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A Workshop on Reducing Diesel Emissions
April 7, 2008
PSNH Energy Park
Five Rivers Auditorium
780 North Commercial Street
Manchester, NH
Agenda |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome |
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Becky Ohler, NH DES |
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| 9:20 a.m. |
Introduction and Overview of Health Impacts of Diesel Exhaust |
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| Speaker: |
Debbi Edelstein, NESCAUM (PDF,
21 pp., 328 KB) |
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Health and environmental impacts, air pollution, climate change, energy security, NEDC |
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| 9:40 a.m. |
Cleaner Fuels and Retrofits 101 |
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| Moderator: |
Becky Ohler, NH DES |
| Panelists: |
Tim Keaveney, Sprague (PDF,
19 pp., 624 KB)
Scot Lengel, Cummins NE (PDF,
25 pp., 936 KB)
Dave Smith, Manchester Transit Authority (PDF,
6 pp., 45 KB) |
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Fuels, verification (EPA/CARB), types of technologies |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Strategies to Reduce Diesel Emissions: Universities, Hospitals, and Municipalities Take Action |
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| Moderator: |
Kate Harvey, CBI |
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Jesse Foote, Harvard University (PDF,
10 pp., 1.31 MB)
Kate Thomas, Walsh Bros., Inc (PDF,
25 pp., 709 KB)
Steve Russell, City of Keene (PDF,
11 pp., 247 KB)
Dirk Timmons, University of New Hampshire (PDF,
10 pp., 1.03 MB) |
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Retrofits, idle reduction, alternative/cleaner fuels |
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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| Keynote Speaker: |
Thomas S. Burack, Commissioner, NHDES |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Tools, Incentives, and Funding |
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| Moderator: |
Kate Harvey, CBI |
| Panelists: |
Kathy Brockett, NH DES (PDF,
14 pp., 199 KB)
Debbi Edelstein, NESCAUM (PDF,
6 pp., 94 KB)
Rachel Beckhardt, Environmental Defense (PDF,
11 pp., 587 KB)
Halida Hatic, U.S. EPA New England (PDF,
23 pp., 384 KB) |
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| 2:45 p.m. |
Wrap Up and Next Steps |
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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