Public Workshops

West Coast Collaborative Public Workshop
March 21-22, 2005

List of Workshop Participants

Note: in the agenda below, PowerPoint presentations have been linked with their respective presenters.

Day One: March 21st

9:00 a.m. — Optional Fieldtrips and Pre-Workshop Meetings

• Port of Seattle Seaport Tour
• Port of Seattle Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 3rd Runway Tour
• Washington Ferry System and Bainbridge Island/Kitsap County Multi-Modal Field Trip
  Meeting space will also be available for any of the sector workgroups or others to hold a face to face meeting ahead of the opening of the workshop

12:00 p.m. — Registration Opens

12:45 p.m. — Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Ron Kreizenbeck, Acting Regional Administrator EPA Region 10
• Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator EPA Region 9
• Patricia Davis, Port of Seattle Commissioner

1:00 p.m. — Overview of the National Clean Diesel Campaign

• Merrylin Zaw-Mon, Certification and Compliance Division Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, EPA HQ
  The National Diesel Initiative offers a combination of regulatory and voluntary programs to reduce diesel emissions. $15 million has been requested in the FY06 budget to support diesel emission reductions. Ms. Zaw-Mon will present an overview of this program and discuss its relationship with one of its first pilots: the West Coast Collaborative.

1:30 p.m. — Where Have We Been And Where Are We Going?

• Peter Murchie, EPA Region 10
  Mr. Murchie will discuss The West Coast Collaborative FY05 and FY06 funding and will present ideas for next steps and potential permanent structures for the Collaborative.

2:00 p.m. — What Projects and Strategies is the Collaborative Moving Ahead With?

This series of presenters will focus on the challenges and opportunities for developing and implementing reduction strategies/projects. The presenters will give short summaries of the main project areas, next steps and existing or potential funding needs/opportunities.

• 2:00 p.m. Agriculture
  • Peter Canessa, Cal-State Fresno
  • John Beyer, USDA/NRCS
• 2:20 p.m. Construction and Distributed Generation
  • Tim Taylor, Cleaire
  • Wayne Elson, EPA Region 10
  • Tim Hudson, National Park Service
  • Kevin Downing, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
  • Charlie Stansel, Yakima Regional Clean Air Authority
  • Bob Saunders, Washington Department of Ecology, Air Quality Program
• 2:40 p.m. Locomotives and Rail
  • Tom Christofk, Placer County Air Pollution Control District
  • Terry Judge, Kim Hotstart
  • Tim Taylor, Cleaire
  • Michael Iden, Union Pacific

3:00 p.m. — Break

• 3:20 p.m. Marine Vessels and Ports
  • Dennis McLerran, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
• 3:40 p.m. Trucking
  • Bill Warf, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• 4:00 p.m. Cleaner Fuels
  • Erik Neandross, Gladstein, Neandross and Associates
  • Hayden Street, U.S. Navy Northwest Region
  • Sharon Banks, Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority
• 4:20 p.m. National Idling Reduction Plan
  • Linda Gaines, Argonne National Laboratory
• 4:30 p.m. Discussion and Wrap-up
  • Are there projects that could be expanded to a broader ‘regional’ scope?
  • Are there some commonalities or cross cutting issues among the different sectors (cleaner fuels, intermodal and etc.)?
  • Are there strategies and/or project areas that need to be added?
  • Are there cross cutting challenges and impediments? How could we overcome them?

5:00 p.m. — Adjourn

6:00 p.m. — Depart Sheraton for Dinner Cruise on the Argosy

Day Two: March 22nd

8:30 a.m. — Continental Breakfast and late registration

9:00 a.m. — Overview of the day

• Peter Murchie, EPA Region 10

9:15 a.m. — Why Diesel Emission Reduction Strategies and Projects Make Sense?

• Mike Jackson, Tiax
  Mr. Jackson will present information on the cost effectiveness of different diesel emission reduction strategies and technologies

10:00 a.m. — What Are the Potential Federal Resources to Support Our Efforts?

• Christina (Tina) S. Casgar, Transportation Specialist for Freight & Logistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
• Roxanne Dempsey, Office of Transportation Technologies Clean Cities Program, U.S. Department of Energy
• Greg Johnson, Air Quality and Atmospheric Change Team, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• John Beyer, State Air Quality Coordinator, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  The U.S. Government has significant resources allocated each year that could be used to reduce emissions from diesel sources. These agency representatives will update Collaborative members on potential funding opportunities.

11:15 a.m. — Funding Panel Q and A

• Christina (Tina) S. Casgar, U.S. Department of Transportation
• Roxanne Dempsey, U.S. Department of Energy
• Greg Johnson, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• John Beyer, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Merrylin Zaw-Mon, EPA HQ

11:45 a.m. — Box Lunch in the Exhibitor Hall

1:00 p.m. — How Do We Get More Resources for Our Projects and Strategies?

• Ad Hoc Education and Resources Group
• Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
• Richard Stedman, Executive Director, Northwest Collaborative Air Priorities Partnership
• Seyed Sadredin, Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
  Collaborative partners from California and the Northwest are working together to devise a strategy to secure additional resources. Ms. Terry, Mr. Stedman and Mr. Sadredin will lead a discussion about coordinated education and resource advocacy.

4:00 p.m. — Wrap-up

5:00 p.m. — Adjourn

Special thanks to our co-hosts: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Port of Seattle, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, and Gladstein, Neandross & Associates; and our co-sponsors: Diesel Technology Forum, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, ConocoPhillips, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Johnson Matthey Catalysts, BP, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, Washington State Department of Ecology, Green Diesel Technology, Cleaire Advanced Emissions Controls, Great Valley Center and Donaldson Company.