San Diego-Tijuana Diesel Emissions
Reduction Project
Press
 SignOnSanDiego
(San Diego, CA)
March 23, 2006
Emissions
Program Shifts to High Gear: County Installing Smog-Cutting
Devices on Mexican Big Rigs
One truck at a time, San Diego County air pollution
officials are trying to cut the smog-forming particles spewed
by old Mexican big rigs that cross the international border.
By installing pollution-control devices on these vehicles
at no cost to the owners, the pilot program promises
to reduce each truck's output of toxic air contaminants by
up to 50 percent.
 North County Times (San Diego CA)
Wednesday,
September 29, 2004
Air
Pollution District Gets $150K Grant
The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District was awarded
a $150,000 grant Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency to participate in the start of a diesel emissions
reduction program. The money will enable officials to investigate
the costs and effectiveness of diesel retrofit technologies
on heavy-duty vehicles that operate in the San Diego and Tijuana
region. The goal of the program is to reduce diesel emissions
from trucks, ships, locomotives and other sources along the
West Coast from Mexico to Alaska, and to accomplish the goal
faster than is federally mandated. |
