The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly working on regulations that will further tighten emission standards for diesel engines.
Stationary diesel engines are reportedly the federal government’s target as it will propose to cut emissions by 90 percent by the year 2015 for such engines.
Changes to the New Source Performance Standards to be proposed by the U.S. EPA will target the reduction of emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.
According to a report from Web site iGreenBuild.com, the new rule would not only affect new engines, but also modified and reconstructed stationary diesel internal combustion engines, “subjecting them to the same stringent levels required by the EPA’s off-road diesel engine rule.” Facilities affected would likely include power and manufacturing plants (such as crushing plants) that use stationary diesel engines to generate electricity and to operate compressors or other process machinery.
The EPA will phase in reductions to take place gradually between now and 2015. In some cases, the reductions would be 90 percent or more from baseline levels.