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Regulations to Restrict Idling of
Diesel-Powered Vehicles
Philadelphia Diesel DifferenceJune 18, 2007
Arleen ShulmanBureau of Air Quality, Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
Petition to EQB (and PennDOT)
October 18, 2006 -- Clean Air Board of Central PA, Inc.,
January 17, 2007, EQB accepted for study.
March-April 2007 CAB commented on draft study
May 2007 – EQB directed DEP to develop proposed regulation
All posted on EQB’s website.
Idling Concerns Identified in the Petition
Idling highway diesel engines are a significant source of diesel pollution, which include fine particulate matter (PM2.5), ozone precursors, and air toxics.
PM2.5 poses serious public health and environmental problems in many areas of the Commonwealth.
Statewide regulation of idling would prevent a patchwork system of regulations in Pennsylvania.
Idling diesel engines increase emissions and waste fuel.
Cost-effective technologies to reduce idling are available today.
The Department’s Study
Characterized and quantified heavy-duty diesel vehicle long-duration (>15 minutes) idling activity.
Estimated emissions impacts of idling activity.
Investigated legal authority and enforcement issues.
Used consultant assistance. Incorporated consultation with PennDOT
and State Police.
Health and Environmental Benefits
Agreed with CAB’s assessment of health effects of diesel emissions.
Effects include contribution to area-wide concentrations of fine particulates and ozone, and direct exposure to diesel emissions.
An anti-idling regulation would help the Commonwealth address local concentrations of PM2.5 and contribute towards attaining and maintaining the fine particulate and ozone standards.
Agreed that idling reduction can save energy and money for the industry and that cost-effective technology exists to reduce idling.
Idling Activity
Study looked at heavy-duty diesel idling from long-haul truck travel rest at truck/rest stops and at loading/unloading locations, transit and tour buses, school buses.
Truck travel rest idling accounts for nearly 80 percent of all heavy-duty diesel idling.
Most travel rest idling occurs at truck/rest stops. More than 13,000 truck parking spaces at about 300 stops
and rest areas in Pennsylvania
Idling Activity
Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle Idling
Total 27.2 million vehicle hours
statewide
Long-Duration (>15 min.) 22.3 million vehicle hours
Long-Duration due to long-haul travel rest
21.2 million vehicle hours
18%
78%
4%
Short-Duration (<15min)Long-Duration: Truck Travel RestLong-Duration: Other
Geography
Primary interstates carry the most truck volume.
= Daily Truck Volume > 10,000
= Daily Truck Volume >2,000 and <10,000
Total Annual Long Duration Idling (Hours)
0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000
CumberlandLuzerne
ErieBedfordCentre
ColumbiaSusquehanna
BerksDauphin
JeffersonWashington
ClintonNorthumberland
ClearfieldCarbon
WestmorelandVenango
JuniataFranklin
Lehigh
Co
un
ty
Hours of Truck/Bus Idling
Truck Stops & Rest Areas Other
Geography
Emissions from Heavy-DutyLong-Duration Idling (2005)
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and PM2.5 significant. Smaller but still significant impact on volatile organic
compounds, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. Statewide; varies by county depending on activity.
Tons/year % of highway
NOx 3200 1.3%
PM2.5 88 2.0%
Enforcement
With a regulation, DEP inspectors and state and local police would have the ability to enforce.
DEP has authority for administrative penalties and summary offenses.
State and local police cannot use administrative penalties and generally cannot enter private property (eg. warehouses) without a warrant.
Since most idling is due to truck travel rest at truck/rest stops, targeted education campaigns in selected areas may be more effective in reducing idling emissions than responding to individual complaints.
Regulatory DevelopmentPROPOSED July 2007: meet with DEP advisory committees September 2007: EQB considers proposal October or November 2007: public comment
period opens (60 days with three public hearings)FINAL April/May 2008: meet with DEP advisory
committees on final rule September 2008: EQB considers final rulemaking October 2008: Independent Regulatory Review
Commission November 2008: publication/effective
Regulatory Development Considering petitioner’s language, EPA
model law, Philadelphia and Allegheny county laws.
Regulation itself will not contain penalty amounts.
State regulation would preempt local regulation only where more stringent, which creates consistency issues.
Issues Form of time restriction Who’s responsible? Sleepers, temperature
exemptions Expiration of sleeper
exemptions Loading/unloading, queuing 2007+ engines being cleaner
than auxiliary power units.
For information:www.depweb.state.pa.us
keyword: EQBor (coming soon)
keyword: diesel emissions
Arleen Shulman or Chris TrostleMobile Source Section, Bureau of Air
[email protected]@state.pa.us
717-787-9495