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B-114807 1 (1973-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaged0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 (7) LOGISTICI AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION 07- B-114807 LM096346 MA 3 11973 The Honorable Arthur F. Sampson T OUMENT A V4114p Acting Administrator General Services Administration Dear Mr. Sampson: The General Accounting Office has reviewed the Dual Fuel prQg the j~ General Servi ,ess _W o(GSA). Since there are no Spa-n -r expanding this program, we do not have any specific recommendations. In our review, however, we found weaknesses in the management and control of the program which lessened its effectiveness. We believe a summary of our observations could be helpful to you in planning future programs. The- ag1.J -il program is an e uepr tLLe m designed to demonstrate thefe.%slhioE f reduns ic. Initially, 12 vehicles were converted' to use compressed natural gas.- Tests showed that, under certain conditions, exhaust emissions and operating costs could be reduced. On the basis of these test results, GSA expanded the Dual Fuel program to demonstrate fleet usage of vehicles using natural gas. Over $2 million was authorized to convert and test about 1,400 additional vehicles. We learned that GSA had converted over 1,000 vehicles. Only limited data, however, has been gathered and analyzed on these vehicles. For example, operating cost data is available for only 165 vehicles from November 1970 through December 1971 and for 47 vehicles for January 1972. In addition, GSA did not analyze maintenance data for any of the converted vehicles in the expanded fleet nor make substantial exhaust emission tests. Thus, the data received from the'initial emission tests on the 12 vehicles was-not updated, and, despite the costs to convert the additional fleet, no data was accumulated to augment the original test results. joE r/G%3 Lt 1'

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