Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Requirements for Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles - Overview Presentation

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission
Requirements for Heavy-Duty Engines
and Vehicles - Overview
Industry/EPA/NHTSA Workshop
Washtenaw Community College
November 3, 2011

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The U.S. Heavy-Duty Sector
vocational
vehicles,
regulated via
the chassis

full-size pickup
trucks & work
vans

semi tractors,
no trailers

GHG Program Overview
• EPA and NHTSA have coordinated to assure efficient
implementation of this rule:
• Same application to HD vehicles
• Equivalent CO2 and fuel consumption standards
• Equivalent CO2 and fuel consumption credit calculations
• Allows coordinated approvals where EPA receives and renders
approvals/disapprovals in consultation with NHTSA.
• Requires single reporting by manufactures to satisfy both agencies’
provisions.
• EPA is the single point of entry for submitting information to
agencies
• Coordinated enforcement processes
• EPA designated as principle point of contact for both agencies

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GHG Program Overview
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Begins with 2014 model year and increases in stringency through 2018
model year

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Breaks diverse truck sector into 3 distinct categories with unique
approaches for each
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Combination Tractors
Heavy-duty pickups and vans
Vocational vehicles (everything else, buses, refuse trucks, concrete mixers, ambulances,
etc. )

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Sets separate standards for engines as well as vehicles ensuring
improvements in both vehicles and engines

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Sets separate standards for CO2, N2O, CH4 and HFCs. NHTSA is setting
complementary fuel consumption standards.

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Provides incentives for early introduction of GHG-reducing technologies
and advanced technologies including EVs and Hybrids

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Provides manufacturer flexibilities including Averaging, Banking and
Trading, among other provisions

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Workshop Objectives
• Focus on processes leading-up-to approving
manufacturer’s certificates of conformity
– Pre-certification meetings
– Preliminary approvals
– Joint approvals for innovative technologies and offroad petitions
– Pre-model year (PMY) reports
– Application for certificates of conformity

• Follow-up Workshops will be considered as
needed
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HD Pickup Trucks and Vans Applicability
1037.104, 1037.150 (a, b, c, e, f, g, h, i, l, m), 1037.740, 1037.801

• Applicable to 2014 and later model year new heavy-duty Vehicles
– Specifically regulates emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, and
hydrofluorocarbons

• Excluded Vehicles include:
– Vehicles not meeting definition of “motor vehicle” or “heavy-duty vehicle”
– Medium-duty passenger vehicles
– Vehicles produced before 2014 model year, unless certified under §1037.150
(except early credits provision)
– Vehicles subject to light-duty greenhouse gas standards of 40 CFR part 86
– Small manufacturers qualifying under Small Business Administration regulations at
13 CFR 121
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Tractor and Vocational Vehicle Applicability
1037.1, 1037.5, 1037.150(c) and (g), 1037.801

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Applicable to 2014 and later model year new heavy-duty vocational vehicle
chassis and combination tractors
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Specifically regulates CO2 emissions
Regulates HFC emissions from combination tractors
Compliance date: compliance is optional prior to January 1, 2014

Excluded Vehicles include:
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Vehicles not meeting definition of “motor vehicle” or “heavy-duty vehicle”
Medium-duty passenger vehicles
Vehicles produced before 2014 model year, unless certified under 1037.150
Vehicles subject to light-duty greenhouse gas standards of 40 CFR part 86
Small manufacturers qualifying under Small Business Administration regulations at 13 CFR
121
Off-road vocational vehicles and vocational tractors (although their engines are not
exempted)
Trailers
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Heavy-Duty Engines Applicability
1036.1, 1036.5, 1036.150(d), 1036.801

• Applicable to 2014 and later model year new heavy-duty engines
– Specifically regulates emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane

• Excluded Engines are:
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Engines used in medium-duty passenger vehicles
Engines that do not provide motive power
Aircraft engines
Engines that are not internal combustion engines, such as fuel cells
Engines in heavy-duty vehicles that are subject to light-duty GHG standards
Vehicles subject to light-duty greenhouse gas standards of 40 CFR part 86
Engines produced by small manufacturers qualifying under Small Business
Administration regulations at 13 CFR 121

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Small Manufacturer Provisions
1036.150(d) and 1037.150(c)
Heavy-Duty Engine Manufacturers:
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Manufacturers meeting the small business criteria specified in 13 CFR 121.201 for “Gasoline
Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing” or “Other Engine Equipment Manufacturers” are not
subject to the greenhouse gas standards

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Excluded engines must include a label with the following statement:
“THIS ENGINE IS EXCLUDED UNDER 40 CFR 1036.150(d).”

Combination Tractor Manufacturers and Vocational Vehicle Chassis Manufacturers:
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Manufacturers meeting the small business criteria specified in 13 CFR 121.201 for “Heavy Duty
Truck Manufacturing” are not subject to the greenhouse gas standards
– NAICS Code 336120: 1,000 employees

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Excluded vehicles must include a label with the following statement:
“THIS VEHICLE IS EXCLUDED UNDER 40 CFR 1037.150(c).”

Qualifying manufacturers must notify the Designated Compliance Officer each model year before
introducing these excluded vehicles into U.S. commerce. This notification must include a
description of the manufacturer’s qualification as a small business under 13 CFR 121.201.
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Manufacturer Code and CDX Access
• The first step in the certification process is to
obtain a manufacturer code.
• The second step is to obtain access to CDX.
• For new manufacturers, there will be a short
presentation today to cover these processes in
more detail
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Compliance Information
• EPA is committed to both protecting CBI and to achieving
transparency in implementation of the GHG program
• EPA currently publishes:
• Compliance Report
• Certification data (certification testing summary)

• EPA does not consider emissions data to be CBI, as such the
GEM outputs will not be treated as CBI
• For GHG, EPA intends to publish as much non-CBI
information for each manufacturer after the end of the model
year as possible

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Today’s Workshop Agenda
9:30 -10:30

Class 2b-3 HD Pickup Trucks and Vans

10:30-11:30

HD Engines

11:30-11:45

For New Manufacturers- Securing Mfr’s Code and CDX access

11:45 - 12:45

Lunch

12:45- 3:00

Combination Tractors and Vocational Vehicles

3:00-3:15

Closing Statements

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For More Information:
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A copy of the presentation & GHG rulemaking documents will be available at:
– www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regulations.htm

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Certification templates will be available at: (after we get our ICR clearance)
– www.epa.gov/otaq/certdat2.htm

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See Federal Register 76 FR 57106, September 15, 2011

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See Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR Parts 1036, 1037, 1065, 1066; and
49 CFR Parts 523, 534, 535

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Contact your EPA team member

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