{"content":[{"text":"WRITTEN STATEMENT \n OF THE \n MANUFACTURERS OF EMISSION CONTROLS ASSOCIATION \n ON THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’S PROPOSAL TO \n REVISE THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR OZONE \n DOCKET ID NO. EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0172","bbox":{"left":0.143725,"top":0.091498,"width":0.71233,"height":0.10389999999999999}},{"text":"October 9, 2007","bbox":{"left":0.43598,"top":0.213468,"width":0.12795799999999996,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"The Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA) is pleased to provide \n testimony in response to the U.S. EPA’s request for public comment on the Proposal to Revise \n the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2005- \n 0172). MECA firmly believes that the emission control technologies for mobile sources that \n will be needed to help meet the most stringent standards under discussion for ozone are currently \n available. These nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission control technologies for mobile sources are \n being used today on on-road and non-road applications in the U.S. and other major marketplaces \n in the world.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.251725,"width":0.760737,"height":0.138749}},{"text":"MECA is a non-profit association of the world’s leading manufacturers of emission \n control technology for motor vehicles. Our members have decades of experience and a proven \n track record in developing and manufacturing emission control technology for a wide variety of \n on-road and non-road vehicles and equipment. A number of our members have extensive \n experience in the development, manufacture, and application of PM and NOx emission control \n technologies for both new and existing engines. These companies have developed control \n technologies for gasoline, diesel, and alternative-fueled engines.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.408543,"width":0.7508759999999999,"height":0.12132500000000002}},{"text":"MECA will defer to the health experts to determine the appropriate ozone levels for the \n ambient standards given that they are not within our area of expertise. The Clean Air Act \n requires that these standards be set to protect the public health with an adequate safety margin. \n However, MECA offers comments here regarding the technological feasibility of emission \n control technologies for mobile source engines that are available to meet the EPA proposed \n standards for ozone and the even more stringent recommendations that have been published by \n EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC).","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.547937,"width":0.744985,"height":0.12132500000000002}},{"text":"A number of strategies employing advanced emission control technologies exist to \n significantly reduce NOx emissions from mobile sources to achieve the most stringent ozone \n standards recommended by CASAC.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.687331,"width":0.72862,"height":0.05162800000000001}},{"text":"The U.S. EPA has already put in place important regulatory programs for reducing PM \n and NOx emissions from new on-road and non-road diesel engines beginning with the 2007- \n 2010 heavy-duty highway engine emission program, followed by the Tier 4 non-road diesel \n emission regulations that will be phased in over the 2008-2015 timeframe. Both of these \n regulatory programs will rely on a systems approach that combines advanced diesel engine \n technology, the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, and advanced diesel exhaust emission control \n technologies to achieve 90+% reductions in both PM and NOx emissions compared to the new \n on-road and non-road diesel engines available today. Diesel exhaust emission control","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.757028,"width":0.754397,"height":0.1387489999999999}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}