March
26,
2004
MEMORANDUM
TO:
EPA
Air
Docket
OAR­
2003­
0012
FROM:
William
Charmley
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
U.
S.
EPA
SUBJECT:
Summary
of
Meeting
with
State
Air
Quality
Agencies
and
Environmental
Organizations,
on
December
8,
2003
On
December
8,
2003,
representatives
from
EPA
and
several
state
air
quality
agencies
and
environmental
organizations
participated
in
a
meeting
at
the
Hall
of
the
States,
in
Washington,
D.
C.
to
discuss
the
EPA
nonroad
diesel
Tier
4
proposal.
A
list
of
the
attendees
for
this
meeting
is
attached.

The
following
topics
were
discussed
during
the
meeting;
­
locomotive
and
marine
diesel
fuel
sulfur
control
­
designate
and
track
approach
for
determining
compliance
with
the
nonroad
diesel
sulfur
requirements
­
emission
standards
for
engines
<
75
hp
­
emission
standards
for
engines
>
750
hp
­
implementation
time­
frame
for
proposed
Tier
4
diesel
engine
standards
­
nonroad
retrofits
­
comments
on
the
nonroad
rule
from
the
agricultural
industry
attachments:
Attendees
List
2
Attachment:
Attendees
List
EPA
Meeting
with
State
Air
Quality
Agencies
and
Environmental
Organizations,
on
December
8,
2003
State
Air
Quality
Agencies
and
Environmental
Organizations
Attendees
Bill
Becker,
State
and
Territorial
and
Air
Pollution
Administrators
­
Association
of
Local
Air
Pollution
Control
Officials
(
STAPPA­
ALAPCO)
Nancy
Kruger,
STAPPA­
ALAPCO
Mike
Walsh,
independent
consultant
Paul
Billings,
American
Lung
Association
Frank
O'Donnell,
Clean
Air
Trust
Emily
Figdore,
US
Public
Interest
Research
Group
Corralie
Cooper,
Northeast
States
for
Coordinated
Air
Use
Management
Jenna
Scott,
Environmental
Defense
Fund
David
Tuff,
Breakthrough
Technologies
by
phone:
Rich
Kassel,
Natural
Resources
Defense
Council
EPA
Attendees
Margo
Oge,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
by
video
call:
Chet
France,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Bill
Charmley,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
