$3.5 million to help cut diesel pollution in Baltimore

The Port will use the funds for clean-diesel technology in essential equipment used for harbour operations, creating jobs and protecting the health of Baltimore communities.

The Port of Baltimore was selected from projects competing for a share of $16.1 million. EPA’s mid-Atlantic region received 40 grant applications. The Port was one of seven applicants that won funding. The funding will support collaboration with the Baltimore Port Alliance’s environmental committee in extensive outreach to the maritime community with solid information about ways, and technologies, to cost-effectively reduce air emissions. It will also assist with the installation of clean-diesel technology in 142 pieces of diesel-powered equipment used for port operations: two tugboats, seven locomotives, 50 short haul trucks, and 83 units of cargo handling equipment. The technologies include nine engine repowers, 43 vehicle and equipment replacements, 83 exhaust controls, and seven idling devices.

http://www.epa.gov/recovery.

http://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel