 6, 2011, the Board approved execution of contracts with the Ports of
Los Angeles, Long Beach and Hueneme for a total of 25 berth projects subject
to the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) approval. On June 17, 2011,
CARB approved the final rank list of 25 ships-at-berth projects. The rank
list consists of 12 berth projects at the Port of Long Beach, 10 berth
projects at the Port of Los Angeles, and 3 berth projects at the Port of
Hueneme for an amount not to exceed $58,235,709 in bond funding (see
attached table below). The contract term for these projects will be 10 years
and the expected emission reductions include 10,920 tons of NOx and 186 tons
of PM over the established period. The first ships-at-berth projects are
expected to be ready to plug into grid-based electricity by early 2014.
Table Attachment
(PDF, 21KB) (CARB approved an updated ranked list on 1-9-12)
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