Resumen de State and Territorial Air Pollution ProgramAdministrators [STAPPA]/Association of Local AirPollution Control Officials [ALAPCO].
Reports on the impact of a study conducted by the State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (STAPPA)/Association of Local Pollution Control Officers (ALAPCO). On June 29 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its final rule regarding control of exhaust emissions from diesel engines, including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxide, that power off-road equipment such as earthmovers, bulldozers and agricultural equipment. It stated that reducing allowable emissions from diesel-powered construction equipment could prevent 8,522 premature deaths in the U.S. every year and save $67 billion in related costs and lost income. Starting with model year 2008, off-road machines will be required to use advanced exhaust emission-control devices that are anticipated to lessen particulate output by 95 percent and that of nitrogen oxides by 90 percent. Meanwhile the sulfur content in fuel for diesel-powered construction equipment will be cut from 3,000 parts per million to 1.5 parts per million--a 99 percent reduction.
