Air Pollution Control Program
Missouri Clean Diesel Program
The goal of Missouri's Clean Diesel Program is to improve air quality in highly populated urban areas in Missouri where monitoring values are either violating or are close to violating federal air quality standards.
The department is very active in pursuing funding opportunities for Missouri's diesel equipment fleet owners and operators. When opportunities do become available, they will be listed on this page as well as any partner websites.
2012 Missouri Clean Diesel Program
Under the state allocated Diesel Emission Reduction Act, or DERA, funding for 2012, the Department of Natural Resources’ Air Pollution Control Program received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, to fund a clean diesel program in Missouri and awarded subgrants to organizations in two different areas of the state that are facing air quality challenges. These areas included the St. Louis area and the Springfield/Southwest Missouri area. The department awarded subgrants to local organizations in each of these areas to implement the project.
The projects that are included in the 2012 Missouri State Clean Diesel Program are summarized below. For more information on projects selected, visit the subgrantee's website through the links provided.
St. Louis Area - St. Louis Regional Clean Cities
- JB Marine Inc.: Repower the propulsion engines on one tug/tow boat.
- Pullen Bros. Inc.: One early replacement for a long-haul truck.
Southwest Missouri Area - Ozarks Center for Sustainable Solutions
- APAC Inc.: Early Replacement for one dump truck (new truck to be operated on compressed natural gas as opposed to conventional diesel).
- Hollister School District: One early replacement for a school bus.
- Logan-Rogersville School District: One early replacement for a school bus.
The estimated projected annual and lifetime emission reductions and fuel savings expected from all projects implemented under the 2012 Missouri State Clean Diesel Program can be seen in the table below. The projected emission reductions and fuel savings were calculated using the EPA’s Diesel Emission Quantifier.
| 2012 Missouri State DERA Project Emission Results and Health Benefits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NOx |
PM |
HC |
CO |
CO2 |
Diesel Fuel (Gallons) |
|
| Annual Reductions (tons/year) | 11.95 |
0.23 |
0.14 |
1.82 |
180.42 |
18,754 |
| Lifetime Reductions (tons) | 195.39 |
3.56 |
2.11 |
29.04 |
3,067.13 |
293,818 |
Improving Air Quality
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is committed to developing ways to reduce diesel emissions which contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone. Diesel emissions are known to cause and aggravate lung and respiratory diseases such as asthma. Reducing emissions is an important step toward protecting public health and improving the air quality in Missouri.
