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Media Advisory: EPA to co-sponsor clean-diesel technology conference in Naperville

Release Date: 04/13/2006
Contact Information: William Omohundro, (312) 353-8254, [email protected] Julie Magee, (312) 886-6063, [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No.06-OPA054

CHICAGO (Thursday, April 13, 2006)
Media Advisory: EPA to co-sponsor clean-diesel technology conference in Naperville
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 https://www.epa.gov/midwestcleandiesel.