# Presentation: 657509

## Helping Airports

- Improve Air Quality

**Funding Sources**
- FAA funds VALE projects through Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants and the use of Passenger Facility Charges (PFCs).
- AIP funding of eligible costs is 75% for large and medium hub airports and 95% for smaller commercial service airports.  PFC funding covers 100 percent of eligible costs.

**Visit the VALE web site****for more information:**
**www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/****airports/environmental/vale**

**Program Benefits**
- Provides funding for clean airport   technology
- Removes regulatory barriers with emission credits
- Encourages use of domestic alternative fuels
- Reduces airport and airline fuel and maintenance costs
- Expedites the environmental review process for airport modernization
- Facilitates dialog between airport and air quality agencies
- Establishes airport commitment to environmental stewardship
- Fosters good public relations

- List of eligible airports
- List of funded projects with       sponsor contacts
- VALE Technical Report
- How to meet program requirements
- How to apply
- How to quantify project emission reductions using the FAA air quality model
- EPA emission credit guidance

## Voluntary

- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Airports established the VALE program in 2004 under *Vision 100 *to help airport sponsors improve airport air quality.  The program is an important part of FAA’s commitment to green technology and sustainable airport development.
- The VALE program provides funding to U.S. commercial service airports located in air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas.*  *Interested sponsors can use the funding to reduce emissions from all types of mobile and stationary sources at the airport.  Eligible technologies range from low-emission vehicles to major infrastructure improvements.
- Another incentive of the VALE program is regulatory.  Participating sponsors earn emission credits to meet current or future Clean Air Act requirements.  By taking early action and earning emission credits, airport sponsors can plan and manage their modernization projects more efficiently.

- Voluntary
- Airport
- Low
- Emission Program

- Electric GSE
- Electric ground support equipment (e.g., bag tugs, belt loaders, pushback tractors) have become a popular choice for fuel and emissions savings.
- Refueling Stations for Airport Buses and Shuttles
- Airport parking lot buses and shuttles powered by clean alternative fuels are a proven strategy.
- Airport Transit Connections
- Intermodal connections at the airport can greatly reduce vehicle trips and emissions.

- Gate Electrification
- Gate installation of 400 Hz power and preconditioned air units reduces the use of aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs), greatly reducing emissions.
- Alternative Fuel Systems
- Using cleaner fuels (e.g., natural gas) for HVAC systems and boilers can lower emissions, as can renewable energy (e.g., solar, wind) that is related to airport emission reductions.
- Underground Fuel Hydrant** **
- Installation of underground fuel hydrant systems eliminates emissions from fuel trucks.

**Eligible Infrastructure ****and Vehicle Projects**