The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has successfully compiled a set of regulatory and non-regulatory standards to reduce emissions from diesel engines. Now it is expanding this success by creating the National Clean Car Diesel Campaign (NCDC). By implementing a variety of control strategies and aggressively involving national, state and local partners, this campaign was created to reduce the pollution emitted by diesel engines across the country. The challenge for NCDC to reduce diesel emissions is to develop new emission standards for diesel engines and marine engines while also driving emissions reductions for existing diesel engines. Strategies, of course, must also be cost-effective. Participants in the NCDC are committed to finding innovative ways to protect human health and the environment. This means using cleaner fuels, rebuilding and repairing existing fleets and reducing the need for idling, among others.
Over the last five years, the EPA has launched some very successful programs, all designed to reduce emissions from the existing diesel fleet. By 2014, in co-operation with state and local governments, public interest groups and industry partners, EPA has set the goal of reducing emissions from more than 11 million diesel engines in the existing fleet. School buses have also been placed as a place where the control of diesel emissions can significantly help a vulnerable population, our children. Other sectors identified where diesel engines need repair or retrofitting are seaports, construction, freight transport and agriculture. Each program provides technical and financial assistance to interested parties interested in effectively and efficiently reducing the emissions of their fleets.
The Agency is making significant efforts to ensure the successful implementation of stringent new standards for diesel and new diesel engines with proposed regulatory standards that will form the basis of the EPA’s diesel control program.
Since 1 June 2006, refineries have started to produce clean ultra low sulfur (ULSD) diesel fuel with a sulfur level of less than or equal to 15 parts per million (ppm) for use in diesel engines. Low-sulfur diesel (500 ppm) for all non-diesel diesel engines is currently required and will be replaced by 2010 with extremely low sulfur diesel for these machines, including steam engines and marine engines.
In addition to reducing emissions from the existing diesel fleet, these clean fuels will allow the use of advanced technologies in new engines. Technologies such as particulate traps, capable of reducing emissions by 90% and above, which are already required by the new standards, are gradually being introduced in the road arteries. These technologies are scheduled to enter the non-road sector by 2011. With the use of cleaner fuels and engines, EPA is also working to reduce emissions from large commercial ships such as cruise ships and large container ships.
Together these programs will bring enormous long-term benefits to public health and the environment. Of course, oil companies such as Triple Diamond Energy Corporation will produce extremely low sulfur diesel fuel, except for continuing to produce low-sulfur diesel fuel until it becomes the full switch to fully utilize the ULSD.
Over the last five years, the EPA has launched some very successful programs, all designed to reduce emissions from the existing diesel fleet. By 2014, in co-operation with state and local governments, public interest groups and industry partners, EPA has set the goal of reducing emissions from more than 11 million diesel engines in the existing fleet. School buses have also been placed as a place where the control of diesel emissions can significantly help a vulnerable population, our children. Other sectors identified where diesel engines need repair or retrofitting are seaports, construction, freight transport and agriculture. Each program provides technical and financial assistance to interested parties interested in effectively and efficiently reducing the emissions of their fleets.
The Agency is making significant efforts to ensure the successful implementation of stringent new standards for diesel and new diesel engines with proposed regulatory standards that will form the basis of the EPA’s diesel control program.
Since 1 June 2006, refineries have started to produce clean ultra low sulfur (ULSD) diesel fuel with a sulfur level of less than or equal to 15 parts per million (ppm) for use in diesel engines. Low-sulfur diesel (500 ppm) for all non-diesel diesel engines is currently required and will be replaced by 2010 with extremely low sulfur diesel for these machines, including steam engines and marine engines.
In addition to reducing emissions from the existing diesel fleet, these clean fuels will allow the use of advanced technologies in new engines. Technologies such as particulate traps, capable of reducing emissions by 90% and above, which are already required by the new standards, are gradually being introduced in the road arteries. These technologies are scheduled to enter the non-road sector by 2011. With the use of cleaner fuels and engines, EPA is also working to reduce emissions from large commercial ships such as cruise ships and large container ships.
Together these programs will bring enormous long-term benefits to public health and the environment. Of course, oil companies such as Triple Diamond Energy Corporation will produce extremely low sulfur diesel fuel, except for continuing to produce low-sulfur diesel fuel until it becomes the full switch to fully utilize the ULSD.
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