EPA - All diesel engines.

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LIGHT & MEDIUM TRUCK MAGAZINE, JULY 2004 ISSUE:



EPA to Propose Retrofitting All Diesel Engines

Environmental Protection Agency officials said the agency would push for all 11 million diesel engines in the country to be retrofitted within 10 years in order to reduce their emissions of particulate matter.

Marge Oge, director of EPA's Office of Transporation and Air Quality, announced the goal at a Diesel Technology Forum conference in Washington, D.C., in June.

Oge said the agency would work with fleets to develop financial incentives to accomplish the retrofitting. Estimates of what the retrofitting would cost varied widely, from millions of dollars to billions.

All diesel engines from trucks to construction equipment, would be included.

Heavy trucks using ultra-low-sulfur diesel and a particulate-matter filter would reduce PM emissions by 90%, said Jim Blubaugh, program director of the agency's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, adding that those filters would cost $4,000 to $8,000 per truck. Diesel oxidation catalysts can operate without ULSD, reduce PM by 20% and cost between $800 and $1,500 he said.

Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, said retrofitting all 11 million diesel engines could cost billions.

Blubaugh said the agency will begin working with small fleets in 2005 to develop a grant-based incentive program to help them retrofit older trucks. --- Mindy Long

I just wonder if this will pertain to all our Dodge diesel pick-ups?