Advanced Cleanup Technologies, Inc. Demonstrates Breakthrough Technology to Reduce...

Advanced Cleanup Technologies, Inc. Demonstrates Breakthrough Technology to Reduce Air Pollution at Ports

Government Regulators, Port Officials, Shipping Operators and
Business Leaders Join Together to Endorse ACTI's New System
LONG BEACH, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
More than one hundred port and government officials, shipping
operators and business leaders today witnessed the successful
demonstration of Advanced Cleanup Technologies, Inc.'s new system that
could significantly cut air pollution at the Southern California
ports. ACTI, a leading emergency response and hazardous waste
management company, successfully capped and treated the exhaust gas
from a ship docked at the Metropolitan Stevedore Company berth at the
Port of Long Beach.

During the demonstration, ACTI used its patented Advanced Maritime
Emissions Control System (AMECS) to lift a 2,500-pound bonnet
approximately 150 feet in the air, capping and collecting toxic
pollutants from the ship's auxiliary engines and boilers. The gas was
then vacuumed from the bonnet through a duct into a treatment system
to remove the pollutants. The system is designed to reduce more than
95 percent of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx) and
particulate matter (PM) from the auxiliary engines and boilers of
ocean-going vessels while at berth or anchored in port.

"If implemented, AMECS can be a solution to not only help the
ports reach their air quality goals faster, but more importantly, help
all of us living in Southern California breathe cleaner air," said
Ruben Garcia, Founder and President of ACTI. "Effectively reducing air
pollution in Southern California requires both the private and public
sectors to continuously develop innovative technology that can make an
immediate impact today."

The results were documented by EF&EE and Professional
Environmental Services, which are both independent testing firms. ACTI
plans to release the formal results in July.

On hand to view and support the live demonstration were Wayne
Nastri, Region 9 Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
Senator Dean Florez, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Air Quality,
Sixteenth District; Barry Wallerstein, Executive Director, South Coast
Air Quality Management District; Mario Cordero, President, Long Beach,
Board of Harbor Commissioners; Robert Waterman, Regional Vice
President, West Coast, Metropolitan Stevedore Company; and Peter
Peyton, Secretary of the Marine Clerks Association, International
Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Governmental officials and regulators weighed in on the impact of
ACTI's new system. "One of our regional priorities includes cleaning
up sources of diesel emissions, particularly near impacted communities
and ports," said Wayne Nastri, the U.S. EPA's Administrator for the
Pacific Southwest region. "We count on companies like ACTI to develop
innovative technology solutions to ensure that our public health goals
can be met. The EPA helped fund, through the West Coast Collaborative,
ACTI's first demonstration of this technology at the Roseville Rail
Yard, and we congratulate ACTI for showing that emissions from one of
the dirtiest and largest sources of air pollution can be effectively
reduced."

Senator Dean Florez, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on
Air Quality, said, "ACTI is applying the best available technology to
a problem that not only Southern California faces, but also the
Central Valley, the area that I represent, which is unfortunately is
ranked second in terms of unhealthy air. I believe companies like ACTI
need our support, and our partnership."

For many shipping and port operators, AMECS is considered a
cost-effective supplement or alternative to the use of shore power or
cold ironing, and in many cases, is the only economically and
operationally feasible means of reducing air pollution at the ports.

"The ACTI 'sock on a stack' system has already proven to be very
effective in capturing and removing exhaust emissions from locomotive
engines, and this project at the Port of Long Beach can help verify
its effectiveness in treating ship engine emissions. This technology
has the potential to reduce serious community health impacts from rail
yards and maritime ports," said Barry Wallerstein, Executive Director,
South Coast Air Quality Management District.

In November 2006, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long
Beach passed the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) with a goal of reducing
particulate emissions in 2008 by at least 15 percent and a 45 percent
reduction by 2011. According to the ports, ships represent 26 percent
of NOx, 90 percent of SOx and 59 percent of PM emissions of the total
port pollution.

"At the Port of Long Beach we are continually pursuing new
technologies that will help achieve our Green Port goals," said Mario
Cordero, President of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.
"Advancements such as the AMECS hold great promise to minimize or
eliminate air pollution from one of the most critical sources, ships
at berth."

In August 2006, ACTI conducted a successful test of a similar
emissions control system designed for locomotives. The demo of the
Advanced Locomotive Emissions Control System (ALECS) for the railroad
applications was conducted at the Union Pacific railyard in Roseville,
Calif. The results were documented by an independent organization and
released by the Placer County Air Pollution Control District in April
2007. The results were impressive, with emissions of NOx reduced by
97.8 percent, SOx by 97.3 percent and PM by 92.1 percent.

About Advanced Cleanup Technologies

Advanced Cleanup Technologies, Inc. (ACTI) is a professional full
service firm specializing in environmental emergency response,
hazardous waste management, industrial cleaning, waste minimization,
confined space entry, transportation services and air pollution
control technology. ACTI has a work force of more than 250 full-time
highly trained employees ready to respond quickly to incidents
throughout the United States. Headquartered in Rancho Dominguez,
Calif., ACTI has seven offices strategically located in California,
with additional offices in Louisiana and Hawaii. For more information,
visit www.advancedcleanup.com.

Burson-Marsteller for ACTI
Emily Hallford, 310-309-6616
Cell: 805-908-5499
emily.hallford@bm.com

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