### Ap pendix E

- 2 Cecil County Emission Reduction Measures List/ RA CM A naly sis

Strategy Category Strategy

Name Brief

DescriptionAbove 0.1 tons per dayVOC reducedAbove 0.1 tons per dayNOx reducedBelow $10,000 per ton ofVOC reducedBelow $10,000 per tonofNOx reducedRACM Yes or No?RACM Explanation:

Fuel Biodiesel fuel Expand use of biodiesel fuel for on

- road vehicles. 

## ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Fuel Low

- NOx

diesel fuel Require

regional use of low

- NOx fuel additives f or
on

- road diesel vehicles 

## ü ü ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Funding Sell clean air

license plates Sell Clean Air

License Plates to fund air qualit y programs (sim ilar to “Save the Bay” tags). Use the revenue to pay for cost effect ive

em ission reduction technologies. 

## ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008Strategy

Category Strategy

Name Brief

DescriptionAbove 0.1 tons per dayVOC reducedAbove 0.1 tons per dayNOx reducedBelow $10,000 per ton ofVOC reducedBelow $10,000 per tonofNOx reducedRACM Yes or No?RACM Explanation:

I/M “Cash for

Clunkers” Gas Caps Program Provide free

replacement gas caps to light

- and

me dium

- duty vehicle owners. NO Wi ll not advance attain me nt based on potential

em ission reductions

I/M Enhanced

enforcement of smoking vehicles Increase

sm ok ing vehicle enforcement for trucks. NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission reductions

I/M Remote

Sensing Program Adopt a remote

sensing program. NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Idling Auxiliary

Power Units (APU) Increase

Market Penetration of APUs to Reduce Truck Idling. 

## ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Idling Electr ified

parking for tour buses Provide

electrified parking spaces for tour buses. 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008Strategy

Category Strategy

Name Brief

DescriptionAbove 0.1 tons per dayVOC reducedAbove 0.1 tons per dayNOx reducedBelow $10,000 per ton ofVOC reducedBelow $10,000 per tonofNOx reducedRACM Yes or No?RACM Explanation:

Mode Shift/VMT Clean

Commute Marketing through Opinion Leaders Recruit public

opinion leaders to educate and

enco urage the public to reduce single occupant vehicle commuting. NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Mode Shift/VMT Vehicle share

programs Develop

vehicle share programs. 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Mode S hift/VMT Telecourses

at local colleges and universities Encourage

local colleges and universities to offer telecourses to reduce vehicle trips. 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission reductions

Mode Shift/VMT M ass

ma rk eting

cam paign Marketing effort

involving business

- to

- business advertising

cam paign in print media and on world wide web. NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission reductionsStrategy

Category Strategy

Name Brief

DescriptionAbove 0.1 tons per dayVOC reducedAbove 0.1 tons per dayNOx reducedBelow $10,000 per ton ofVOC reducedBelow $10,000 per tonofNOx reducedRACM Yes or No?RACM Explanation:

New Vehicle Private fleets

buy gasoline hy brid electric vehicles Require fleets

operating in the Cecil County nonattainment area to be

com prised of a percentage of Advanced Technology

-- Partial ZEVs (PZEVs). 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

New Vehicle Hy brid

vehicle tax incentives Establish

incentives to purchase hy brid electric vehicles. 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

New Vehicle Rebate for

Hy brid Vehicle Purchase Issue rebates

for purchase and registration of hy b rid vehicles. 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Parking New surface

parking at transit centers Add new

parking spaces at transit center parking lots. NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Retrofit Improve truck

fleet efficiency Encourage

Adoption of Technologies that Increase Truck Fleet Efficiency. 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008Strategy

Category Strategy

Name Brief

DescriptionAbove 0.1 tons per dayVOC reducedAbove 0.1 tons per dayNOx reducedBelow $10,000 per ton ofVOC reducedBelow $10,000 per tonofNOx reducedRACM Yes or No?RACM Explanation:

Retrofit Voluntary

NOx Diesel Retrofits Implement

voluntary diesel retrofit program s targeted at reducing NOx

em issions. Target a variety of fleets and vehicle types. 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not provide reductions before May 2008

Retrofit Voluntary PM

Diesel Retrofits Implement

voluntary diesel retrofit programs targeted at reducing PM

em issions. Target a variety of fleets and vehicle types. NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission reductions

Transit Clean Fuel

Shuttles

-- mo stly CNG Use alternative

fuel shuttle buses at airports. Include private lot shut tles

-- on a voluntar y basis. NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission reductionsStrategy

Category Strategy

Name Brief

DescriptionAbove 0.1 tons per dayVOC reducedAbove 0.1 tons per dayNOx reducedBelow $10,000 per ton ofVOC reducedBelow $10,000 per tonofNOx reducedRACM Yes or No?RACM Explanation:

Transit Discounted

pre

- paid transit fare instruments Institute/promot

e m ethod for

em ployers to provide transportation vouchers (i.e., for alte rnatives to SOV). NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission reductions

Transit Real

- time

bus schedule Provide real

tim e bus schedule information. 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission red uctions Transit Em ergency

ride home Provide free

taxi rides home for transit riders on systems that cannot get them home at mi dday for

em ergency situations 

## ü ü NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission reductions

VMT Reducti on School

course on transportation

- related air qualit y Create and

distribute public school course

ma terial on air pollution from

mo tor vehicles NO Wi ll not advance attainment based on potential

em ission reductions



### Source: E.H. Pechan & Asso ciates, Inc., “ Review of Emission Reductions Strategies”, December 8, 2006