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WIDESPREAD TAMPERING OF EMISSIONS SYSTEMS * Canada
*Special Report - Ontario: Truck News investigation finds tampering
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Truck News, by James Menzies -Mar 17, 2013: -- An investigation by Truck News has found that engine tampering to defeat emissions controls mandated on new trucks over the past decade is widespread and easily attainable... Frequently advertised as DPF Delete or EGR Delete kits, service providers offer to remove the emissions-reducing devices and then reprogram the engine for better performance at a cost of thousands of dollars, which shops claim will quickly be recovered through improved fuel economy and reliability. The procedure, however, effectively reverses the environmental gains resulting from the advent of EGR and DPF systems introduced in 2002 and 2007 respectively, and essentially restores the vehicle to EPA02 pollution levels... An EPA02 engine had a regulated output of 2.5 grams NOx and 0.1 grams per brake horsepower hour of particulate matter. The current EPA10 limits are 0.2 grams NOx and 0.01 grams of particulate matter. That means an EPA10 engine is 12.5 times and 10 times cleaner than an EPA02 engine in terms of NOx and PM emissions, respectively... In the US, there is enforcement at both the federal and state levels, which would impose massive fines on companies providing EGR/DPF Delete services or the operators who have the work done to their trucks... Need proof of enforcement? Look no further than a $500,000 fine levied by EPA in January against Edge Products, an American company that sold more than 9,000 devices allowing owners of model year 2007 or later diesel pick-up trucks to operate without their factory-installed diesel particulate filters...
* Ontario - Environment Canada commissions report on environmental tampering
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Truck News -Mar 15, 2013: -- Environment Canada has commissioned a report to determine how truckers are circumventing emissions regulations on newer model year trucks... The report comes as the Canadian Trucking Alliance calls on government to crack down on shops providing services that disable a truck’s emission systems. CTA chief executive officer, David Bradley, wrote in his Truck News column last month, that a crackdown is in order to ensure compliance with clean diesel regs... The announcement of a forthcoming study also coincides with an investigative report conducted by Truck News and Truck West (see above)... We found a vast, well-connected network of shops willing to perform ‘DPF Delete’ or ‘EGR Delete’ services, effectively removing emissions systems from newer trucks and reprogramming the ECU to improve fuel economy and performance while restoring emissions output to EPA02 levels or worse. Some of these shops claimed to do 20 trucks a day, with weeks-long waiting lists. The services ranged in price, up to more than $6,000...
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