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record-keeping requirements for the grant and providing infor-
mation on the project to CORF.
CRAA's experience could provide a model for on-airport
brownfield cleanup so long as the airport applying for the
grant is not responsible for the contamination.
OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND
CALSTART--SUCCESSFUL PARTNERING FOR
DIESEL EMISSION REDUCTION ACT FUNDING
The Port of Oakland, operator of Oakland International Airport
(OAK), successfully teamed with CALSTART and two other
California airports, San Francisco International Airport and San
Diego International Airport, to obtain funding to retrofit OAK
diesel vehicles with particulate filters and to acquire new CNG
vehicles to reduce diesel emissions (see Figure 3). A fourth air- FIGURE 4 Port of Oakland CNG vehicle.
port, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), was part of the
original consortium of airports, but it is no longer participating PORT OF OAKLAND--PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
in the program and did not take any funds. Some of the funds FUNDING FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES
designated for LAX have been provided directly to carriers
serving LAX. The Port of Oakland has a continuing program to acquire AFVs
for Port operations including operations at OAK. From 2001
All four of the original airports had been active in through 2005, OAK received a total of $474,000 in grants for
CALSTART prior to the DERA initiative. CALSTART origi- the acquisition of CNG vehicles, one electric vehicle, and
nally assisted the airports informally in their preparation of the public electric vehicle recharging stations (see Figure 4). Fund-
applications. When it became evident that the airports individ- ing came from the Bay Area Air Quality Management Dis-
ually could not generate a sufficient number of projects to meet trict (BAAQMD) and the State Energy Program. OAK also
the minimum grant requirement, the concept of CALSTART received grants directly from Ford Motor Company for CNG
serving as the applicant was discussed. CALSTART is eligible vehicles and CNG fueling stations (see Figure 5).
to apply for DERA funding as a nonprofit focused on trans-
portation. CALSTART conducted a one-day outreach session
PORT OF OAKLAND--HELPING COMMERCIAL
about the program for airports and stakeholders.
VEHICLE OPERATORS COMPLY WITH
ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE FLEET
As the applicant and grantee, CALSTART is responsible for REQUIREMENTS
all financial aspects of the grant and the project, including sub-
mitting reports to EPA and processing payment requests. As a To address air quality issues in Oakland and the Bay area, the
sub-recipient, OAK is responsible for executing a sub-recipient Port of Oakland adopted mandatory targets for the percent-
agreement, paying the vendor and invoicing CALSTART. age of an operator's fleet operating at OAK. The original
FIGURE 3 Oakland International Airport retrofit bus. FIGURE 5 Oakland International Airport CNG fueling station.
