DRAFT LIST OF PM REDUCTION PROJECTS
Contents
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS....................................................................................... 2
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ....................................................................... 2
City of Houston ....................................................................................................................... 2
Port of Houston Authority ...................................................................................................... 5
H-GAC & Partner Projects ..................................................................................................... 5
CURRENT OR ONGOING PROJECTS........................................................................................ 6
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ....................................................................... 6
City of Houston ....................................................................................................................... 6
Port of Houston Authority ...................................................................................................... 7
H-GAC & Partner Projects ..................................................................................................... 7
IDEAS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS ............................................................................................... 8
Port of Houston Authority ...................................................................................................... 8
H-GAC & Partner Projects ..................................................................................................... 9
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
In the past four years the TCEQ has worked with the EPA Region 6, the City of Houston, Harris
County Commissioner, Port of Houston Authority, Port Terminal Rail Authority and local
industry to address PM2.5 sources and implement strategies to reduce emissions:
 The TCEQ approved a supplemental environmental project to pave the parking lot
directly adjacent to the monitoring station. The paving was completed in summer 2009
 The city of Houston installed barriers to keep trucks from driving onto the unpaved
shoulder.
 A traffic light was installed at Clinton Drive and the Industrial Park East gate to control
traffic at the intersection and a landscaping project was completed along Clinton Drive.
 The Port Transit Rail Authority is operating newly refurbished switcher engines.
 Other industries have implemented dust control best management practices at unloading
and storage facilities.
EPA’s Control of Emissions from Ships
 U.S. applied to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for an Environmental
Control Area (ECA) designation extending 200 nautical miles around the nation’s
coastline in March 2009.
 IMO approved the North American ECA in March 2010 and it will become
enforceable in August 2012.
o IMO approved the U.S. Caribbean ECA for the coasts of the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in July 2011.
City of Houston
 2011- Using grant funding, 17 mobile solar-powered generators (SPACE units) were
acquired through a partnership with the University of Houston School of Architecture’s
Green Building Components Program and placed at fire stations, parks, neighborhood
centers and schools; all of which reduces use of diesel generators in an emergency.
Electric Vehicle Readiness, Green Fleet and Bike Share
 DOE and EPA funded: The City has launched Houston Drives Electric, the City’s
comprehensive municipal and public electric vehicle readiness initiative with 25 Nissan
Leafs in the city vehicle fleet, bringing the total to 40 electric and plug-in hybrid fleet
vehicles.
 DOE funded: The City has created a downtown motor pool, called Houston Fleet Share,
using its electric vehicles and hybrids, resulting in a 34% decrease in the size of the City
fleet; 35,000 gallons of fuel savings, and reduced emissions. The City of Houston has the
first municipal electric vehicle car sharing program in the nation.
 DOE funded: The City has completed an EV deployment and education plan, installed
numerous charging stations in public locations, offers 24 hour permitting for residential
charging stations, launched a new website “Houston Drives Electric”
(www.greenhoustontx.gov/houstondriveselectric).
 Participation in DOE’s EV Project, with partner Ecotality, added 100 additional Blink
charging stations in Houston, including 39 at the airports and 29 in downtown Houston.
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Through this program, participants, including the City of Houston and other businesses,
received charging stations at no cost and an additional credit to install the charging
station.
The City has the 4th largest municipal hybrid fleet in the nation. Approximately 50
percent of the City’s nonspecialty, light-duty fleet have been replaced with hybrid
vehicles. The City of Houston is replacing older, high mileage equipment in order to
reduce current and future maintenance costs, increase vehicle reliability, and decrease
emissions.
In addition, the City’s Solid Waste Management Department has 10 hybrid trucks in its
fleet.
EPA, DOE and corporate funded: In April, 2013, the City expanded Houston Bike Share
(www.houston.bcycle.com) to encourage biking in Houston. Mayor Parker believes
biking will encourage health and environmental change, as well as be part of the
community’s transportation network. Houston now has over 200 bikes and 21 kiosks
throughout downtown and adjacent neighborhoods (Montrose, Midtown, East End and
the Museum District).
The City has an anti-idling policy for municipal vehicles (A-P 2-2 Section 7.2.29).
Houston Airport System Emissions Reductions
 To reduce emissions from ground operations, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines
have reduced NOx emissions from ground service equipment (GSE) by 75% and NOx
reduction equal 1.150 TPD.
 To reduce emissions from flights, winglets are being utilized to reduce noise by 6.5 %,
reduce fuel consumption by 6% and lower NOx emissions by 5%.
 Improvements to airfield runways, taxiways, and gates/ramp reducing aircraft taxi and
idle times which resulted in both fuel consumption and associated emissions and improve
air quality.
 The Houston Airports have reduced the use of auxiliary power units (APUs). APUs are
small on-board turbines that are operated to provide electrical power and air conditioning
to an aircraft when it is parked at a gate and the main engines are shut down. Installation
of gate electrification equipment enables parked aircraft to forego the use of APUs which
results in a reduction in both jet-fuel consumption and associated emissions.
 Rental car companies operated out of separate facilities located both on airport and offairport. Houston Airport System constructed a Consolidated Rental Car Facility on
airport property south of the terminal area, significantly reducing the mix of numbers,
types, and ages of the existing buses operated by the various rental car companies. This
resulted in a reduction in both diesel fuel consumption and associated emissions.
Other PM emissions reducing initiatives
 The City and industrial businesses have voluntarily implemented environmental
compliance agreements that help reduce emissions. By these agreements businesses
have modified operational controls minimizing particulate and visible emissions, such as
from painting and abrasive operations in the ship channel area.
Routine Maintenance in the Clinton Area:
 The City of Houston performed a range of routine ongoing maintenance in the Clinton
area (from 2011-13). See work order detail below.
WorkOrderId
Description
Map Page
11697049
Bridge Maintenance
450K
11736316
Bridge Maintenance
494R
11679244
Clean Storm Sewer
495U
11645365
Clean Storm Sewer
494J
11907879
Desilt Roadside Ditch
495V
11908702
Desilt Roadside Ditch
495V
11907075
Desilt Roadside Ditch
495V
11910466
Desilt Roadside Ditch
495V
11911312
Desilt Roadside Ditch
495Z
11910485
Desilt Roadside Ditch
495Z
11913337
Desilt Roadside Ditch
495Z
11908725
Desilt Roadside Ditch
495V
11912170
Flushing
495U
11911157
Flushing
495V
11710255
Herbicide Application
494M
11784767
Herbicide Application
495V
11825463
Herbicide Application
495V
11764926
Herbicide Application
494J
11902238
Herbicide Application
450K
11857692
Herbicide Application
494R
11774937
Herbicide Application
495N
11785112
Herbicide Application
495N
11798231
Herbicide Application
495N
11857686
Herbicide Application
495N
11822843
Herbicide Application
495N
11857662
Herbicide Application
494M
11764086
Herbicide Application
495N
11667234
Herbicide Application
495Z
11629421
Herbicide Application
495Z
11634182
Inlet Cleaning
494J
11683405
Inlet Cleaning
495N
11704777
Inlet Cleaning
495Z
11704766
Inlet Cleaning
495U
11706933
Inlet Cleaning
494L
11783332
Inlet Cleaning
495N
11744004
Inlet Cleaning
494J
11826591
Inlet Cleaning
495N
11645360
Inlet Cleaning
494J
11664717
Inlet Cleaning
494J
11645353
Manhole Cleaning
494J
11751706
Mow Right of Way
495P
11741977
Pothole
494J
11638812
Pothole
494K
11687958
Pothole
494K
11687728
Pothole
495U
11687654
Pothole
494L
11687651
Pothole
495U
11827288
Pothole
494L
11885838
Skin Patch
494J
11639149
Skin Patch
494L
11625510
Skin Patch
494K
11631931
Skin Patch
495V
11702171
Skin Patch
494J
11703596
Skin Patch
495U
11756417
Skin Patch
495P
11684728
Skin Patch
495U
11822963
Skin Patch
494L
11812566
Skin Patch
494R
11759785
Storm Sewer Repair
494L
11791686
Street Buckle - Concrete
494M
11659771
Sweeping
495N
Source: City of Houston Department of Public Works & Engineering
Address
9500 CLINTON
7000 CLINTON
9009 CLINTON
2828 CLINTON DR.
900 CLINTON PARK DR
900 CLINTON PARK ST
900 CLINTON PARK ST
700-800 CLINTONPARK
200-500 CLINTONPARK
200-500 CLINTONPARK
200-500 CLINTON PARK ST
700-800 CLINTON PARK ST
9000 CLINTON PARK
700 CLINTON PARK ST
6800 OLD CLINTON
1300 CLINTONPARK
1300 CLINTON PARK DR
2700 CLINTON
9500 CLINTON
7100 CLINTON
7900 CLINTON
7200 CLINTON
7200 CLINTON
7900 CLINTON
7200 CLINTON
5800 CLINTON
7200 CLINTON
9800 CLINTON
9821 CLINTON
2828 Clinton
7182 CLINTON
9606 CLINTON DR
9100 CLINTON DR
5311 CLINTON
7200 CLINTON DR
2903 CLINTON
7200 CLINTON
2828 CLINTON
2900 Clinton
2828 CLINTON DR.
8100 CLINTON
2815 CLINTON
4400 CLINTON
4600 CLINTON
9000-9100 CLINTON DR
5400 CLINTON
9000 CLINTON
5300-900 CLINTON
3033 CLINTON DRIVE
5500 CLINTON DR
4300 CLINTON DR
1008 CLINTON PARK DR
2900 CLINTON DR
8980 CLINTON DR & 800 TEAL ST
8400 CLINTON
9000 CLINTON
5515 Clinton
7100 Clinton
5311 CLINTON
1500 KRESS ST & 5808 OLD CLINTON RD
7500 CLINTON DR.
Units
Accomplished
1
3
140
175
108
136
138
200
315
459
713
800
180
310
4.68
5.1
7.5
10.4
10.8
11.35
12.26
12.55
13.52
14
14.4
16.2
17.59
29.14
39.59
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
5
1
5.2
1
6
14
15
21
39
89
1.02
4.15
5.31
10.62
22.14
22.5
25.28
30.6
58.82
212.84
1
92.82
72
Units Accomp.
Description
EA
EA
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
CFT
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
ACRE
CFT
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
MILE
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
EA
CFT
CFT
CFT
EA
CFT
CFT
CFT
CFT
CFT
CFT
EA
CFT
MILE
Port of Houston Authority
 PHA along with eight other Houston Ship Channel industries are the recipients of $3.47
million in an EPA National Clean Diesel Campaign that provides funding through the
Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), as part of the recently enacted nationwide
economic stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. PHA has
been awarded $611,466, while $2.8 million has been awarded to eight port industrial
partners.
 The PHA reports widespread use of emulsified asphalt beginning October 1, 2007.
 Valero Asphalt paved its large leases located across Clinton Drive to the southeast of the
monitor.
Railroad Projects
 PTRA and Union Pacific (UP) are operating newly refurbished switcher engines on
the Clinton line.
 UP currently has 52 new gensets in the Houston area.
 UP has 13 Tier 2 locomotives being funded by Texas Emissions Reduction
Plan (TERP).
 60% of UP switcher engines operating in the area have anti-idling control.
 PTRA has stopped the steel loading activities on a dirt area to the south of the Clinton
Drive monitor.
Regulated Industry Projects
 DuPont, a PHA tenant, has implemented new dust control best management practices
at its fluorspar unloading and storage facility.
 Valero Refining has already implemented control measures to reduce SO2 emissions
by 3,500 tpy.
 The Rhodia sulfuric acid plant was projected to decrease its SO2 emissions by 8,984
tpy from 2005 actual emissions by 2012.
H-GAC & Partner Projects
 Former Pilot Transit Projects
 The Woodlands Waterway Trolley
 Baytown Express Park & Ride
 Sterling Ridge Park & Ride
 Mall of the Mainland Park & Ride
CURRENT OR ONGOING PROJECTS
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
 The Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program that is continuing to reduce exhaust
emissions from both light duty and heavy duty vehicles.
 Implementation of the refinery consent decrees to reduce SO2 emissions from refineries
and sulfuric acid plants, which have contributed to the reduction in annual SO2 emissions
from point source accounts in Harris County.
 A series of federal actions will be implemented to reduce marine vessel emissions.
EPA’s Control of Emissions from Ships
 IMO approved the North American ECA in March 2010 and it will become
enforceable in August 2012.
o All marine diesel fuels used by ships in the North American ECA will be
limited to a maximum fuel sulfur content of 1,000 ppm (0.1 %) beginning
January 1, 2015. (Currently limited to 10,000 ppm.)
o All new engines on ships operating in these areas must also use emission
controls that achieve an 80% reduction in NOX emissions beginning January
1, 2016.
o EPA and U.S. Coast Guard will implement and enforce these regulations.
City of Houston
 The Houston Drives Electric initiative will continue to acquire electric vehicles in 2013.
 The Houston Drives Electric program is also working on additional incentives to spur
adoption of EV technology.
 The Houston Bike Share program Phase III expansion plans include bike share kiosks at
the city’s universities, the Texas Medical Center, and additional neighborhoods.
 The City is working on a Safe Passage ordinance to keep bicyclists and pedestrians safer
on city streets, and encourage more outdoor activity. On-street bike lanes and cycletracks are also being worked on as part of the City’s commitment to Complete Streets.
 The City is working on a community-wide anti-idling policy.
 Recycling, One Bin for All and Methane Emissions
 The City of Houston recently won a Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge
grant award to implement One Bin for All, a program which will allow residents
to discard all materials in one bin, treating trash as valuable assets, dramatically
increasing recycling using game changing technologies.
 One Bin for All will also allow solid waste collection routes to be optimized
resulting in the removal of the equivalent of 5,000 vehicles off the road each year.
The associated emissions reductions in ozone precursors (nitrous oxide and
volatile organic compounds) will benefit Houston in its ongoing efforts to achieve
attainment status.
 The City and a metal recyclers task force are working together in characterizing
emissions from metal recyclers, assessing the potential risks that may be posed by the
emissions, recommending and implementing best emissions-mitigating-practices, such as
altering metal cutting methods to reduce fine particulate emissions.
Port of Houston Authority
 18 acres of Industrial Park East will be paved in 2014.
 The section of road between Clinton Drive and the beginning of the road to PHA
Industrial Park East gate will be repaved late 2013/early 2014.
 PHA and tenants continue to spray emulsified asphalt on yards and unpaved roads every
3 weeks.
 PHA is taking bids for new, large yards that will include dust suppression measures.
 Federal consent decrees are anticipated to result in an estimated 33,900 tons per year
(tpy) of sulfur dioxide (SO2) reductions in the upper Texas Gulf Coast.
H-GAC & Partner Projects
 1995-Clean Vehicles Program - a heavy-duty replacement/infrastructure funding program
housed at the Houston-Galveston Area Council 's Transportation Department
 2010- Drayage Loan Program – a low-interest loan program that enables eligible truck
owners to finance the purchase of newer, cleaner and more environmentally-friendly
trucks.
 2012/13-DOE Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Electric Hybrid Truck Demonstration –
Demonstration project supporting the deployment of 20 zero emission Class 8 Hydrogen
fuel cell - electric hybrid trucks at the Port of Houston (POH) to measure and
demonstrate operational cost-effectiveness, emissions reduction and commercial
viability.
 2012/13-DOE Zero-Emission Delivery Vehicle Demonstration Project – Demonstration
project supporting the deployment of 30 medium- and heavy-duty all-electric delivery
trucks in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria nonattainment area.
 2012- DOE “Recipe for Fueling Diversity of Alternative Fuels” Project – An education
project supporting the training, inventory, mapping and marketing for alternative
fuels and infrastructure in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria nonattainment area.
 2008-09-Third-Party TERP - designed to reduce emissions of heavy duty diesel engines
powering equipment owned or operated by local governmental entities, and participants
in the Drayage Loan Program.
 2011-Clean Vessels Program - Administers EPA Diesel Emission Reduction Act funds
for the upgrade of regional marine vessels to higher-tier, lower-emitting engines.
 2011-Engine-Off H-GAC Voluntary Idling Reduction Program – Promotes the reduction
of diesel and other vehicle idling within our region. Provides and promotes idle reduction
policies, signage, bumper stickers and other support.
 2012/13-Clean Electric Utility Project - Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Fort Bend
County
 Current Pilot Transit Projects
 2012-Victory Lakes Park & Ride Service
 2010-Fort Bend Express/Texas Medical Center (Park & Ride Service)
IDEAS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS
These ideas are NOT commitments of future action. They are merely ideas, and there
implementation would be contingent on funding availability, and an affirmative commitment
from the proposing agency. These ideas can be considered as factors in the PM Advance
discussion, but they themselves are not open for discussion before RAQPC.
Port of Houston Authority
 Ideas for area-wide implementation1:
o Implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), such as the
synchronization of lights, electronic/optic gates, freight messaging for the
operational improvement and flow of freight traffic within the region and the Port
of Houston/Ship Channel area.
o Examples ONLY, include:
Intelligent Freight Technologies
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Asset Tracking
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Tractor and Truck Tracking
Chassis and Trailer Tracking
Container Tracking
Shipment/Cargo Tracking
Route Adherence Monitoring
On-Board Status
Monitoring
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Vehicle Operating Parameters
Cargo and Freight Condition
Intrusion and Tamper Detection
Remote Locking and Unlocking
Automated Hazmat Placarding
Driver Emergency Call Buttons
Gateway
Facilitation
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Driver Identification and Verification
Non-Intrusive Inspections
Compliance Facilitation
Weigh-in-Motion
Electronic Toll Payment
Freight Status
Information
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Web-based Freight Portals
Intermodal Data Exchange and Data
Standards
Web Services Software
Standard Electronic Freight Information Transfer
Network Status
Information
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Congestion Alerts and Avoidance
Carrier Scheduling Support
First Responder Support
Contingent on funding, and in conjunction with TxDOT, railroads, the City of Houston, H-GAC, and
Harris County
H-GAC & Partner Projects
 Future Pilot Transit Projects:
o Energy Corridor District Car Share Program