Transcript CNG Fueling Stations for Public Transit Agencies

CNG Fueling Stations for
Public Transit Agencies
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Project Delivery
• PennDOT has a turn-key solution which includes:
– Design and construction of fueling stations and
necessary facility upgrades
– Upfront private-sector investment
– Ongoing operation and maintenance responsibility for
fueling stations
Selected Development Entity
• Trillium CNG – Salt Lake City, UT
– Larson Design Group - Williamsport, PA
Contractual Arrangement
• Trillium CNG will:
– Make necessary utility upgrades
– Compress the gas and make it available for fueling both
for transit and third parties.
– Operate and maintain the stations for 20 years
– Be compensated for capital and operational costs
– Be subject to liquidated damages for failure to perform
– Provide royalty payments to PennDOT based on volume
of third party sales
Participating Transit Agencies
PennDOT P3 Team
PennDOT, P3 Office
Dale Witmer
PennDOT, BPT
Bob Sharp
PennDOT’s Point of Contact for
Transit Agency designated POCs
PennDOT, BPT
Nick Baldwin
Sam Plocinski
Gannett Fleming
Program Manager
Scott Zeevaart
Technical Assistance
Tim King
CM Zone Manager
West
Mike MacAllister
CM Zone Manager
Central
Brett Brenize
CM Zone Manager
East
Scott Schriner
Transit Agency Agreement
• Agreement addresses the rights and
responsibilities of each Transit Agency
• Transit Agencies will execute this agreement with
PennDOT
• Jill Nagy, Summers Nagy Law Offices, is in the
process of reviewing the agreement
• Transit Agencies should expect this document
within a few weeks
Environmental Liability Acknowledgement
• Schedule 4 of Public-Private Agreement (PPA)
• Shall be executed by transit agencies prior to
commercial close in June 2016
• PPA states:
– The Development Entity shall remediate any disclosed
hazardous materials at each site
– Transit Agency will be responsible for remediation of
undisclosed hazardous materials encountered during
construction work on their site; PennDOT will fund the
remediation efforts
Fuel Procurement
• Transit Agencies will have to procure their own
CNG.
• Options include:
– Self purchase
– Procure through DGS
– Form Consortium (e.g., through PPTA, several agencies
together) for volume pricing
Transit Agency Coordination – Zoning Permits
• Transit Agencies will be responsible to secure
zoning permits:
– Confirm Whether there are Zoning issues
– Secure permits with assistance from Trillium CNG and
PennDOT.
– Will be supplied with information to pursue the zoning
permits.
– No need to hire any professional staff.
Transit Agency Coordination
 Regularly Scheduled Site Visits by GF team
 Regularly Scheduled Transit Agency Owner
meeting with GF team
 GF team assistance with gas utility coordination
 Change Order procedures
 One on One meetings to be scheduled with each
transit agency concerning site specific
improvements (CNG FS and/or facility
modifications)
Transit Agency Coordination
 Confirm single point of contact to P3 team
 Team will be at PPTA for questions…
Near Term Actions
• Trillium CNG will be starting at Tier 1 Sites
– Initial site visit anticipated up to 3 hours long
– Determine if proposed fueling pad design and
maintenance modifications work
– Look for obstructions, not previously identified
– Talk about each agencies fueling pattern, general traffic
patterns around the site, maintenance, etc.
Contact Information
Main POC
Scott Zeevaart, (717) 877-2644, [email protected]
PennDOT, BPT
Bob Sharp, (717) 783-9461, [email protected]
Nick Baldwin, (717) 787-1209, [email protected]
Sam Plocinski, (717) 214-9757, [email protected]