Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0012-0899
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-03-26T05:00Z

March
26,
2004
MEMORANDUM
TO:
EPA
Air
Docket
OAR­
2003­
0012
FROM:
William
Charmley
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
U.
S.
EPA
SUBJECT:
Summary
of
Meeting
with
STAPPA­
ALAPCO,
NRDC
and
Consultant
on
December
4,
2003
On
December
4,
2003,
representatives
from
EPA,
the
State
and
Territorial
and
Air
Pollution
Administrators
­
Association
of
Local
Air
Pollution
Control
Officials
(
STAPPA­
ALAPCO)
and
the
Natural
Resources
Defense
Council
(
NRDC),
as
well
as
an
independent
consultant,
participated
in
a
meeting
at
EPA's
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
headquarters
in
Washington,
D.
C.
to
discuss
the
EPA
nonroad
diesel
Tier
4
proposal.
A
list
of
the
attendees
for
this
meeting
is
attached.

The
following
topics
were
discussed
during
the
meeting;
­
locomotive
and
marine
diesel
fuel
sulfur
control
­
designate
and
track
approach
for
determining
compliance
with
the
nonroad
diesel
sulfur
requirements
­
emission
standards
for
engines
<
75
hp
­
emission
standards
for
engines
>
750
hp
­
implementation
time­
frame
for
proposed
Tier
4
diesel
engine
standards
­
comments
on
the
nonroad
rule
from
the
agricultural
industry
attachments:
Attendees
List
2
Attachment:
Attendees
List
EPA
Meeting
with
STAPPA­
ALAPCO,
NRDC
and
independent
consultant
on
December
4,
2003
Bill
Becker,
STAPPA­
ALAPCO
by
phone:
Rich
Kassel,
NRDC
&
Mike
Walsh,
independent
consultant
EPA
Attendees
Margo
Oge,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
by
video
call:
Chet
France,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Bill
Charmley,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality