Cleaner Fuel for Bridge Construction
Project
Location: I-5 corridor
through Oregon
EPA is providing an $80,000 grant to the Lane Regional Air
Pollution Authority, with $120,000 in matching funds. This
project provides a 5-cent per gallon fuel discount to bridge
contractors who purchase cleaner fuel, such as ultra-low sulfur
diesel or a biodiesel blend, for their construction equipment.
Construction equipment—including cranes, paving trucks,
and bulldozers—typically emits high levels of toxic air
pollutants like sulfur oxides (which cause chest pain, coughing,
and shortness of breath) and 40 or so other known or suspected
carcinogenic substances.
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