State Implementation Plans: Related Resources

Explore the links provided on this page for more information on the broad range of air quality topics associated with reducing emissions from transportation and other mobile sources of air pollution.

Industry and Residential Sectors: Marine Port Strategies

State, Local, and Regional Programs

• Port of Los Angeles Environmental Programs
  The Port of Los Angeles was the first port authority in the nation to create an Environmental Management Division in 1973. This site has various programs and documents for marine authorities.
• West Coast Diesel Collaborative Marine Vessels and Ports Workgroup
  A workgroup focused on alternative fuel use for vessels and on-shore equipment, equipment retrofits and early retirement, and cold ironing for ocean-going vessels and plug-in power for on-shore equipment.

Non-Governmental Organizations

• Harboring Pollution: Strategies to Clean Up U.S. Ports (pdf) (753 KB, August 2004)
  The Natural Resources Defense Council report that provides information about marine port pollution, including health effects and strategies, which port operators can undertake to reduce emissions.

Public Education and Community Programs: Community Programs

EPA

• EnviroFlash
  A program, sponsored by the EPA with state and local air quality agencies, that provides important air quality information such as forecasts and action day notifications via email or pager notification.

State, Local, and Regional Programs

California Air Resources Board
A California state agency working to maintain healthy air quality, conduct research on air pollution, and reduce motor vehicle air pollution.