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Dieselgate 101: Opening the Door

To Cleaner Engines

By Patricia Keefe

Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the trative costs. They have to select a board not spent after 10 years will be redistrib- Neandross & Ass., or M.J. Bradley & time – or at least pay the staggering ? ne. or agency to oversee the process and dis- uted to the states that did use up their Ass.

And pay it forward, Volkwagen will. tribute the funds; pick up to 10 catego- allocations. Applications must include Only a couple of states have made it to

The auto manufacturer got caught us- ries – of which tugs and ferries are one projected NOx reductions and impact the ? nal approval stage, one of them be- ing software to trick emissions control - in which to spend the money; create a on air and community health. Project ing Maine, which has committed a major software during testing on some cars - public-facing web site and post a draft priority will be based on the emissions part of its funding to reducing marine nearly 500,000 2.0 liter and 83,000 3.0 mitigation; collect public comments; reduction or offset per dollar spent, as diesel emissions. liter diesel vehicles - in order to get a revise the plan; submit it to the Wilm- well as factors such as health bene? ts States are expected to start getting their passing grade, after which the cars op- ington Trust for approval. One that hap- and impact on wild areas. There are free funds in June, accepting applications in erated in violation of the Clean Air Act. pens, the trust bene? ciaries will post the online calculators for modeling numbers late summer through the fall, with proj-

The years of cheating on vehicles from plan and application forms, process and (see Tools box). ects kicking off anywhere between the model years 2009 to 2016 sold and information, including the all-important, Applicants can work through the pro- fall and the spring of 2019.

leased in the U.S., resulted in emissions “when do you get your money?” Some cess themselves, which one analyst lik- The bene? ciaries, or states, are encour- of up to 40 times the permitted level of states might opt for upfront grants; oth- ened to doing your taxes; work with their aged to be as cost-effective as possible nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate ers may prefer to reimburse post imple- dealer or supplier; or, depending on how and to, where possible, look for way to matter. mentation. complicated or big the project, hire a serve Environmental Justice areas, ar-

As part of a series of three settlements The bene? ciaries have 10 years to re- ? rm that helps clients write and defend eas that have been overly burden with with the U.S. Environmental Protection quest their funding and implement ap- winning applications, such as advanced pollutants and wastes – typically area

Agency (EPA) totaling close to $14.7 proved mitigation actions. Any monies transportation specialists at Gladstein, around ports and industrial areas. billion, Volkswagen was required to fund two mitigation trusts to the tune of $2.925 billion, which will be used to clean up diesel emissions – one for the states, Washington D.C. and Puerto

Every horse.

Rico; and one for the Indian Tribes. Both trusts will be administered by an inde-

Full power. pendent trustee, the Wilmington Trust.

The money is to be used speci? cally to

All day.

fund projects with “eligible mitigation actions,” such as upgrading tugboat or

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ferry engines, to reduce the excess emis- sions that were produced by the illegal cars. Engines change outs can only be repowered to EPA levels Tier 3 or Tier 4. However, operators can use Veri? ed

Emissions Upgrade Kits to move their existing engines from any EPA level to a Tier 1 or Tier, says David Holt, E&T

Industry Consultant, Caterpillar Global

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