ITEM NO:     7a_Supp 
DATE OF MEETING: February 7, 2012 

Briefing on Accelerating Seaport
Clean Air Goals 

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Briefing Overview 
Diesel Particulate Emissions and Air Toxics 
January Commission Motion to Accelerate Seaport Clean
Air Goals to 2015 
2011 Implementation 
2011 Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions Inventory 
Draft Recommendations to achieve Clean Air Goals by 2015 
Trucks 
Ocean-Going Vessels 
Cargo Handling Equipment 
Community/Stakeholder Outreach 
Next Steps 
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Puget Sound Clean Air Agency 
2010 Comprehensive Air Toxics Evaluation 
Air Toxic Source:    Mobile Sources  Cars, Trucks, Ships, etc. 
Wood Combustion 
Both Mobile Source and Wood Combustion 
Other 
Other      Carbon
4%    Tetrachloride 
7% 
Seattle
Duwamish              Wood Smoke
Diesel                         Particles 
Valley       Particulate
3% 
Matter 
72% 
Total Potential
Formaldehyde 
Cancer Risk of
4% 
450 per million: 
Benzene    1,3-Butadiene 
6%        4% 

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2005 Diesel Particulate Matter 
Puget Sound Region 
Maritime Emissions = 29% 
Ocean-going vessel    Ocean-going vessel
maneuvering         transiting 
Ocean-going          < 1%              4%       Harbor vessels 
vessel hoteling                                         14% 
4%                                           Rail 
2% 

Cargo handling
equipment 
3% 
Heavy-duty 
vehicles 
Non-maritime                              1% 
sources 
71% 
Fleet vehicles 
< 1% 

Source: 2005 Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions Inventory 
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2005 Diesel Particulate Matter 
Port of Seattle Seaport 
Fleet vehicles 
< 1%                 Ocean-going vessel
Heavy-duty                                       hoteling 
vehicles                                             44% 
3% 



Cargo handling
equipment 
32% 

Ocean-going vessel
maneuvering 
Rail, on-port,                                   9% 
near-port                Harbor vessels 
12%                  < 1% 
Source: 2005 Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions Inventory 
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January 2011 Commission Motion to
Accelerate Clean Air Goals 
Motion intent is to call for the Port to implement an
accelerated schedule in order to achieve our Clean Air
goals by 2015. 
CEO shall direct Port staff to: 
Conduct the 2011 Air Emissions Inventory Update
throughout 2011, as previously presented to the
Commission, to establish the new baseline of air quality in
the Puget Sound. 
Present draft recommendations and associated financial
costs to the Commission in public session in December
2011. 
Present final recommendations and associated schedules
and financial costs to the Commission in public session in
mid-2012, incorporating the final results of the 2011 Air
Emissions Inventory Update. 

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Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy 
Performance Measures 
2010         2015 
Ocean-Going     0.5% fuels in     Meet IMO standards 
Vessels        auxiliary engines while
at berth 
Cargo-Handling  Use of ULSD, meet   Best available emission
Equipment      Tier 2 or 3 PM      control devices 
standards 
Rail             Expedite EPA        Comply with U.S. EPA 2007
SmartWay standards   locomotive rules 
Trucks         100% trucks must have 80% of trucks must meet 2007
1994 or newer engines  U.S. EPA PM emission
standards, 100% by 2017 
Harbor Vessels    Low-sulfur fuels, new  Advanced technology pilot
technologies         projects 
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Ocean-Going Vessel 2011 
Implementation Success 
In 2011, 70% of all frequent OGV calls
(container and cruise) met or exceeded the
2010 performance measure 
Cargo: 60% of frequently-calling container vessel calls
(367) met goal 
Cruise: 100% of all frequently-calling cruise vessel
calls (195) met goal 

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ABC Fuels 
Provides a per-call incentive for ships to use lower sulfur
fuels (0.5% sulfur) in auxiliary engines and boilers 
2011 Program 
Tiered incentive structure 
10 participating lines; 375 calls 
Reduced 261 metric tons of sulfur 
Program To-Date (2009- Jan 2012) 
1023 participating vessel visits 
631 MT sulfur emissions reduced 

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Cargo-Handling Equipment 2011
Implementation 
58% of all CHE at Port of Seattle met the 2010
performance measure 
100% of all CHE used ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel
and/or biodiesel blends 
In late 2010, 81 diesel multi-stage filters (DMFs) were
removed from CHE because the EPA/CARB verification
was revoked due to equipment failure 
2011  applied for and anticipate receiving Ecology
funding for pilot study of idle reduction equipment
installation on CHE 
Exploring opportunities for hybrid rubber tired gantry
(RTG) cranes 

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Rail and Harbor Vessel Implementation 
Rail 
Installed anti-idling equipment on Louis Dreyfus
switcher engine, reducing fuel consumption by 50%;
switched to ultra-low sulfur diesel fuels 
BNSF Railway North Seattle International Gateway
(SIG) electrification 
Harbor Vessels 
Port continues to support PSCAA efforts to reduce
emissions from harbor vessels 
Foss and Crowley voluntary use of low sulfur 
fuels 

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Trucks Implementation Success 
100% of drayage trucks met or exceeded
the mandatory 2010 performance
measure 
ScRAPS 
280 drayage trucks removed 
ended January 2011 
Drayage Truck Registry 
www.portseattledtr.org 
Ready to launch RFID with the MTOs 

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Clean Truck Program 
Request for Information (RFI) 
Sought information and ideas on alternative ways to
upgrade trucks to U.S. EPA particulate matter (PM)
emission standards equivalent to a 2007 model year
(MY) diesel truck engine 
Published on April 19th, 2011; responses due on May
20th, 2011 
Received one response 
California Fleet Solutions comprehensive truck grant
and lease program 

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Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions 
2nd Inventory  2011 
Update of 2005 inventory 
Led by Port of Tacoma; 12 funding
partners 
Activity-based inventory of all
maritime emissions in the greater
Puget Sound region 
Data collection: January 1  
December 31, 2011 
Estimated cost: $230k, not including
significant in-kind resources 
Report complete: Mid-2012 
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
SmartWay for Drayage 
SmartWay is a partnership of government, business and consumers to
protect the environment, reduce fuel consumption, and improve air quality 
On June 28, 2011 U.S. EPA announced the addition of drayage
operations to the SmartWay program 
Founding partners 
U.S. EPA 
Coalition for Responsible Transportation 
Environmental Defense Fund 
Charter shipper partners 
Best Buy, The Home Depot, Hewlett Packard, JC Penney, Lowe's,
Nike, Target, and Walmart 
Staff working to leverage this to accelerate the Clean Truck Program 
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Accelerating Clean Air Goals 
Draft Recommendations 
Goal: accelerate clean air program
implementation to 2015 standards 
Ocean-going vessels 
Cargo-handling equipment 
Trucks 
Considerations: 
Legal 
Operational 
Financial 
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Draft Recommendations 
Clean Truck Program - Programmatic 
Option: No change to goals 
Considerations: 
Legal: Current lease agreements with MTOs require
implementation of Strategy truck goals as currently
stated 
Operational: Administration complexity of 80%/20%
split 
Financial: Allows more time for the trucking industry to
finance truck replacements 

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Draft Recommendations 
Clean Truck Program - Programmatic 
Option: Accelerate Long-Term Truck Goal to 2015 
Considerations: 
Legal: Need to amend MTO lease agreements to
match with accelerated Strategy goal for trucks 
Operational: Low administration complexity 
Financial: Requires investment in MY 2007 or newer
trucks sooner 

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Draft Recommendations 
Clean Truck Program - Programmatic 
Option: MY 2007 PM Emission Equivalency 
Considerations: 
Legal: Would want agreement from PSCAA regarding
whether truck emissions are equivalent to 2007 MY
emission. 
Operational: PSCAA would need to determine if
suitable technologies for MY 1994-2006 trucks exist
that achieve equivalent PM reductions 
Financial: Costs of equivalent technologies currently
unknown 

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Draft Recommendations 
Clean Truck Program - Funding 

Option: No Port funding 
Considerations: 
Operational: Requires private investment, allows Port
to invest in other emission reduction programs 
Truckers: Lack of funding assistance to truckers could
cause delay in implementation and challenges for
truckers 

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Draft Recommendations 
Clean Truck Program - Funding 

Option: ScRAPS 2.0 
Considerations: 
Operational: Need to determine amount of scrap
incentive so that truckers can purchase replacement
trucks that meet MY 2007 PM emission standards 
Truckers: Depending on Port funding commitment,
may not be able to address needs of the core fleet 

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Draft Recommendations 
Clean Truck Program - Funding 
Option: Pilot projects 
Considerations: 
Operational: Would assist with deployment of new
truck technologies, would not address size of core
fleet. Possibility that the technology does not work as
expected 
Truckers: Possible inequities on which truckers
receive pilot project assistance 

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Draft Recommendations 
Clean Truck Program - Summary 
Programmatic options: 
No change to goals 
Accelerate Long-Term Truck Goal to 2015 
MY 2007 PM Emission Equivalency 
Funding options: 
No Port funding 
ScRAPS 2.0 
Pilot projects 
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Draft Recommendations 
Ocean-Going Vessels 
Shorepower installation at P69 or Cargo terminal. 
Considerations: 
Operational: If cargo terminal, which terminal and do we have
a user? 
Financial: Greater initial investment. 
In 2013, align ABC Fuels requirements with 2012
or 2015 ECA standards 
Consider new incentive program to replace ABC
fuels in 2015 (e.g., for fuel efficient vessels) 

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Draft Recommendations 
Cargo-Handling Equipment 
Hybrid or Electric RTG 
Hybrid or Electric Yard Trucks 
Active pursuit of idle reduction retrofits 
Considerations: 
Operational: MTO support needed 
Financial: What achieves greatest emission
reduction? 

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Stakeholder Communications/Outreach 
Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions Inventory open
houses 
Tacoma: April 14th, 2011 
Seattle: June 28th, ,2011 
2012 Upcoming, as results become available 
Port of Seattle Clean Air/Truck Programs Outreach 
Port of Seattle specific outreach around our Clean Truck
and Clean Air Program acceleration options 
Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy 
Industry stakeholder outreach 
Strategy long-term performance measure implementation
plans 

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Next Steps 
Continue to evaluate options to accelerate clean
air program, present final recommendations to
Commission in mid-2012 
Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy update in
2012 
2011 Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions
Inventory compete in mid-2012 

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