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OLD TRUCK ENGINES * USA: Can meet clean air standards
* DC - EPA told: New nechnology can do it ...
-- The clean air benefits from new technology clean diesel engines and the hastening the modernization of existing commercial trucks and equipment are important ingredients in meeting future clean air standards, officials from the U.S.A. Environmental Protection Agency were told late Thursday... The comments from Allen Schaeffer, the executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, came Thursday afternoon during the first of three national hearings being conducted by the EPA regarding proposed updates to the national air quality standards for ground-level ozone (smog)... EPA has proposed to strengthen the standards to a level within a range of 65 to 70 parts per billion to further reduce national air quality issues, while also taking comments on a level as low as 60 ppb... While not commenting on the EPA’s proposed changes, Schaeffer highlighted how the cooperative working relationship between EPA, national environmental and health organizations and manufacturers had resulted in significant improvements to diesel efficiency and reduced emissions... According to research commissioned by the Diesel Technology Forum, Schaeffer said, the growing share of these clean diesel heavy-duty vehicles contribute significant NOx emissions reduction. Today nationwide, more than one-third of all commercial heavy-duty trucks are 2007 and newer and about 16 percent are 2011 and newer technology. Washington,DC,USA -Trucking News -January 30, 2015
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