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ENGINE MAKERS* USA - Averaging Has Given Flexibility to Meet Emission Targets
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics, by Jonathan S. Reiskin -June 30, 2008: -- Large-scale manufacturing of 550-horsepower, 13-liter diesel truck engines that can run for a million miles is such a complicated endeavor that, since 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency has given engine makers some short-term wiggle room on hitting emissions targets through its averaging, banking and trading program... Original equipment manufacturers can earn emissions credits by beating the regulatory standard of the day, and then use those credits to help meet new, tighter standards when there is a regulatory change. In theory, a company can even buy credits from one of its competitors, although an EPA official said that rarely happens...
* EGR Proponents to Use Credits to Meet 2010 Engine Standards
USA -Transport Topics -30 June 2008: --The two major engine makers that will employ exhaust gas recirculation technology to meet the tightened federal emissions rules that go into effect in 2010 will use credits they have earned from the Environmental Protection Agency to hit the new mark... (Full article by suscription to TT...)
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