Air Pollution Control Program
2010 Missouri Clean Diesel Program
In 2010 the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Air Pollution Control Program received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, to fund a clean diesel program in Missouri. The Air Program awarded subgrants to organizations in four different areas of the state facing the biggest air quality challenges. These areas included the St. Louis area, the Kansas City area, the Southeast Missouri area and Springfield/Southwest Missouri area. Each subgrantee released requests for proposals to solicit for projects in their respective areas of the state. The requests for proposals solicited projects from both public and private fleets. The projects funded under the 2010 Missouri Clean Diesel Program have all been completed and any excess funds remaining were rolled into the 2011 Missouri Clean Diesel Program to continue the project the following year.
The estimated projected annual and lifetime emission reductions and fuel savings from all projects implemented under the 2010 program can be seen in the table below, along with the estimated annual monetary health benefits attributed to the project. The projected emission reductions, fuel savings and health benefits were calculated using the EPA Diesel Emissions Quantifier.
| 2010 Missouri State DERA Project Emission Results and Health Benefits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NOx |
PM |
HC |
CO |
CO2 |
Diesel Fuel (Gallons) |
|
| Annual Reductions (tons/year) | 5.05
|
0.16 |
0.08 |
0.34 |
175.81 |
15,839 |
| Lifetime Reductions (tons) | 110.85 |
3.21 |
1.17 |
4.95 |
4,185.00 |
377,027 |
Annual Monetary Health Benefits Based Solely on PM2.5 Reductions: |
$95,450 |
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The Air Program is committed to reducing diesel emissions in Missouri. Diesel emissions contain oxides of nitrogen as well as volatile organic compounds, which in the presence of sunlight; react to form ground-level ozone, the pollutant of most concern statewide in Missouri. Ozone is known to cause and aggravate respiratory diseases such as asthma. Missouri currently has several areas in the state that are designated non-attainment under EPA’s National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone, which is set to establish limits on ground level ozone concentrations that will protect public health.
Diesel emissions also contain fine particulate matter, which can penetrate deep into people’s lungs past their natural defenses. This can lead to a variety of different lung and respiratory disease including lung cancer. Reducing diesel emissions, particularly in high population areas and areas that receive disproportionately high concentrations of air pollutants is vital to the Air Program’s mission of protecting public health.
Detailed information about the individual projects funded in each area of the state is listed below.
St. Louis Area Project
In the St. Louis area, the Air Program awarded a subgrant to St. Louis Regional Clean Cities to implement the program. Public and private fleet owners and operators with fleets located in the City of St. Louis and the following counties were eligible to apply for funds under this program: St. Louis, St. Charles, Lincoln, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington and Warren. Below is a list of the projects that were funded in the St. Louis area project:
- St. Louis Special School District: Sixteen fuel operated heaters for school buses.
- Dynamic Transit Inc.: Fifteen auxiliary power units for long-haul tractor trailer.
- Destination Moon LLC: One auxiliary power unit for a long-haul truck.
- Natden Trucking LLC: One auxiliary power unit for a long-haul truck.
- Larry Watts Trucking: One set of low rolling resistance tires for a long-haul truck.
- United Parcel Services: Three early vehicle replacements for delivery trucks.
Kansas City Area Project
In the Kansas City area, the Air Program awarded a subgrant to the Mid-America Regional Council to implement the program. Public and private fleet owners and operators with fleets located the following counties were eligible to apply for funds under this program: Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, Cass, Clinton and Buchanan. Below is a list of the projects that were funded in the Kansas City area project:
- Dynamic Expositions: One set of low rolling resistance tires for a long-haul trucks.
- Independence School District: Fourteen fuel operated heaters for school buses.
- Lee’s Summit School District: Four fuel operated heaters for school buses, one diesel oxidation catalyst for a work truck and one early vehicle replacement for a school bus.
- Transway, Inc.: One set of low rolling resistance tires for a long haul truck.
- American Central Transport: Four auxiliary power units for long-haul trucks.
Springfield/Southwest Missouri Area Project
In the Springfield/Southwest Missouri area, the Air Program awarded a subgrant to the Ozarks Center for Sustainable Solutions at Drury University. The Ozarks Center for Sustainable Solutions at Drury University implemented the grant on behalf of the Ozark Clean Air Alliance. Public and private fleet owners and operators with fleets located the following counties were eligible to apply for funds under this program: Cedar, Polk, Dallas, Barton, Dade, Greene, Webster, Christian, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Lawrence, Barry, Stone and Taney. Below is a list of the projects that were funded in the Springfield/Southwest Missouri area project:
- Ozark School District: Five fuel operated heaters for school buses and one early vehicle replacement for a school bus.
- Joplin School District: One early vehicle replacement for a school bus.
- Republic School District: Ten fuel operated heaters for school buses.
- David Dean Foster: One auxiliary power unit for a long-haul truck.
- Ralph Buckner Trucking: One auxiliary power unit for a long-haul truck.
- L-MAZ Trucking: One auxiliary power unit for a long-haul truck.
- David Weldon Trucking: One set of low rolling resistance tires for a long-haul truck.
- R and R Trucking: Three auxiliary power units for a long-haul truck.
Southeast Missouri Area project
In the Southeast Missouri area, the Air Program awarded a subgrant to the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission. Public and private fleet owners and operators with fleets located the following counties were eligible to apply for funds under this program: St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison and Iron. Below is a list of the projects that were funded in the Southeast Missouri area project:
- Och’s Trucking: Five auxiliary power units for long-haul truck.
- Naeger Transport LLC: One auxiliary power unit for a long-haul truck.
- Fallert Bus: Seven fuel operated heaters for school buses.
