Transcript Sustainable Ports

Sustainable Port Communities
1st Hemispheric Convention on Port
Environmental Protection
July 23, 2009
Kathleen Bailey, National Port Sector Lead
EPA Office of the Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation,
202/566-2953, [email protected]
Purpose
– Provide an overview of EPA’s work with ports
– Explain the culture change, i.e. proactive
movement toward improved ‘environmental
stewardship’ and ‘sustainability’
– Highlight Environmental Management
Systems (EMSs) & how are they helping ports
– Focus on Diesel and Greenhouse Gas
emission reduction.
What does Sustainability mean?
• “The ability to meet today’s global
economic, environmental and social needs
without compromising the opportunity for
future generations to meet theirs.”
- Brundtland Commission, 1987
• 3 Ps - Profit/Prosperity, Planet, People
• 3 Es – Economy, Environment, Social Equity
Environmental stewardship is
critical for Sustainability
• EPA’s vision for Environmental
Stewardship – “where all parts of society
actively take responsibility to improve
environmental quality and achieve
sustainable results.”
– A value – a core value & a way to create
business value
– A behavior – doing more than just complying
with the law
11/2007
Sustainability Resolution and Principles
“Sustainability involves the
simultaneous pursuit of
economic prosperity,
environmental quality and
social responsibility…”
EPA’s Partnership with the American
Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)
• In 2003, Developed the Environmental Management
Systems (EMS) Assistance Project and, EMS Primer for
Ports, Advancing Port Sustainability
• Focus on air quality issues.
– Analysis led to, Current Methodologies in Preparing Mobile
Source Port-Related Emission Inventories
– National Clean Diesel Collaborative - Clean Ports USA and
Smartway Transport Programs
• Increasing focus on Climate Change
– Mitigation of Greenhouse gases, including diesel emissions
– Adaptation: Planning for Climate Change Impacts at US Ports
Zones of Port Control, Influence,
and Interest
What are progressive ports doing
to become better environmental
stewards?
• Developing Environmental Management
Systems (EMSs) for existing & NEW
facilities.
• Measuring and reporting on continuous
improvement in environ. performance
• Addressing community concerns: human
health, environment & quality of life.
What is an Environmental
Management System (EMS)?
• An EMS is a formal system for managing
the environmental footprint of a Port.
– Incorporates environmental
considerations into day-to-day
operations and strategic planning.
– Provides a structured framework
designed to achieve continual
environmental improvement.
EMS
Plan-Do-Check-Act
Continual Improvement
Management
Review
Checking & Corrective
Action
Environmental
Policy
Planning
Implementation &
Control
Why create an EMS?
•Key drivers as identified by 9 ports in the 1st
Ports EMS Assistance Project:
•Improve environmental awareness.
•Improve organizational efficiency &
effectiveness.
•Improve environmental performance.
•Improve public awareness and confidence.
Addressing Air Quality via an EMS
• Plan: Look at all the environmental aspects, i.e
elements of facility activities, products or services, that
have the environmental impact of degrading air quality.
Air emissions from tug boat is an example of an environ. aspect.
– Do emissions inventory - will help determine environ. aspects.
– Select Significant aspects and develop a Strategy/Action Plan
with objectives and targets for reducing emissions in daily
operations (and in future expansions).
• Do: Implement the Strategy/Action Plan.
• Check & Act: Measure and report progress; Reaccess &
refine strategy/plan over time; Management Review
provides support & resources.
Cleaning Up Diesel is Important
Public Health Challenge
•20 million existing diesel engines contribute to nonattainment and climate change
NOx
(6.4 Mil tons, 2009)
C3 Marine
15%
PM 2.5
CO2-eq
(300,000 tons, 2009)
(2000 Tg, 2007)
Highway Diesel
20%
C3 Marine
24%
Highway
Diesel
36%
Harbor Craft
Marine Diesel
13%
Locomotive
9%
Marine
5%
Nonroad
8%
Pipelines
Rail
1%
3%
Aviation
11%
Harbor Craft
Marine Diesel
9%
Nonroad
Diesel
21%
Locomotive
15%
Nonroad Diesel
38%
Heavy-Duty
Trucks
18%
Cars &
Light Trucks
54%
• Diesel engines can last 20-30 years so fleet turnover can be slow.
• In addition to CO2, pre-2007diesel engines are the largest U.S. source of
black carbon and thus an important contributor to climate change.
Ports Located in Nonattainment Areas
for Particulate Matter (PM) and Ozone
Clean Ports USA
• Technology-driven
• Cost-effective
• Helping communities
achieve public health
Marcus Peacock (EPA Deputy Administrator) and Wayne
Nastri (EPA R9 Administrator) present $300,000 award to
goals
Port of Long Beach for Hybrid Yard Hostler Project.
• Provide Federal grant money under the
Diesel Emissions Reduction program:
– First time under Energy Policy Act for 2008 & 09
– American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
Spotlight on Trucks
• EPA awarded Port of New York & New Jersey $7 M
grant to launch a $28 M program to replace 636 pre1994 trucks with newer cleaner vehicles
– 118 tons Nox, 14 tons PM, 1,675 tons CO2
• EPA awarded the Bay Area Air Quality Mangement
District $2 M to retrofit and upgrade 22 trucks serving
Port of Oakland
– Expects to reduce PM by 85%
• Trucks as part of larger clean up programs
– Maryland Port Administration $3.5 M multi-component grant
includes retrofitting drayage trucks at Port of Baltimore
– Port of Houston Authority $3.5 M multi-component grant
includes drayage truck incentives coupled with updates to
SmartWay partners contracts incentivizing cleaner carriers
SmartWay Transport Partnership
• What is SmartWay?
– Innovative partnership between US EPA and freight transport industry
(freight shippers and carriers)
– Launched in 2004 – currently over 2,000 partners
– Annual SmartWay partners commit to environmental improvements
» 568 M gallons diesel fuel reduced ($1.5 billion saved)
» ~6.3 M tons of CO2, 37,000 tons of NOx, and 2,000+ tons PM
– Established an international benchmark for freight transportation
• How does SmartWay achieve this?
– Information/tools that quantify costs/benefits of operational & technology
options
– Freight transport performance evaluation, tracking and recognition
– Identification of clean and efficient vehicles/equipment with SmartWaycertified vehicles including heavy duty trucks
– Financial programs for deployment of fuel-saving technologies
A Coordinated Regulatory Strategy
for Air Quality
• New international emission standards – 2008
Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI
– New tiers of global engine and fuel standards that apply to
all vessels
• Emission Control Area (ECA) Designation for areas in
need of additional control
– Apply more stringent limits for engines, fuel sulfur for
vessels that operate in ECAs
• Additional controls for national fleets
– US EPA: Clean Air Act standards for marine diesel
engines installed on U.S. vessels, fuels produced in the
U.S.
Proposed ECA for U.S./Canada:
MEPC 59/6/5
70°
Greenland
(Denmark)
60°
Alaska (U.S.)
50°
Canada
40°
Saint-Pierre
& Miquelon
United States (48 states)
30°
(France)
20°
Bahamas
Mexico
Hawaii (U.S.)
160°
140°
120°
100°
80°
60°
What communities want from ports,
besides jobs and goods:
• A say in decisions that affect their lives.
Public Involvement Spectrum:
-- Inform, Consult, Engage, Collaborate, Empower—
• A transparent decision-making process,
especially for new projects.
• Monitoring and reporting on environmental
issues., e.g. air and water quality.
Sustainable Ports Keep Things
Moving
Select U.S. Resources for Ports
• Kathleen Bailey, National Port Sector Lead
– EPA Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation,
202/566-2953, [email protected]
• http://www.epa.gov/sectors/ports
• http://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel
• The proposed ECA, EPA’s marine rules, and
supporting information are available at:
www.epa.gov/otaq/oceanvessels.htm
• http:/www.cmts.gov
• http://www.aapa-ports.org