Federal Fleet Conversion

SMOK 1/8 Jember Federal Fleet Conversion $200, 000/00 you for adminity card be the camel to an would to net up - of ravo as che - Jo'c to law w/ D05 cos t K. recenty t then we well home a meety u/ 11/15/13 to in to nee when UP a and December 22, 1994 MEMORANDUM FOR HAROLD ICKES Capy FROM: Jennifer O'Connor no John -Jen SUBJECT: Garry Mauro and Fleet Conversion Task Force Make file return I spoke with Bill Burton and Mauro's aide Tom Henderson, as well as Brian Burke of Carol Rasco's shop and Wes Warren of the Office of Environmental Policy to find out the status of Mauro's project. I have not spoken with anyone at Energy. BACKGROUND As you know, Mauro has been a friend of the President's since the McGovern campaign and was the early driving force behind our primary campaign in Texas. At Mauro's recommendation, the President signed an Executive Order creating the Federal Fleet Conversion Task Force and held an event in April, 1993 to announce the Task Force. It had a one year mandate to develop recommendations for promoting the use of alternative fuels through the federal government's purchases. The Task Force met and developed a set of recommendations. The primary recommendation was to set up a follow up advisory committee to oversee a variety of initiatives aimed at converting the federal fleet to natural gas. The committee would also work with state and local authorities to encourage them to convert their fleets, convert the fleets of their taxicab squadrons and find ways to leverage private and public resources together to promote the use of alternative fuels. Mauro recommended a joint White House-Energy Department committee, with himself as its head. STATUS From Mauro's (and Bill Burton's) perspective, the project is on hold because Secretary O'Leary has refused to set up the proposed advisory committee. All parties with whom I spoke agree there is some bad blood between the Secretary and Mauro; they agree as well that she decided not to move forward with the committee. Prior to the Secretary's decision, there was a significant amount of discussion about how to implement Mauro's recommended committee. He worked with the Office of Environmental Policy here as well as with staff of the Department of Energy to come up with an acceptable