TABLE TALK DETAIL

TABLE TALK DETAIL

Monday - June 1, 1998*

Table 15: Marine Corps Success

Table 1: Training - Using Clean

Table 7: Biodiesel

Table 21: Fleet Resources &

Stories/Army Success Stories

Cities Customer Identification

Services

Discussion Leader: Russell Teall,

Systems (CIS)

Discussion Leaders: Charlie Smith,

Director of Legislative Affairs,

Discussion Leader: Nivedita

Senior Program Management

Biodiesel Development Corporation

Discussion Leader: Mike Laughlin,

Agnihotri, Fleet Consultant, CAL-

Analyst, Marine Corps

Engineer, QSS Group Inc.

START & Mark Kragen, Program

Table 8: EPAct - Fuel Provider -

Gary W. Funk, Department Head,

Clean Cities Customer ID System: what

Associate, CALSTART

State Compliance/ANOPR

Base Motor Transport, Marine Corps

it is, what it contains, and what it can do

How fleets can use existing data-

Discussion Leader: Kenneth Katz,

for Clean Cities Coordinators. A

Dave Fuchs, Traffic Management

base information on clean fuel vehi-

Project Manager, EPAct Rulemaking

demonstration of CIS will be included.

Specialist, Army

cles and related infrastructure to suc-

and Compliance Assurance,

An explanation of what the depart-

Table 2: Influence the AFV Choice-

cessfully deploy clean fuel vehicles.

U.S. DOE

ment is, a situation analysis, the

"AFV Fleet Buyer's Guide"

An update on the Alternative Fuel

strategic approach, the status of the

Table 22: Electric Station Cars

Discussion Leader: Cynthia Riley,

Transportation Program with a status

AFV fleet, a success story, and the

Manager, Alternative Fuels Data

Discussion Leader: Marty Bernard,

AFV procurement plan.

report on compliance by fuel providers

Center, NREL

Executive Director, National Station

and state fleets and other relevant

Table 16: Advanced Diesel

Car Association

A web-based guide to help take the

issues.

Technologies

guesswork out of acquiring AFVs.

The status of current demonstrations

Learn about regulations, incentives,

Discussion Leader: John Fairbanks,

Table 9: EPAct - Section 506

and the expected evolution of the

specifics on available AFVs, how to

Program Manager, Light Truck

Report

electric station car.

find refueling sites, and more.

Diesel Engines, U.S. DOE

Discussion Leader: Richard

Diesel engine emissions have been

Table 23: Benefits of AFV Emissions

Bechtold, Senior Project Manager,

Table 3: Natural Gas

reduced by 90% over past 10 years.

Reductions: Regulated & Real

QSS Group Inc.

Discussion Leader: Rich Kolodziej,

Advantages of diesel vs. gasoline

Discussion Leaders: Dan Santini,

President, Natural Gas Vehicle

An explanation of the EPAct 506

engines, including lower CO2 emissions.

Section Manager, Argonne National

Coalition (NGVC)

report, its background, findings, key

Laboratory/Steve Howards, President,

Table 17: Liquid Biomass-Based

issues, and perspectives.

Natural gas vehicle availability,

Fuels

Environmental Strategies CPP Inc.

upcoming technological improve-

Discussion Leader: Rick Andlinger,

Table 10: OTU 1998 Program/

ments, the role of natural gas in

The value of emissions reductions

President, Pure Energy

hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles, incen-

Budget

achieved by AFVs is discussed,

tives and initiatives, marketing tar-

Can liquid biomass-based alternative

along with a summary on how emis-

Discussion Leader: David Rodgers,

gets and public awareness.

motor fuels be engineered and pro-

sions reductions are credited and

Director, Office of Technology

duced in a cost-competitive fashion?

valued through the existing and

Utilization, U.S. DOE

A case study of Pure Energy's

evolving regulatory structure.

Table 4: E-85 (Infrastructure Plans)

P-series non-petroleum alternative

Table 11: Clean Cities Success

Discussion Leader: Philip Lampert,

fuel.

Table 24: Ford Motor Company/

Story: Using GIS/ArcView to

Project Coordinator, NEVC

Hitting the BullÕs-Eye with Events

Increase AFVs on Road

Table 18: EPA's Clean Fuel Vehicle

A discussion focusing on the strate-

Program

Discussion Leader: Natalie Weimer,

Discussion Leader: Lynn Richards,

gic plans for increasing E85 use.

AFV Strategic Event Palnner, Ford

Discussion Leader: Sally Newstead,

Plans include developing and apply-

Environmental Planner, Metropolitan

Motor Company

Environmental Protection Specialist,

ing E85 efforts for a "Model Cities"

Washington Alternative Fuels

U.S. EPA

program-the first three cities include

Partnership

How Ford Dealers and Clean Cities

Minneapolis, Chicago, and Denver.

Useful information for fleet operators

With the New York Avenue corridor

Coordinators can work together.

and other interested parties covered

as a pilot region, this project details

by the federal Clean Fuel Vehicle

Table 5: Propane

Table 25: MEMO - 1A

routes traveled by private fleets,

Program that will be implemented

which are then overlaid with existing

Discussion Leader: Joe Colaneri,

September 1, 1998, along with contact

Discussion Leader: Richard

AFV infrastructure to show ease of

Executive Director, Propane Vehicle

information for each covered area.

Ackerman, Senior Environmental

Council, and Bob Myers, Technical

using AFVs for private fleets.

Engineer, U.S. EPA

Table 19: Environmental Benefits

Consultant, Propane Vehicle Council

The evolution of EPA's tampering

(Air Quality Data)

Table 12: Urban Consortium

Current goals of the Propane Vehicle

enforcement policy for alternative fuel

Discussion Leader: Alex Farrell,

Council in the areas of development,

Discussion Leader: Larry

after-market conversion systems.

Ph.D., Principal, Energy &

demonstration and marketing, and leg-

Blackstead, author, Greening the

Environmental Research Association

islative plans for future impact on devel-

Fleet, A Local Government Guide to

Table 26: Training - Land Use

oping propane motor fuel markets.

The current emission profiles of

Alternative Fuels & Vehicles

Planning

AFVs and the status of relevant air

Alternative Fuel Vehicles, local experi-

Discussion Leader: Ward Huffman,

quality regulations in the U.S.

Table 6: M-85

ence, review of research from urban

Senior Financial Specialist, Center

Table 20: Model Procurement

Discussion Leader: Gregory A.

consortium energy task force grants.

for Sustainable Development

Plan, Purchasing of AFVs

Dolan, Director of Communications,

American Methanol Institute

Table 13: Market Sector - Taxi

Table 27: Marketing Clean

Discussion Leader: Susan Ghertner,

Director, Alternative Fuels Division,

Vehicles

Methanol as an alternative fuel, an

Discussion Leader: Mark Simon,

Texas General Land Office

additive in cleaner-burning gasolines,

Alternative Fuels Program,

Discussion Leader: Martin Thomas,

and the hydrogen carrier of choice

A model plan to acquire AFVs based on

Department of Transportation, NY

ACEEE

for fuel-cell vehicles.

Houston's strategic planning process,

which includes the procurement process,

Table 14: Heavy-Duty Vehicles

incentives, and recruitment.

Discussion Leader: Thomas E.

Cummings, Business Manager, On-

Highway Natural Gas Engine, Deere

*Please Note: Some Table Talks

Power Systems Group

were not held.