Preface

ear Clean Cities Stakeholder:

This summer has become a whirlwind of smiles, laughs, and a few sad good-byes. There was

President Clinton's declaration of National Alternative Fuels Week, then Secretary Peña's address at the

Clean Cities Conference and the "alternative" McLaughlin Group, Cleanest Across America, the National

Partner and Clean Cities Coalition award winners, Capitol Hill sessions, and more than 700 of our closest

friends/supporters that all made for a fantastic Fourth National Clean Cities Conference. We had a great

time as your hosts and are looking forward to a bigger and better conference next year. You'll find all the

excitement from that first week in June captured in this special conference issue. So please take a look.

After taking a couple of days to recover from the conference "crazies," my friend and colleague, Jeff Hardy,

Director of the National Clean Cities Program, announced his resignation. I had the pleasure of working

with Jeff for 3 1/2 years. I saw firsthand his vision and commitment to creating a viable alternative fuels

market through an active and growing Clean Cities network. His work and leadership have helped make

the Clean Cities Program a quality government/industry partnership--one with which I am proud to be

associated (and I'm sure you'd agree). We have many thanks to bestow upon Monsieur Hardy (Jeff will be

moving to France) and we wish him much success.

I do want to assure you that the National Clean Cities Program is in good hands! We have an excellent

team of DOE Regional Support Office Clean Cities staff, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the

staff here at Headquarters. Our priorities will remain the same as those outlined in our Clean Cities Game

Plan 1998/99, including the preferred fleet database for each and every Clean City, the finishing touches on

the AFV Buyer 's Guide, and the Advancing the Choice workshop series, not to mention the formation of

the National Clean Cities nonprofit organization. The remaining months will no doubt be challenging, but

with your support and continued dedication, we can make the Game Plan 1998/99 a winner.

I look forward to celebrating this year 's successes at next year 's National Clean Cities Conference.

Sincerely,

Marcy A. Rood --

Deputy Director

National Clean Cities Program

Marcy Rood

Jeff Hardy

CONTENTS

Fourth National Clean Cities Conference Takes the Nation's Capital by Storm . . . . . . 3

Highlights from the National Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Peña and Reicher Address Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

National Alternative Fuels Week Proclamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The Clean Cities Talk Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Clean Cities Table Talks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Five Inducted into the Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Coalition Award Winners Announced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

"Cleanest Across America" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

"Sideshows" Address Issues In-Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

On the cover - An artistic interpretation

Bulletin Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

of the events surrounding the Fourth

Table Talk Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

National Clean Cities Conference held

in Washington, D.C. during the week of

Upcoming Conferences and Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

May 31-June 6, 1998. Vehicle and

luncheon photos courtesy of Don Jones,

ICF Kaiser.

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at least 50% wastepaper, including 20% postconsumer waste