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Monday, 12/20/2010 2:03:15 AM

Monday, December 20, 2010 2:03:15 AM

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Policy Statement

•Assembly Bill 32: California’s Climate Change Law (Applied LNG Technologies, LLC, “ALT” supports)
•Proposition 23, November 2010 Ballot Initiative to Suspend Assembly Bill 32 (ALT opposes)

Applied LNG Technologies, LLC Supports Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ Mandates
Published online September 16, 2010

ALT’s Policy Statement

As a leading provider of clean, vehicle grade liquefied natural gas (LNG) which has displaced consumption of millions of gallons of diesel by port drayage, refuse, transit, agriculture, municipal vehicles and other medium and heavy duty vehicle applications, ALT strongly supports the tenets of AB 32 (California’s Climate Change Law).

According to Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition data, when compared to diesel, natural gas vehicles significantly reduces harmful emissions by up to:

•Carbon Monoxide (CO) — 70% •Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) — 87% •Carbon Dioxide (CO2) — 20%

ALT opposes Proposition 23, which through a ballot initiative in November 2010, proposes to suspend AB 32 until the state unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent.

“We believe that enforcing and supporting AB 32 in fact benefits California’s economy and creates new jobs,” according to Cem Hacioglu, President and CEO of ALT. “We are seeing significant job growth in the trucking industry and that means job growth for those who support that industry, whether it’s the fuel supplier, such as ALT, the equipment manufacturers who build refueling stations, engine manufacturers, or the truck manufacturers.

“Every week we see new entrants in the market for investment, technology advancements and high-end technical job growth – these are all directly related to California’s foresight in creating a new standard for climate change. “

Background: California's major initiatives for reducing climate change or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are outlined in Assembly Bill 32 (signed into law 2006), 2005 Executive Order, and a 2004 ARB regulation to reduce passenger car GHG emissions. These efforts aim at reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 - a reduction of approximately 30 percent, and then an 80 percent reduction below 1990 levels by 2050. Source: California Air Resource Board http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm





To implement AB 32, CARB developed a Scoping Plan, December 2008, that “proposes a comprehensive set of actions designed to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions in California, improve our environment, reduce our dependence on oil, diversify our energy sources, save energy, create new jobs, and enhance public health. The measures in this Scoping Plan are expected to be in place by 2012.”

ALT’s areas of interest in the Scoping Plan are goods movement and Industrial emissions.

Goods Movement

A significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation activities comes from the movement of freight or goods throughout the state. Activity at California ports is forecast to increase by 250 percent between now and 2020. Proposition 1B funds, as well as clean air plans being implemented by California’s ports, will also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while cutting criteria pollutant and toxic diesel emissions. ARB is proposing to develop and implement additional measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to goods movement from trucks, ports and other related facilities. This effort should provide accompanying reductions in air toxics and smog forming emissions.

ARB incorporated the Heavy-Duty Vehicle-Efficiency measure into the Goods Movement measure.

Industrial Emissions

Require assessment of large industrial sources to determine whether individual sources within a facility can cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide other pollution reduction co-benefits. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fugitive emissions from oil and gas extraction and gas transmission. Adopt and implement regulations to control fugitive methane emissions and reduce flaring at refineries.

Major industrial facilities include power plants, refineries, cement plants, and miscellaneous other sources.


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Environmental policy information can be found on the following websites:



United States Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/




National Environmental Policy Act
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/






U.S. Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Dept.
http://fossil.energy.gov/programs/oilgas/storage/lng/feature/whatisit.html




Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Clean Cities
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/






Federal Transit Administration
http://www.fta.dot.gov/






California Energy Commission
Assembly Bill 118
http://www.energy.ca.gov/ab118/index.html





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