Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0162-3596
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2011-08-29T04:00Z

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                NATIONAL VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY
                             2000 TRAVERWOOD ROAD
                           ANN ARBOR, MI  48105-2498

									          	OFFICE OF
										AIR AND RADIATION

July 18, 2011

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:	Meeting with Isuzu on June 23, 2011

FROM:	Don Kopinski

TO:		Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0162

This memorandum documents a meeting held on June 23, 2011 between Isuzu and EPA staff.  The following people attended:

      Isuzu:  Jeff Marsee, Takahiro Koseki, Steve Yarrow
      
      EPA: Byron Bunker, Chris Nevers, Chuck Moulis, Tony Fernandez, and Don Kopinski
      

The discussion focused on Nissan's plans for HD incomplete vehicles and how the EPA/NHTSA HD GHG and fuel consumption program will affect them.  Isuzu representatives explained that, for some of their heavy-duty incomplete vehicles, they face unusual circumstances in that these vehicles are sold in a variety of configurations, but Isuzu does not sell a corresponding complete vehicle that could serve as a sister vehicle under the HD GHG rule sister vehicle concept.  Discussion focused on creating an equivalent regulatory framework to that envisioned under the original sister vehicle concept, whereby a manufacturer could choose one of the incomplete vehicle configurations it produces, and use it to create a complete vehicle solely for the purpose of testing (or use a customer's completed vehicle for this purpose).