State of California
AIR RESOURCES BOARD
Public Hearing on the Feasibility of Converting All Gasoline
Powered Motor Vehicles in the South Coast Air Basin to Use
Gaseous Fuels
August 17-18, 1972
Starting at 9:30 a.m., August 17
Room 1138, Junipero Serra Building
107 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA
AGENDA
I. Opening Statement A.J. Haagen-Smit
Chairman
Air Resources Board
II. The Riverside Proposal Ben Lewis, Mayor
City of Riverside
III. The Proposal of Environmental Quality
Laboratory, Cal Tech Lester Lees
IV. Comments from LAAPCD Robert Chass
V. Converting or Manufacturing Gasoline Vehicles to Use
Gaseous Fuel.
1. Conversion System Manufacturers
a. Golden Hullinger - Marvel-Schebler/Tillotson,
Division of Borg Warner Corp.
b. Robert Reifschneider - Manchester Tank &
Equipment Company.
c. Richard Reed - Vice President in charge of
Marketing, Brencaar Enterprises.
2. Automobile Manufacturers
a. George Lacy - Chrysler Corporation
b. Dr. Wayne Brehave - Ford Motor Company
3. Fleet Operators
a. John Davidson - Vice President, Yellow Cab
Company of California
b. Elton Grammes - President of Calif. Taxicab
Owners Association
c. Ronald B. Davis - President West Coast
Transportation Company
d. Tony Barrial - Director of Maintenance, West
coast Transportation Company
VI. Fuels - Supply, Distribution and Marketing
1. Bureau of Mines
2. Stanford Research Institute - Stanford Field and
John Patrick Henry
3. Suppliers of Gaseous Fuels
a. C.E. Smith - President, Trans-World Gas
Systems, Inc.
b. Carson L. Angle - Vangas, Inc.
c. G.S. Cuming - Vice President and General
Council, El Paso Natural Gas Company
d. John G. Keller - Western Oil & Gas
Association
e. John Hopkins - Vice President in charge of
Marketing, Union Oil Company
f. Reine J. Corbeil - Southern California Gas,
Pacific Lighting Service Co., Dual Fuel
Systems Inc.
VII. Fuel Requirements of Utilities Representatives
of Public
Utilities
a. H. Seaman and D.J. Fogarty - Vice Presidents,
Southern California Edison Company
b. Mr. Sonderbig and Mr. Yamamoto - Los Angeles
Dept. of Water and Power
VIII. General Interest
1. Automobile Clubs - Louis J. Bintz - Manager of
automotive Engineering Dept., Automobile Club of
Southern California
2. Department of Public Works - Mr. George Hill -
Assistant State Highway Engineer
3. Chambers of Commerce
4. University of California at Riverside - Dr.
Stevens
5. Governmental Agencies
a. Mr. George Milias, Deputy Regional
Administrative, EPA, Region IX
b. Others
IX. Remarks from the Audience.