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Title	HIGHWAY DIESEL PROGRESS REVIEW, REPORT 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Accession No	00981840
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date	20040300
Description	10 p.
Languages	English
Abstract	The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established in 2000 new far reaching emission standards beginning in 2007 for heavy duty diesel vehicles and the fuel used in them. These standards were premised on the introduction of new catalyst based emission controls for diesel engines and the removal of sulfur from diesel fuel. The scale of the changes and the long term benefit for society have only one parallel in the thirty plus year history of mobile source emission control: the introduction of unleaded gasoline and catalysts on cars in the 1970s. The monetized benefits of this program exceed its costs by more than 16 to one. Given the scope of these new regulations and their importance for public health, it is only prudent that EPA carefully follow the progress of industry in implementing this rule. This report is 2nd in a series of technical progress reviews by EPA to document the status of engine and vehicle technology development to meet the 2007 standards.
Supplemental Information	See also PB2004-103782.
TRT Terms	Benefit cost analysis ; Diesel engine exhaust gases ; Diesel fuels ; Emission control systems ; Public health ; Standards ; Sulfur
Subject Areas	H17 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; H53 VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS; I90 Vehicles
Report Number	EPA-420-S-04-001
Availability	National Technical Information Service Order Number: PB2005-100747
TRIS Files	HRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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