EPA SETS HEARING ON NEW DIESEL RULES.Byline: Daily News The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and will hold a public meeting Tuesday to collect comments on a proposal to tighten emission regulations for heavy duty-diesel equipment, such as bulldozers and tractors. Heavy-duty diesel equipment now only has modest emissions restrictions and is responsible for more than 240 tons per day of smog-forming emissions in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. region, making these nonroad engines the third-largest polluters, officials say. The proposed EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. rules would require manufacturers to install tighter emissions controls Emissions control may refer to:
The EPA's public hearing will begin at 9 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency at 711 S. Hope St., Los Angeles. Written comments can be submitted to the EPA by e-mail at nrt4(at)epa.gov or by mail at: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West (Air Docket A written list of judicial proceedings set down for trial in a court. To enter the dates of judicial proceedings scheduled for trial in a book kept by a court. ), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room: B108, Mail code: 6102T, Washington, DC 20460, Attention: Docket ID No. A-2001-28. More information on the proposed rule is available on the EPA Web site at www.epa.gov/nonroad. |
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