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1The Office of Mobile Sources underwent a

reorganization in September 1995 in which the

responsibility to oversee the Urban Bus Retrofit/

Rebuild Program and approve certification was

assigned to the Director of the Engine Programs and

Compliance Division. Formerly, this responsibility

was assigned to the Director of the Manufacturers

Operations Division. The regulations at 40 CFR

Sections 85.1401–85.1415 will be amended in the

near future to reflect this change.

2The CPL is a number that identifies a specific

Cummins part or component.

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Yankee Energy should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Yankee Energy is authorized

to issue securities and assume

obligations or liabilities as a guarantor,

indorser, surety, or otherwise in respect

of any security of another person;

provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the

applicant, and compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Yankee Energy’s issuances

of securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

December 29, 1995.

Copies of the full text of the order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–30346 Filed 12–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRC–5344–8]

Retrofit Rebuild Requirements for 1993

and Earlier Model Year

Urban Buses; Appoval of a Notification

of Intent to Certify Equipment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of agency certification of

equipment for the urban bus retrofit/

rebuild program.

SUMMARY: The Agency received a

notification of intent to certify

equipment signed March 13, 1995 from

the Cummins Engine Company

(Cummins) with principal place of

business at BOX 3005, COLUMBUS, IN

47202–3005, for certification of urban

bus retrofit/rebuild equipment pursuant

to 40 CFR Sections 85.1401–85.1415.

The equipment is applicable to

Cummins petroleum-fueled LTA10–B

model petroleum fueled 4-stroke heavyduty engines that were originally

manufactured between November 1985

and December 1992. On June 21, 1995,

EPA published a notice in the Federal

Register that the notification had been

received and made the notification

available for public review and

comment for a period of 45-days (60 FR

32316). EPA has completed its review of

this notification, and the comments

received, and the Director of the Engine

Programs and Compliance Division 1 has

determined that it meets all the

requirements for certification.

Accordingly, EPA approves the

certification of this equipment effective

December 13, 1995.

The certified equipment provides 25

percent or greater reduction in exhaust

emissions of particulate matter (PM) for

the engines for which it is certified, and

meets the life-cycle cost requirements of

the urban bus retrofit/rebuild program

for certification. As such, it triggers the

requirements for operators choosing to

comply with compliance program 1 for

applicable engines. This equipment may

also be used by operators choosing to

comply with compliance program 2.

The Cummins’ notification, as well as

other materials specifically relevant to

it, are contained in Public Docket A–93–

42, category VIII, entitled ‘‘Certification

of Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild

Equipment’’. This docket is located in

room M–1500, Waterside Mall (Ground

Floor), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street SW, Washington,

DC 20460.

Docket items may be inspected from

8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday. As provided in 40 CFR

Part 2, a reasonable fee may be charged

by the Agency for copying docket

materials.

DATES: The date of this notice December

13, 1995 is the effective date of

certification for the equipment

described in the Cummins notification.

This certified equipment may be used

immediately by urban bus operators.

Operators who have chosen to comply

with Program 1 will be required to

utilize this equipment (or other

applicable equipment that is certified in

the meantime) for any engine that is

listed in Table B that undergoes rebuild

on or after June 13, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anthony Erb, Technical Support

Branch, Engine Programs and

Compliance Division (6405J), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St. SW, Washington, D.C. 20460.

Telephone: (202) 233–9259.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

By a notification of intent to certify

signed March 13, 1995, Cummins

applied for certification of equipment

applicable to the LTA10–B model urban

bus engines that were originally

manufactured between November 1985

and December 1992. Two separate

horsepower/torque ratings are to apply

for each Control Parts List (CPL), 2 either

270 horsepower and 860 foot-pounds of

torque or 240 horsepower and 750 footpounds of torque. This equipment will

reduce PM emissions 25 percent or

more, on petroleum-fueled diesel

engines that have been rebuilt to

Cummins specifications. Life-cycle cost

analysis information was submitted

with the Cummins notification, along

with a guarantee that the equipment

will be offered to all affected operators

for less than the incremental life cycle

cost ceiling of $2,000 (1992 dollars).

Cummins listed the total kit price to be

$5,930 including an incremental

increase of $1,435 for component parts.

Installation costs, maintenance costs

and fuel costs were stated to be

unchanged. This equipment triggers

program requirements for the 25%

reduction standard for the applicable

engines.

All components of the candidate

equipment are contained in a

combination of two kits. The first kit is

common to both horsepower/torque

ratings and consists of a camshaft, cam

key, cylinder kits, and a fuel plumbing

kit. The second kit contains the

injectors, cylinder head, turbocharger

and fuel pump and is ordered based on

the horsepower/torque rating that is

desired. The first kit in combination

with one of the second kits is required

for the rebuild of an engine.

Using engine dynamometer testing in

accordance with the Federal Test

Procedure for heavy-duty diesel

engines, Cummins documented

significant reductions in PM emissions.

Emission test data supplied by

Cummins in the notification are shown

in Table A. The data indicate that the

applicable engines with the certified
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equipment installed comply with

applicable Federal emission standards

for hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide

(CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOX), and

smoke emissions. These data also

demonstrate reductions in PM exhaust

emissions.

TABLE A.—TEST ENGINE EMISSIONS

[g/bhp-hr] 3

Control Parts List

Engine Baseline Emission Levels Smoke

HC CO NOx PM ACC LUG PEAK

0780 ............................................ 0.69 3.04 4.97 0.58 13.6 2.2 28.4

0781 ............................................ 0.85 2.05 4.97 0.59 11.5 2.2 19.74

0774 ............................................ 0.68 3.34 6.86 0.46 11.0 1.4 23.3

0777 ............................................ 0.68 2.93 6.49 0.61 12.8 1.8 33.5

0996 ............................................ 1.33 4.73 5.17 0.61 14.9 2.7 37.5

1226 ............................................ 0.69 2.65 4.58 0.45 13.5 1.1 30.6

1441 ............................................ 0.6 2.70 4.7 0.46 10.0 1.0 18.0

1622 ............................................ 0.6 2.70 4.7 0.46 10.0 1.0 18.0

1624 ............................................ 0.69 2.65 4.58 0.45 13.5 1.1 30.6

1994 (240Hp) .............................. 1.1 2.3 5.1 0.28 7 2 12

1994 (270Hp) .............................. 0.8 2.3 5.4 0.24 6 1 10

3The baseline emission level for each pollutant is based on either the certification level or the average test audit result.

Cummins is certifying this equipment

to PM emission levels of 0.34 g/bhp-hr

for all engine models and years covered

under this certification. This

certification level represents a PM

reduction that ranges between 25 to 44

percent when compared to the original

certification PM levels for these engines.

The certification levels for this

equipment in the urban bus program are

indicated in Table B, and apply only to

the model numbers listed for engines

that were manufactured within the cited

manufacture dates.

TABLE B.—RETROFIT/REBUILD CERTIFICATION LEVELS FOR CUMMINS EQUIPMENT 4

Engine

family

Control parts list

(CPL) Manufacture dates

Original PM certification level

(g/bhp-hr)

Retrofit PM certification level (g/bhp-hr)

for 240 and 270 HP

ratings

343B ........ 780 11/20/85 to 12/31/87 0.58 0.34

343B ........ 0781 11/20/85 to 12/31/87 0.59 0.34

343C ........ 0774 11/20/85 to 12/31/89 0.46 0.34

343C ........ 0777 11/20/85 to 12/31/89 0.61 0.34

343C ........ 0996 12/04/87 to 08/19/88 0.61 0.34

343C ........ 1226 07/26/88 to 12/31/90 0.50 0.34

343F ........ 1226 07/12/90 to 08/26/92 0.45 0.34

343F ........ 1441 12/18/90 to 12/31/92 0.46 0.34

343F ........ 1622 04/24/92 to 12/31/92 0.46 0.34

343F ........ 1624 04/24/92 to 12/31/92 0.45 0.34

4The original PM certification levels are based on the certification level or the average test audit result for each engine family. It is noted that

for engine family 343F, although the PM standard for 1991 and 1992 was 0.25 g/bhp-hr and the NOX standard was 5.0 g/bhp-hr, Cummins certified the 1226, 1441, 1622, and 1624 CPLs to a Federal Emission Limit (FEL) of 0.49 g/bhp-hr PM and 5.6 g/bhp-hr NOX under the averaging,

banking and trading program.

Under Program 1, all rebuilds of

applicable engines performed 6 months

following the effective date of this

certification, must use this Cummins

equipment (or other equipment certified

in the meantime to reduce PM levels by

at least a 25 percent). This requirement

will continue for the applicable engines

until such time as it is superseded by

equipment that is certified to trigger the

0.10 g/bhp-hr emission standard for less

than a life cycle cost of $7,940 (in 1992

dollars).

Cummins has established a postrebuild PM certification level of 0.34 g/

bhp-hr for this equipment when

installed on engines with either the 240/

750 or the 270/860 horsepower/torque

rating. Operators who choose to comply

with Program 2 and install this

equipment, will use the 0.34 g/bhp-hr

PM emission level in their calculation of

fleet level attained.

II. Summary and Analysis of Comments

EPA received comments from one

party on this notification. The

Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 998,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin stated that this

certification will have a significant

impact on bus mechanics because local

transit authorities will no longer be able

to rebuild these engines due to the fact

that the information needed to rebuild

the engines, i.e., the technology and

methods of modification, would not be

made available to local transit providers

by the certifier. Without the opportunity

to rebuild these engines, the workers

skill base would erode and their ability

in the future to diagnose and repair

these engines would be greatly reduced.

It was stated that in order to avoid this

situation, the technology and methods

of modification should be made

available to local transit providers so

that they have the choice of rebuilding

in-house in order to reduce costs and

maintain the skill level of the transit

workforce.

Although the failure of a certifier to

provide rebuild specifications to an

operator that would enable the operator

to perform engine rebuilds is not a
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criteria that the Agency uses to evaluate

an application during the review

process, Cummins was contacted to

determine whether or not information

would be provided to operators that

would enable them to rebuild the

components of the certified kit and the

engine rebuild itself. Cummins’

representative stated that the

information will be made available to

authorized facilities only. Transit

operators who desire to rebuild in-house

have the option of being qualified as an

authorized facility by meeting certain

requirements through a Cummins

review and approval process. Cummins

stated that a few of the larger bus

operators have obtained this approval

already but noted that it may not be

feasible for smaller operators who

would not have a sufficient number of

engines to justify the investment of time

and resources necessary to become an

authorized facility. Rebuilds that are not

performed by an authorized facility

would not be covered under the

emissions warranties provided by

Cummins under this certification.

Based on the Cummins policy, it will

be necessary for an operator to perform

the initial retrofit/rebuild of this

equipment at an authorized Cummins

facility. However, the urban bus retrofit/

rebuild regulation allows a bus operator

to use retrofit/rebuild equipment

beyond the 150,000 mile warranty

period. Therefore, a bus operator could

perform maintenance (including

rebuilding certain parts) on retrofit/

rebuild equipment beyond the warranty

period. Under these circumstances, the

transit operator would be responsible

for maintaining the equipment in proper

operating condition, assumes

responsibility for emissions

performance, and is subject to the

enforcement penalties associated with

noncompliance under the retrofit/

rebuild program. Cummins would not

be responsible for warranty coverage as

stated in 40 CFR Sections 85.1409 (a)

and (b) for such engines after the

expiration of the initial warranty

periods.

In addition, it is noted that

certification testing is currently

underway for other equipment,

including aftertreatment devices, that

will allow operators to perform engine

rebuilds using current rebuild practices.

We anticipate that a number of these

applications will be presented to EPA

for approval in the near future.

Certification of these applications

should allow operators to maintain their

current rebuild procedures.

III. Certification Approval

The Agency has reviewed this

notification, along with comments

received from interested parties, and

finds that the equipment described in

this notification of intent to certify:

(1) Reduces particulate matter exhaust

emissions by at least 25 percent,

without causing the applicable engine

families to exceed other exhaust

emissions standards;

(2) Will not cause an unreasonable

risk to the public health, welfare, or

safety;

(3) Will not result in any additional

range of parameter adjustability; and,

(4) Meets other requirements

necessary for certification under the

Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993

and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses (40

CFR Sections 85.1401 through 85.1415).

The Agency hereby certifies this

equipment for use in the urban bus

retrofit/rebuild program as discussed

below in section IV.

IV. Operator Requirements and

Responsibilities

This equipment may be used

immediately by urban bus operators

who have chosen to comply with either

program 1 or program 2, but must be

properly applied. Currently, operators

having certain engines who have chosen

to comply with program 1 must use

equipment certified to reduce PM

emissions by 25 percent or more when

those engines are rebuilt or replaced.

Today’s Federal Register notice certifies

the above-described Cummins

equipment as meeting that PM

reduction requirement. Equipment that

has been certified to reduce PM by 25%

or more must be used by operators with

applicable engines who have chosen

program 1. Urban bus operators who

choose to comply with Program 1 may

use the certified Cummins equipment

until such time as the 0.10 g/bhp-hr

standard is triggered for the applicable

engines.

Operators who choose to comply with

Program 2 and use the Cummins

equipment will use the appropriate PM

emission level from Table B when

calculating their fleet level attained

(FLA).

As stated in the program regulations

(40 CFR 85.1401 through 85.1415),

operators should maintain records for

each engine in their fleet to demonstrate

that they are in compliance with the

requirements beginning in January 1,

1995. These records include purchase

records, receipts, and part numbers for

the parts and components used in the

rebuilding of urban bus engines.

Dated: November 14, 1995.

Mary D. Nichols,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 95–30404 Filed 12–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5344–7]

Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993

and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses;

Public Review of a Notification of

Intent to Certify Equipment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of agency receipt of a

notification of intent to certify

equipment and initiation of 45 day

public review and comment period.

SUMMARY: The Agency has received a

notification of intent to certify urban

bus retrofit/rebuild equipment pursuant

to 40 CFR Part 85, Subpart O. Pursuant

to § 85.1407(a)(7), today’s Federal

Register notice summarizes the

notification below, announces that the

notification is available for public

review and comment, and initiates a 45-

day period during which comments can

be submitted. The Agency will review

this notification of intent to certify, as

well as comments received, to

determine whether the equipment

described in the notification of intent to

certify should be certified. If certified,

the equipment can be used by urban bus

operators to reduce the particulate

matter of urban bus engines.

The Johnson Matthey, Inc. (JMI)

notification of intent to certify, as well

as other materials specifically relevant

to it, are contained in category XI–A of

Public Docket A–93–42, entitled

‘‘Certification of Urban Bus Retrofit/

Rebuild Equipment’’. This docket is

located at the address below.

Today’s notice initiates a 45 day

period during which the Agency will

accept written comments relevant to

whether or not the equipment included

in this notification of intent to certify

should be certified. Comments should

be provided in writing to Public Docket

A–93–42, Category XI–A, at the address

below. An identical copy should be

submitted to Anthony Erb, also at the

address below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit separate copies of

comments to each of the two following

addresses:

1. U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Public Docket A–93–42

(Category XI–-A), Room M–1500, 401

M Street S.W., Washington, DC 20460.