EPA Diesel Panel Hears Rerun of Engine Pollution Debate

(Michael James - Transport Topics) EPA invited 20 organizations to participate on an independent panel to conduct four hearings on complying with emissions rules.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first of four public hearings an Environmental Protection Agency panel will hold on potential problems complying with its diesel engine and ultra-low-sulfur fuel regulations produced familiar arguments that reduced emissions engines will be expensive and hard to design but that refiners will be able to make the required low-sulfur fuel.

However, the May 23 hearing here raised another potential problem: distributing the low-sulfur fuel and keeping it free of contamination.

efining industry representatives said that by mid-2006 they’ll be able to produce the ultra-low-sulfur diesel that EPA regulations re-quire.

Trucking companies may have a hard time finding the fuel, which they’ll need for the next generation of low-emission truck engines that EPA regulations will require in 2007.

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