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BY THE NUMBERS an eligible category of funding through the Trust. up to 100 percent of the new engine cost. Other incen-

These workboats and switch locomotives operate at tive programs are also available for states and others to marine ports located in or adjacent to major cities and pursue these projects. The Diesel Emission Reduction contribute to hazardous smog pollution. Replacing these Act (DERA), for example, managed by the EPA, is a fed- older engines with new clean diesel models can have an eral program that provides grant funding to help with the immediate and signi? cant bene? cial impact in reducing cost and installation of new cleaner engines or upgrades emissions for sensitive communities. Relative to previous to older engines that improves emission performance. generations of technology, the latest clean diesel technol- Commercial marine and locomotive source categories ogies can reduce emissions, including NOx and ? ne par- should be a primary focus of future emission reduction ticle emissions, by 88 percent to 95 percent. While the efforts for retro? t/repower programs based on cost ef- latest clean diesel technologies are ready and available to fectiveness. Compared to other mobile source emission reduce emissions, the EPA estimates that by 2020, unless reduction projects, projects to reduce emission rates from additional action is taken, only 5 percent of the switch commercial marine vessel engines typically have a longer locomotive and 3 percent of the marine workboat ? eets project life based on the remaining service life which pro- will be powered by these clean technologies. duces greater project total emission reductions. Greater

Through the Trust, states may use Trust revenue to project emission reductions results in more cost-effective fund up to 40 percent of the cost and installation of new projects. In other words: a great opportunity for opera- cleaner engines that power marine workboats. Moreover, tors to get green cheaply, and a terri? c way to keep our equipment owned by government agencies may receive shipyards humming along.

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