July 14, 1995
South Coast Air Quality
Management District Board
The Technology Committee met on June 14, 1995. The Committee approved staff's only Board item for the month of July: Recommendation to Execute Amendments to Contracts with the University of California, Riverside's College of Engineering - Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT). This recommendation calls for a total amount of $570,000 in additional funding for follow-on work in five AQMP-related projects at CE-CERT. Other major items discussed at the meeting included an update on the Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Implementation Task Force and a status report on the District's clean fuel fleet cars.
A summary of these topics and the Committee's comments are provided in Attachment I and an attendance roster is provided in Attachment II.
The next Technology Committee meeting will be held on July 12, 1995 in Conference Room CC-8 at 12:00 noon.
THEREFORE IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOUR BOARD
--Receive and file the attached report.
Sincerely,
Leonard Paulitz
Chairman, Technology Committee
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Attachments
ATTACHMENT I
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE - JUNE 14, 1995
Topics
1. Recommendation to Execute Amendments to Contracts with the University of California, Riverside's College of Engineering - Center for Environmental Research and Technology
Jon Leonard of Technology Advancement provided a review of the recommendation to execute amendments to contracts with the University of California, Riverside's College of Engineering - Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT). The Board previously authorized two separate contracts with CE-CERT to conduct a variety of projects involving low-emission technologies and clean fuels.
Staff recommends that both contracts be amended to allocate additional funding for CE-CERT to conduct follow-on work. In the first contract, CE-CERT is conducting Phase I of a baseline gasoline composition study, in preparation for wide-scale introduction of advanced reformulated gasoline in March 1996. Staff recommends District funding in the amount of $80,000 to conduct Phase II of this project, which calls for sampling and analysis of 1996 reformulated gasoline.
Under the second contract, CE-CERT is conducting seven projects designed to provide technical support and emissions testing for AQMP-related technologies. Staff proposes a contract amendment to fund additional work by CE-CERT on four of these seven projects, in an amount not to exceed $490,000. The total proposed amount of new funding for this Board action is (both contracts) $570,000.
Staff responded to several questions from Committee members. Chairman Paulitz asked about the type of hybrid electric vehicle (series or parallel) that CE-CERT is building in one of the projects. Mr. Mikels asked about the relation of another project to the PM-10 issue currently under study by the PM-10 Task Force.
The Committee reviewed the information presented and noted their approval of Staff's recommendation as written in the Board Letter.
2. Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Implementation Task Force
Dr. Lloyd updated the Committee on the status of the Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Implementation Task Force. Chairman of the Task Force, Leonard Paulitz, approved the letter to be sent to likely participants in the Task Force. Committee members were asked to provide Dr. Lloyd with any specific names they would like to add to this list.
Committee members directed staff to assemble the list of potential participants and to send out these letters under Mr. Paulitz's signature.
3. Status Report on District Clean Fuel Fleet Cars
In the absence of Cindy Sullivan, Jon Leonard provided an update on the District's clean fuel fleet cars. The purchase of ultra-low and zero-emission vehicles, authorized by the Board, has been completed and the cars should be delivered within the month. Committee members asked about the use of the electric vehicles, especially the Cocconi vehicle. Mike Bogdanoff, also of Technology Advancement, indicated that one electric vehicle is currently on loan to Rand Corporation; employees use the vehicles to attend meetings; and the ARB has used these vehicles for extensive testing. Board members were encouraged to try out these vehicles.
4. Possible Change of Meeting Date for July Committee Meeting
Rather than change the July 12, 1995 regularly-scheduled meeting date, it was decided to continue with this date and have Dr. Lloyd participate in the Technology Committee meeting by speaker phone.
5. Other Business
Dr. Lloyd indicated that at the next meeting he would provide Committee members with an overview of Technology Advancement's technical program for fiscal year 1995-96, including specific projects that have been tentatively planned.
Maria Belknap of Technology Advancement provided a breakdown of the costs associated with the printing of Technology Advancement's 1995 report, "Building Markets for Low-Emission Technologies and Clean Fuels: A Status Report on Commercialization and Technology Transfer." Dr. Lloyd noted that we are required by Senate Bill 1928 and SB 316 to produce status reports such as this one, and that we have received numerous requests for information on our program from national and international sources.
Committee members discussed the current campaign by certain special interest groups to eviscerate the California ZEV mandate which has increased in intensity recently. They discussed ways in which the District could be more proactive in presenting the positive aspects of electric vehicles, noting the importance of ZEVs in meeting AQMP targets for emission reductions from mobile sources.
6. Public Comment
There was no public comment.
ATTACHMENT II
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE - JUNE 14, 1995
ATTENDANCE SHEET
Leonard Paulitz - SCAQMD Governing Board
Jon Mikels - SCAQMD Governing Board
Roy Wilson - SCAQMD Governing Board
Mee Hae Lee - SCAQMD Governing Board
Alan Lloyd - SCAQMD
Andy Abele - SCAQMD
Jon Leonard - SCAQMD
Mike Bogdanoff - SCAQMD
Ranji George - SCAQMD
Chris Abe - SCAQMD
Fred Minassian - SCAQMD
Maria Belknap - SCAQMD
Bill Wong - SCAQMD
Sam Atwood - SCAQMD
Hank Wedaa - Chairman Emeritus, SCAQMD
Dory Kilgour - SCAQMD
Steve Belinski - CE-CERT
Joseph Kelley - Systems Integrated