ADVISORY/Councilmember Hahn and Port of Los Angeles Officials Kick Off Cleaner-Burning Diesel Fuel at Port

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WHAT:   A press conference at the Port of Los Angeles to launch
        Proformix(TM) fuel, a lower-emission diesel fuel. The new
        cleaner-burning fuel for direct-injection diesel engines
        reduces particulate matter (PM) by as much as 63 percent and
        nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 14 percent, according to
        test results verified by the California Air Resources Board.

WHO:    Los Angeles City Councilmember Janice Hahn
        President of the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Commission Nick 
         Tonsich
        Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Larry Keller
        California Air Resources Board Executive Director Mike Kenny
        AQMD Representative
        Sheila Taylor, vice president of U.S. marketing, Chevron 
         Products Company

WHEN:   Monday, June 17, 2002
        10 a.m.

WHERE:  Los Angeles Fire Department
        Fire Station 112
        444 South Harbor Boulevard, Berth 86
        San Pedro, CA 90731

        Parking available at Port of Los Angeles Administration 
        Building, 425 South Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro 90731 

BACKGROUND:

        Proformix(TM) fuel is a "water-in-fuel" diesel blend that
        utilizes Lubrizol's PuriNOx(TM) technology to lower emissions.