United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2005_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81110a7 D09002ee1c81111c5 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This regulation revises and harmonizes test procedures from the various EPA programs for controlling engine emissions. It does not change emission standards, nor is it intended to change the emission reductions expected from these EPA programs. Rather, it amends the regulations that describe laboratory specifications for equipment and test fuels, instructions for preparing engines and running tests, calculations for determining final emission levels from measured values, and instructions for running emission tests using portable measurement devices outside the laboratory. These updated testing regulations currently apply to land-based nonroad diesel engines, land- based nonroad spark-ignition engines over 19 kilowatts, and recreational vehicles. The revisions in this final rule will update the regulations to deal more effectively with the more stringent standards recently promulgated by EPA and will also clarify and better define certain elements of the required test procedures. In particular, the amendments better specify the procedures applicable to field testing under the regulations. This action also applies the updated testing regulations to highway heavy-duty diesel engine regulations. This action is appropriate because EPA has historically drafted a full set of testing specifications for each vehicle or engine category subject to emission standards as each program was developed over the past three decades. This patchwork approach has led to some variation in test parameters across programs, which we hope to address by adopting a common set of test requirements. The primary goal of this effort is to create unified testing requirements for all engines, which when implemented will streamline laboratory efforts for EPA and industry. This action will also include other technical changes intended to clarify and better define requirements for several different EPA engine programs. These changes are relatively minor and are technical in scope. 70 FR 40420 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2005-07-13/05-11534 05-11534 fr13jy05-20 RIN 2060-AM35 6560-50-P AMS-FRL-7922-5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2005-07-13/05-11534 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-07-13/html/05-11534.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-07-13/pdf/05-11534.pdf Incorporation by Reference Confidential Business Information Imports Labeling Motor Vehicle Pollution Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Research Warranties Administrative Practice and Procedure Environmental Protection Vessels Air Pollution Control Penalties Railroads 193 p. 40420 40612 70 FR 40420 Title 40 Part 1039 40 CFR Part 1039 Title 40 Part 1048 40 CFR Part 1048 Title 40 Part 1051 40 CFR Part 1051 Title 40 Part 1065 40 CFR Part 1065 Title 40 Part 1068 40 CFR Part 1068 Title 40 Part 85 40 CFR Part 85 Title 40 Part 86 40 CFR Part 86 Title 40 Part 89 40 CFR Part 89 Title 40 Part 90 40 CFR Part 90 Title 40 Part 91 40 CFR Part 91 Title 40 Part 92 40 CFR Part 92 Title 40 Part 94 40 CFR Part 94 RIN 2060-AM35 Test Procedures for Testing Highway and Nonroad Engines and Omnibus Technical Amendments; Federal Register Vol. 70, Issue RULE 05-11534 II ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2005-09-12 AMS-FRL-7922-5 6560-50-P 05-11534 Final Rule.

This regulation revises and harmonizes test procedures from the various EPA programs for controlling engine emissions. It does not change emission standards, nor is it intended to change the emission reductions expected from these EPA programs. Rather, it amends the regulations that describe laboratory specifications for equipment and test fuels, instructions for preparing engines and running tests, calculations for determining final emission levels from measured values, and instructions for running emission tests using portable measurement devices outside the laboratory. These updated testing regulations currently apply to land-based nonroad diesel engines, land- based nonroad spark-ignition engines over 19 kilowatts, and recreational vehicles. The revisions in this final rule will update the regulations to deal more effectively with the more stringent standards recently promulgated by EPA and will also clarify and better define certain elements of the required test procedures. In particular, the amendments better specify the procedures applicable to field testing under the regulations. This action also applies the updated testing regulations to highway heavy-duty diesel engine regulations. This action is appropriate because EPA has historically drafted a full set of testing specifications for each vehicle or engine category subject to emission standards as each program was developed over the past three decades. This patchwork approach has led to some variation in test parameters across programs, which we hope to address by adopting a common set of test requirements. The primary goal of this effort is to create unified testing requirements for all engines, which when implemented will streamline laboratory efforts for EPA and industry. This action will also include other technical changes intended to clarify and better define requirements for several different EPA engine programs. These changes are relatively minor and are technical in scope.

This final rule is effective September 12, 2005. Alan Stout, U.S. EPA, Voice-mail (734) 214-4636; E-mail: stout.alan@epa.gov. Incorporation by Reference Confidential Business Information Imports Labeling Motor Vehicle Pollution Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Research Warranties Administrative Practice and Procedure Environmental Protection Vessels Air Pollution Control Penalties Railroads Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines: Highway and nonroad engines; test procedures and omnibus technical amendments, stout.alan@epa.gov http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/contents.html http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html http://www.epa.gov/edocket http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ http://www.epa.gov/OTAQ/imports/ http://www.epa.gov/otaq/largesi.htm http://www.epa.gov/otaq/testingregs.htm http://www.iso.org http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/grav_pdx.prl http://www.sae.org www.astm.com www.epa.gov www.iso.org www.nist.gov www.regulations.gov www.sae.org Vol. 70, no. 133 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2005-07-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 461 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2005-07-13 P0b002ee18098f33a 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13jy05 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2005-07-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-07-13/pdf/FR-2005-07-13.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-07-13/xml/FR-2005-07-13.xml fdlp 40185 40633 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-06 FR-2005-07-13 machine generated eng FR FR-2005-07-13 70 133