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A Workshop on Reducing Emissions from Diesel Engines
March 28, 2008
Rhode Island Foundation
One Union Station
Providence, Rhode Island
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Agenda |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Registration |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome |
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Terrence Gray, PE, Assistant Director for Air, Waste and Compliance Bureau of Environmental Protection
Robert W. Varney, Regional Administrator EPA NE (Invited) |
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Introduction and overview of health impacts of diesel exhaust |
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| Speaker: |
Debbi Edelstein, NESCAUM (PDF,
21 pp., 328 KB) |
| Topics: |
health and environmental impacts, air pollution, climate change, energy security, NEDC |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Strategies to reduce diesel emissions: Universities, Hospitals, and Municipalities Take Action |
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| Moderator: |
Kate Harvey, CBI |
| Panelists: |
Halida Hatic, U.S. EPA New England (PDF,
13 pp., 638 KB)
Kate Thomas, Walsh Bros., Inc (PDF,
25 pp., 709 KB)
Bob Cerio, Hudson Companies (PDF,
16 pp., 2.78 MB) |
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retrofits, idle reduction, alternative/cleaner fuels |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Break |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Retrofits and Cleaner Fuels 101 |
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Frank Stevenson, RI DEM |
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Steven Levy, Sprague Energy Corp. (PDF,
22 pp., 1.34 MB)
Scot Lengel, Cummins Northeast, Inc. (PDF,
25 pp., 936 KB) |
| Topics: |
types of technologies, fuels, verification (EPA/CARB), etc. |
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| 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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| 1:15 p.m. |
Tools, Incentives, and Funding |
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| Moderator: |
Kate Harvey, CBI |
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Frank Stevenson, RI DEM (PDF,
13 pp., 64 KB)
Debbi Edelstein, NESCAUM (PDF,
6 pp., 94 KB)
Rachel Beckhardt, Environmental Defense Fund (PDF,
11 pp., 587 KB)
Lucy Edmondson, U.S. EPA New England (PDF,
23 pp., 384 KB) |
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| 2:45pm |
Wrap Up and Next Steps |
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| 3:00pm |
Adjourn |
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