1
March
26,
2004
MEMORANDUM
TO:
EPA
Air
Docket
OAR­
2003­
0012
FROM:
William
Charmley
Engineer
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
U.
S.
EPA
SUBJECT:
Summary
of
Meeting
with
CNH
(
Case­
New
Holland),
August
12,
2003
regarding
Nonroad
Tier
4
Proposal
for
>
750
hp
Engines
On
August
12,
2003,
representatives
from
EPA
and
CNH
met
at
the
CNH
facility
in
Burr
Ridge,
Illinois
to
discuss
EPA's
nonroad
diesel
Tier
4
proposal.
A
list
of
the
attendees
for
this
meeting
is
attached.
CNH
gave
a
series
of
presentations
during
the
meeting
which
contained
confidential
business
information.

The
following
topics
were
discussed
during
the
meeting:

­
CNH
perspective
on
the
technical
requirements
for
engines
>
100
hp
necessary
to
comply
with
EPA's
proposed
Tier
4
standards;
­
CNH
perspective
regarding
the
requirements
for
diesel
particulate
filters
for
nonoroad
diesel
applications;
­
CNH
perspective
on
the
penetration
of
electronically
controlled
fuel
systems
into
nonroad
diesel
equipment
applications
less
than
100
hp;
­
CNH
perspective
on
NOx
aftertreatment,
including
NOx
adsorber
and
urea­
SCR;
­
CNH
cost
estimates
for
PM
and
NOx
aftertreatement
for
nonroad
diesel
engines;
­
shipment
of
aftertreatment
separate
from
engine
shipment
for
nonroad
diesel
applications
CNH
also
provided
EPA
with
a
tour
of
some
of
their
laboratory,
including
demonstration
of
several
nonroad
equipment
types
(
ag.
tractors
and
skid­
steer
loaders)
with
mock­
ups
of
Tier
3
and
Tier
4
technologies.

attachments:
Attendees
List
Attachment:
Attendees
List
EPA
Meeting
with
CNH,
August
12,
2003
CNH
,
Attendees:
Mike
Hawkins
Rick
Hall
Gary
Stanek
Dave
Mueller
Roy
Mann
Ray
Goode
Ron
Hogben
Scott
Clawson
EPA
Attendees
Cle
Jackson,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Don
Kopinski,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Bill
Charmley,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
