Committee Chair Hal Bernson and Committee members William Burke and Roy Wilson participated by video-teleconference. Committee Chair Hal Bernson asked the Committee to consider a consent calendar format for this meeting. Vice Chair Leonard Paulitz polled the Committee members for their opinions. All following items on the agenda were approved. The study is intended to focus on diesel buses, but also includes natural gas buses as well.
Additional testing is needed to study exposures from buses equipped with particulate traps.
As part of the MOA, the Port will assist AQMD in the review, evaluation, monitoring and reporting processes as they apply to marine applications in areas under its jurisdiction. The proposed funding together with co-funding from Jurupa Unified School District and other potential sources will be utilized to replace 34 type 1 diesel buses with CNG buses, nine type 2 diesel buses with gasoline buses, and to install the required infrastructure for fueling of the CNG buses. The successful implementation of this program will reduce children's exposure to harmful diesel exhaust. The convergence of transportation, electric power, and communications technologies is creating opportunities to share assets between the transportation and power generation sectors, increase the commercial potential in both areas and reduce air pollutant emissions. The RFP was reissued in October 2000, a mandatory bidder's conference was held and three qualified bid proposals were received.