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The West Coast Collaborative is a public-private partnership focused on reducing diesel emissions throughout western North America and the U.S.
Pacific Islands. The Collaborative seeks to significantly improve air quality and public health by providing assistance to upgrade high-polluting diesel-
fueled engines, vehicles and equipment with cost-effective and cleaner emission control technologies.

WEST COAST COLLABORATIVE

A pubic-private partnership to reduce diesel emissions

www.westcoastcoliaborative.orq

DERA National 2021: Replacing a Diesel Switcher
Locomotive to a Zero Emissions Switcher Locomotive

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Where:

South Coast Air Basin, CA
Grantee:

City of Los Angeles,
Harbor Department

Replacing:

1 Switcher Locomotive

Funding:

$2,025,000 U.S. EPA's DERA
$2,475,000 Matched

Emissions Reduced:*

4 tons of PM2.5
122 tons of NOx
23 tons of CO
12 tons of HC

What is the Collaborative?

The West Coast
Collaborative is a
partnership among
leaders from federal,
tribal, state, and local
governments, the private
sector and environmental
and community groups in
EPA Regions 9 and 10.

The West Coast Collaborative is pleased to announce the City of Los
Angeles, Harbor Department's (LAHD) receipt of a U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA)
National Grant to replace an existing Tier 0+ switcher locomotive
operating at switch yards located in the South Coast Air Basin. This project
will be implemented using $2,025,000 in DERA grant funding combined with
$2,475,000 in matching cost-share funds from the LAHD and project partner.

What is this Project?

Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) in partnership with Union Pacific
(UP) will replace an existing Tier 0+ switcher locomotive with a switcher
locomotive that uses battery electric technology. The project will be
located at the UP Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF), which
serves the San Pedro Bay Ports in Los Angeles County, and the West Colton
Yard in San Bernardino County

Why is this Project Important?

Exposure to diesel exhaust is associated with decreased lung function and
can also exacerbate the symptoms of asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia.
People living in communities around ports face an increased risk of cancer,
asthma, birth defects, and decreased lung function. By reducing emissions
from the diesel switcher locomotive, this project will improve air quality and
directly benefit minority and low-income communities that surround the
Port of Los Angeles, UP ICTF and UP West Colton yard. Communities
surrounding the Port of Los Angeles and rail yards in Southern California are
the closest to where the pollution is emitted by diesel equipment and
locomotives that support goods movement.

Who are the Project Partners?

This project will be administered by the LAHD, a local government agency
that is the Port Authority with jurisdiction over transportation and
environmental issues for the Port of Los Angeles. LAHD received this DERA
grant through the Collaborative and will distribute these grant funds to UP.
LAHD will be responsible for all data monitoring and reporting.

*Estimated air emission reductions over the remaining lifetimes of these engines.
For more information about this project, contact the U.S. EPA Kimberly Male, mak.kimberlygepa.gov or 415-947-4155.

For more information on the Collaborative, visit www.westcoastcollaborative.org.


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