EPA to Co-Sponsor Clean-Diesel Technology Conference in Naperville.

Published in: PR Newswire
Date: 4/13/2006

WHAT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's Midwest Clean

Diesel Initiative will co-sponsor "Tools for Cleaning Up

Illinois Diesel: Technology, Funding and Collaboration," a

one-day conference on tools to help Illinois fleets reduce fuel

usage, decrease emissions and save money. Topics include

diesel retrofits, idle reduction technologies, alternative

fuels and funding opportunities. Participants will be able to

network with other fleet managers, government and planning

officials, fuel suppliers, and manufacturers of idle reduction

devices and emission control technologies.

WHO: EPA Region 5 deputy air division director Cheryl Newton, BP

Group vice president Larry Peck, Illinois EPA associate

director Ron Burke.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 2, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: BP Naperville Campus (Building 602), 150 W. Warrenville Road,

Naperville, Ill.

Vehicles on display will include off-road equipment retrofitted with

diesel oxidation catalysts, a heavy-duty truck with an auxiliary power

unit, a medium-duty diesel electric bucket truck and a school bus with a

diesel particulate filter. Registration information is at

http://www.epa.gov/midwestcleandiesel .