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America's First Biofuels Corridor Interstate 65, between Gary, Indiana and Mobile, Alabama is now America's First Biofuels Corridor. The project concept, originating with the U.S. Department of Energy called for an increase in the biofuels fueling infrastructure along the Interstate to be upgraded, giving drivers the opportunity of traveling the entire corridor using E85 ethanol or B20 biodiesel. With the completion of this project, drivers are no more than a tank-full away from the next biofuels pump. SSCC partnered with Clean Cities Coalitions, the Indiana Office of Energy, Family Express, Gas City and other retailers to create the Nation's First Biofuels Corridor. Click on the logo below for complete details!
Clean
Air Indiana As we look forward to warmer and brighter days, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) wants to help preserve cleaner and healthier air in 2009. IDEM's goal is to reduce ground-level ozone. This pollutant forms when emissions--volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx)--from manufacturing, transportation and other common activities combine in hot, sunny weather. It's unhealthy for anyone to breathe, especially for children, the elderly and individuals with lung or heart disease. Areas with clean air enjoy good quality of life and the opportunity for healthy business growth and a thriving economy. Hoosier businesses have been working hard to improve air quality in all regions of Indiana. Because today's federal air health standard is more protective than ever before, we cannot stop now.It's especially important that we take action from June 15 through June 30, when all regions of the state experience long sunlight hours and, historically, higher ozone levels. IDEM provides an online business toolkit to help you get started, and staff members are available to provide additional technical assistance. Please contact Jennifer Schick at (800) 988-7901 or jschick@idem.IN.gov or Amy Bukarica at abukarica@idem.IN.gov or (800) 451-6027.
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Earth
Day Everday!
This year SSCC celebrated
Earth Day with the Porter County Earth Day Event Cleaner
Diesel with Midwest Initiative CIn Indiana, folks are hard at work reducing diesel emissions. The Indiana Clean Diesel Coalition is utilizing EPA grant funds to implement retrofit, idle reduction, and other clean diesel actions across the state. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is currently in the process of selecting qualified applicants for approximately $1.7 million in ARRA state allocation funds. IDEM is expected to receive an additional state allocation later this year through FY09 DERA funding. Visit the DieselWise Indiana web site at: http://www.in.gov/idem/ For more information about the Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/ Check out the SSCC newsletter to see full articles.
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Clean
Air Indiana
As we look forward
to warmer and brighter days, the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management (IDEM) wants to help preserve cleaner and healthier air in
2009. IDEM's goal is to reduce ground-level ozone. This pollutant forms
when emissions from manufacturing, transportation and other common activities
combine in hot, sunny weather. Areas with clean air enjoy good quality
of life, the opportunity for healthy business growth and a thriving
economy. Hoosier businesses have been working hard to improve air quality
in all regions of Indiana. It's especially important that we take action
from June 15 through June 30, when all regions of the state experience
long sunlight hours and, historically, higher ozone levels. IDEM provides
an online business toolkit to help you get started, and staff members
are available to provide additional technical assistance. Please contact
Jennifer Schick at (800) 988-7901 or jschick@idem.IN.gov or Amy Bukarica
at abukarica@idem.IN.gov or (800) 451-6027. "Kicking the Idling Habit" Reducing emissions
from diesel engines is one of the most important air quality For more information
contact Carl Lisek, Coordinator, SSCC at (219)365-4289 or 2009
Clean Diesel Is In Its Prime 2009 is an exciting year for clean diesel activities in the Midwest and across the nation as momentum and funding opportunities continue to grow. On February 17, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which allocated $300 million to EPA. Approximately $88 million (about $1.7 million per state) was allocated to all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, to be spent on clean diesel activities within each state. On April 28, EPA's ARRA Request For Applications for $156 million in national competitive funds closed, and EPA received over $1.7 billion in applications. EPA is currently reviewing those applications and will soon select and award qualified applicants. In EPA Region 5, approximately $26 million in ARRA clean diesel projects are expected to be funded this spring.Selected applicants will have until September, 2010 to complete their work, which helps realize EPA's goals for ARRA: creating or saving jobs across the U.S. while reducing diesel emissions.This fall, EPA expects to hold another Request For Applications for 'regularly scheduled' Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) funding, which has been increased nationally from $50 million in FY08 to $60 million for FY09. Article Submitted By: Anthony Maietta |
