# Presentation: 768055

## BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE

*For*
*Clean Diesel*
**February 15, 2005**
**Sharon Banks**

**Notes:**
Good Morning, I am delighted to be here and share our experience building Infrastructure for Clean Diesel

## Outline

- Who is LRAPA?
- What is the Problem?
- Oregon Cancer Risk Assessment
- Objective
- The Process
- Results (so far)
- Measuring Results

**Notes:**
This is my outline...

## 
The Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority 
Formed in 1968
Responsible for air quality in Lane County, OR
320,000 population
175,000 in UGB
The only local air agency in the State of Oregon

Why Worry?

***The Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority ***
***Formed in 1968***
***Responsible for air quality in Lane County, OR***
***320,000 population***
***175,000 in UGB***
***The only local air agency in the State of Oregon***
***Why Worry?***
***	***

- Who is LRAPA?

**Notes:**
Why Worry—Our community, even though relatively small is impacted by diesel exhaust from the I-5 corridor and local fleets.
We look at East Coast and California air and congestion problems and try to figure out how to prevent the same thing from happening in Oregon.

## Diesel Exhaust is a Problem

- Courtesy of Oregon DEQ

**Eugene-Springfield**

**Notes:**
What you see here is the weight of freight distributed over the major highways of the US Transportation network. The Western United States is heavily impacted by Asian freight coming into West Coast Ports. Dispersing the transportation network is not possible due to terrain.

## Diesel Exhaust is a Problem

- Courtesy of Oregon DEQ

**Eugene-Springfield**

- Lane County

**Notes:**
This shows our area of jurisdiction. You can see our county has mountains on the East, West and South with the I-5 corridor running through the middle. Even though we have a relatively small population base, we are at risk for air pollution caused by diesel pm and toxics. Winds typically come from the north so our UGB is in the toe of the sock.

## The Problem

- Asian imports are expected to triple within the next 20 years.
- I-5 is the main route to distribute imported goods from Canada to Mexico in the West.
- I-5 is channeled between two mountain ranges on the East and West and our County also has mountains to the South.

## Oregon Hazard For All Pollutants

**Notes:**
What you see here is the results of the cancer risk analysis based on NATA data for Oregon. Our acceptable benchmark in Oregon is one cancer risk in a million from any one pollutant. Diesel PM came in a 748 cases in a million. This is totally unacceptable.

## What to Do?

- Use Cleaner Fuels
- BUT - ULSD is expensive
- Not in the pipeline
- No local storage
- Partial loads being delivered to one customer
- No dedicated truck

**Notes:**
Cleaner fuels were available in Tacoma, Washington but there was no local storage available. Partial loads were being delivered and no dedicated trucks were designated. Our transit district had 6 new buses with DPFs and had to have clean fuel to keep the filters from clogging. The transit district was paying $.25 per gallon premium for ULSD.

## Lane Clean Diesel Project

- _OBJECTIVE_
-  To bring Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel into our community at an affordable price—ahead of the 2006 mandate

**Notes:**
So- Here is what we did – LRAPA sponsored a community solutions project with the sole objective of bringing down the price of ULSD. We had no idea how—we just wanted to figure out a way.

## OREGON SOLUTIONS PROCESS

- Legitimacy
- Representation
- Joint Ownership
- Flexibility
- Facilitation
- Consensus Decision-Making
- Commitment to Implementation

**Notes:**
We used an established process called the Oregon Solutions Process. These are the attributes of the process. I will go over each briefly and tell you how they applied to our project.

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    Oregon’s Governor designated the project and appointed an important political leader to be the convener of the project

-     Oregon’s Governor designated the project and appointed an important political leader to be the convener of the project

- Legitimacy

**Notes:**
Do not underestimate the importance of having top credibility for your project from the beginning. The convener, was a high profile official who was highly respected in the business community.

## Representation

- The convener, along with the project sponsor (LRAPA) identified the key stakeholders
- City Managers
- County Administrators
- School Districts
- Transit
- Municipal Waste Haulers
- Large Private Fleets
- Fuel Distributors
- Public Utilities

**Notes:**
We identified 40 key stakeholders for the first meeting. The convener sent out the invitations and we had 60 stakeholders show up for the first meeting.

## Joint Ownership

- Participants shared the responsibility for setting the ground rules for the process and for creating an outcome acceptable to all parties.

**Notes:**
This group of 60 stakeholders worked developed their own ground rules and process. LRAPA just provided technical expertise and education about the health effects of diesel PM.

## Participants designed a process and addressed the issues in a manner that best fit our situation.

- Flexibility

**Notes:**
LRAPA did not get involved in how the issues would be addressed. The group looked at many ideas and found the best solution.

## Facilitation

- 	An impartial facilitator, accountable to all participants, managed the process and maintained a professional atmosphere for communication.

**Notes:**
LRAPA received $15,000 in grant funds to pay our facilitator. We used a local company for profit business called “Good Company” who are sustainability experts.

## Consensus Decision-making

- The intent was to make decisions through consensus rather than voting

**Notes:**
When I first thought about this—I thought NO WAY—How can 60 stakeholders agree on anything—but it did work and we are just now starting to reap the benefits.

## Commitment to Implementation

- LRAPA and all stakeholders committed to implementing the agreement that they mutually created.

**Notes:**
Each member of the group signs an official declaration of cooperation which outlines their contribution to the project.

## Results of the Process

- 2 local fuel distributors have added dedicated storage tanks for ULSD
- 1 fuel distributor provided 10 small storage tanks to school districts to provide access to clean fuel for the retrofit program
- 1 fuel distributor is planning to add a commercial tank with card reader to provide clean fuel to a group of stakeholders in the City of Oakridge

## Results of the Process

- The value of the private contributions to date is over $160,000.
- The group designed a Logo and trademark for the “Clean Lane Fuel” program.
- Any individual or organization is authorized to use the logo if they sign a Certificate of Participation to use fuel that is cleaner than the standard.

## Results of the Process

## Results of the Process

- 2,000,000 Gallons of ULSD commitments in 2005 so far.
- The premium on ULSD has dropped from $.23 cents a gallon to $.05-$.10 cents a gallon.
- LRAPA has established an excellent partnering relationship with some very diverse interest groups.
- Everyone is energized to participate.

## Measuring Results

- The Database
- Fleets report fuel usage.
- Fleets report retrofits installed.
- Fleets report price paid for ULSD or Biodiesel AND the price of #2 diesel on the same day.
- Baseline emissions are estimated based on the fleet composition.

## Measuring Results

- The Database
- Reductions in emissions are calculated based on changes in fuel used and by adding retrofits.
- The database provides:
- Reports for emissions reduced by fleet and by time-frame.
- The cost of those emission reductions.

## Questions

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