Eastern Washington Farmers Diesel Emissions
Reduction Project
Location: Washington:
Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Spokane, Walla Walla, and Whitman
counties
EPA is providing a $100,000 grant to the Upper
Columbia Resource Conservation & Development Council, with
$400,000 in matching funds. This project promotes no-till/direct
seeding techniques to farmers by offering them cash incentives
to offset the initial costs of necessary tractor modifications.
The project will educate approximately 9,800 farmers about
the no-till/direct seeding technique and convert 25,000 square
acres to the new system. The project will conserve an estimated
87,500 gallons of diesel fuel, and reduce annual emissions
of nitrogen oxides by 100.38 tons, particulate matter by 7.12
tons, carbon monoxide by 21.63 tons, sulfur oxides by 6.64
tons, and volatile organic matter by 8.14 tons.
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