Greetings Valued Partner,

H-GAC needs your help to better understand the needs in the region by completing our 2019 Annual Vehicle Survey. This year’s survey will help us all better understand the population of both traditional and alternative fueled vehicles and equipment used in fleets throughout our region.

Survey participation helps document the current and future needs of the region and support H-GAC and the Houston-Galveston Clean Cities Coalition’s efforts to improve air quality and expand the use of cleaner advanced vehicle technology. The more data we have available, helps H-GAC apply for federal/state funding which results in more financial incentives that specifically benefit our region’s fleets.

*The survey deadline is February 15, 2020 at 5:00 pm.

Please help us by completing or forwarding this survey to your network of fleets. If necessary, we are also able to distribute this survey in physical form or take your information over the phone. If there are any additional accommodations we can provide, please let us know. If you have any questions, please see the contact information below.

To create/update Clean Cities Coalition Profile ====> Membership

To view upcoming meetings and review past meeting ====> Stakeholder Meetings

Contact:

Andrew DeCandis | 832-681-2589 | andrew.decandis@h-gac.com

If you work with fleets that move people or freight using reliable and affordable natural gas as a transportation fuel or support entities that do, then you know how important the $0.50/gallon Alternative Fuel Tax Credit (AFTC) is to their operations.

After months of lobbying, educating, and coalition building on Capitol Hill, NGVAmerica secured this important three-year excise tax credit extension for calendar years 2018, 2019, and 2020 in the final legislative hours before Congress left Washington for the holidays last month.

Please share the attached webinar flyer inviting fleets to understand how to take full advantage of the AFTC and claim past years’ credits by joining NGVA for a no-cost webinar open to all corporate, fleet, and individual participants onWednesday, January 15, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Current NGVAmerica membership is not required, though pre-registration is at:Eventbrite.

DNV GL USA, Inc (Katy, TX) was one of 16 grant recipients who received a total of $25 million. DNV GL aims to develop a new, corrosive-resistant, multi-layered coating (metallic and polymeric) used to repair and protect natural gas pipeline repair welds, to reduce natural gas emissions caused by corrosion. The project entitled Reduction of Methane Leaks through Corrosion Mitigation Pre-Treatments for Pipelines with Field-Applied Coatings, will verify the performance of a new metallic-polymeric coating system using an instrumented disbonded coating coupon buried in the field next to an operating pipeline. This project brings together an experienced team consisting of a pipeline company (Enbridge), a welding company (Lincoln Electric), and a corrosion expert (DNV GL USA, Inc).

DOE Funding: $1,488,391; Non-DOE Funding: $394,751; Total Value: $1,883,142

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting pre-proposal comments on a rule-making effort known as theCleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI). This advance notice describes EPA’s plans for a new rule making that would establish new emission standards for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and other pollutants for highway heavy-duty engines. It also describes opportunities to streamline and improve certification procedures to reduce costs for engine manufacturers. The EPA is seeking input on this effort from the public, including all interested

stakeholders, to inform the development of a subsequent notice of proposed rule-making.

DATES: Comments: Comments must be received on or before [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

ADDRESSES: Comments: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQOAR- 2019-0055, at www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard

copy at Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA WJC West Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., N.W., Room 3334, Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Nelson, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4278; email address:nelson.brian@epa.gov.