Transcript Idling_EQB_Presentation.ppt

Petition to Adopt Regulations to
Restrict Idling of
Diesel-Powered Vehicles
Environmental Quality Board
May 16, 2007
Thomas K. Fidler, Deputy Secretary
Office of Waste, Air and Radiation
Management
Petition for Rulemaking: Restricting
the Idling of Diesel-Powered Vehicles
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On October 18, 2006, the Clean Air Board of Central
PA, Inc., (CAB) submitted a petition for rulemaking to
the EQB to adopt a statewide regulation restricting the
idling of commercial diesel-powered vehicles.
On January 17, 2007, the EQB accepted the rulemaking
petition for study.
A draft study by the Department was provided to CAB
for comment on March 20, 2007.
CAB provided comments on April 18, 2007.
The final study and recommendations addresses those
comments.
Idling Concerns
Identified in the Petition
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Idling highway diesel engines are a significant source of
diesel pollution, which include fine particulate matter
(PM2.5), ozone precursors, and air toxics.
PM2.5 poses serious public health and environmental
problems in many areas of the Commonwealth.
Statewide regulation of idling would prevent a
patchwork system of regulations in Pennsylvania.
Idling diesel engines increase emissions and waste fuel.
Cost-effective technologies to reduce idling are available
today.
The Department’s Study: Scope
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Characterized and quantified heavy-duty
diesel vehicle long-duration (>15 minutes)
idling activity.
Estimated emissions impacts of idling activity.
Investigated legal authority and enforcement
issues.
Used consultant assistance.
Incorporated consultation with PennDOT and
State Police.
Health and Environmental Benefits
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Agreed with CAB’s assessment of health effects of
diesel emissions.
Effects include contribution to area-wide
concentrations of fine particulates and ozone, and
direct exposure to diesel emissions.
An anti-idling regulation would help the
Commonwealth address local concentrations of
PM2.5 and contribute towards attaining and
maintaining the fine particulate and ozone standards.
Agreed that idling reduction can save energy and
money for the industry and that cost-effective
technology exists to reduce idling.
Idling Activity
 Study looked at heavy-duty diesel idling from long-
haul truck travel rest at truck/rest stops and at
loading/unloading locations, transit and tour buses,
school buses.
 Truck travel rest idling accounts for nearly 80 percent
of all heavy-duty diesel idling.
 Most travel rest idling occurs at truck/rest stops.
 More than 13,000 truck parking spaces at about 300
stops and rest areas in Pennsylvania
Idling Activity
Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle Idling
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78%
Total
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18%
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27.2 million vehicle hours statewide
Long-Duration (>15 min.)
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22.3 million vehicle hours
4%
Short-Duration (<15min)
Long-Duration: Truck Travel Rest
Long-Duration: Other
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Long-Duration due to long-haul
travel rest
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21.2 million vehicle hours
Geography
Primary interstates carry the most truck volume.
= Daily Truck Volume > 10,000
= Daily Truck Volume >2,000 and <10,000
Geography
Total Annual Long Duration Idling (Hours)
County
Truck Stops & Rest Areas
Other
Lehigh
Franklin
Juniata
Venango
Westmoreland
Carbon
Clearfield
Northumberland
Clinton
Washington
Jefferson
Dauphin
Berks
Susquehanna
Columbia
Centre
Bedford
Erie
Luzerne
Cumberland
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500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
Hours of Truck/Bus Idling
2,000,000
2,500,000
Emissions from Heavy-Duty
Long-Duration Idling (2005)
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Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and PM2.5 significant.
Smaller but still significant impact on volatile organic
compounds, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide.
Statewide; varies by county depending on activity.
Tons/year
% of highway
NOx
3200
1.3%
PM2.5
88
2.0%
Enforcement
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With a regulation, DEP inspectors and state and
local police would have the ability to enforce.
DEP has authority for administrative penalties and
summary offenses.
State and local police cannot use administrative
penalties and generally cannot enter private
property (eg. warehouses) without a warrant.
Since most idling is due to truck travel rest at
truck/rest stops, targeted education campaigns in
selected areas may be more effective in reducing
idling emissions than responding to individual
complaints.
Petition’s Suggested Provisions
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Idling restrictions would apply at locations where
commercial diesel vehicles load, unload, or park.
An idling limitation of 5 minutes in any 60-minute period
unless exemptions apply.
Exemptions for operating during maintenance, for safety
reasons, or in cold or hot temperatures are provided. The
transitional temperature exemptions would expire in
April 2010.
The rulemaking would not affect the operation of auxiliary
power units, generator sets, or other mobile idle-reduction
technology.
Recommendations
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A statewide idling rule would eliminate some
diesel emissions and contribute to progress
towards meeting and maintaining air
standards as well as have fuel benefits.
DEP is authorized to adopt a regulation; law
enforcement agencies could also enforce.
A few counties are disproportionately affected
by idling, but the state and national trucking
industry prefer statewide consistency.
Recommendations (con’t)
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Proactive, educational enforcement would be
most effective, including drivers, fleet owners,
and property owners.
The Department should move forward with
development of a proposed regulation within
six months, considering the petitioner’s
suggested language as well as the EPA
model.
Thank You
Thomas K. Fidler
Deputy Secretary, Office of Waste, Air and
Radiation Management
Joyce E. Epps
Arleen Shulman
Bureau of Air Quality
Bureau of Air Quality