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1
of
2
March
31,
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
the
Engine
Manufacturers
Association,
the
USDA,
the
American
Farm
Bureau
Federation
and
other
Agricultural
Interests
on
February
11,
2004
regarding
Nonroad
Tier
4
Proposal
On
February
11,
2004,
representatives
from
EPA,
Engine
Manufacturers
Association,
the
U.
S.
Department
of
Agriculture,
the
American
Farm
Bureau
Federation
and
other
Agricultural
Interests
met
at
EPA's
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
headquarters
in
Washington,
D.
C.
to
discuss
EPA's
nonroad
diesel
Tier
4
proposal.
A
list
of
the
attendees
for
this
meeting
is
attached.

During
this
meeting
the
representative
from
John
Deere
provided
a
copy
of
a
recent
John
Deere
publication,
"
John
Deere
Journal,
December
2003"
to
all
of
the
participants
in
the
meeting.
This
publication
includes
some
discussion
of
John
Deere's
efforts
to
comply
with
the
existing
Tier
2
and
Tier
3
standards,
as
well
as
some
perspective
on
the
Tier
4
proposal
and
the
potential
impact
of
15
ppm
sulfur
fuel
on
existing
nonroad
diesel
engines.
A
copy
of
the
John
Deere
Journal
has
also
been
submitted
to
EPA
Air
Docket
OAR­
2003­
0012.

During
the
meeting,
representatives
from
EMA
answered
questions
from
the
farming
organizations
regarding
their
perspective
on
the
Tier
4
proposal,
from
both
an
engine
manufactures
perspective
as
well
as
from
the
perspective
of
some
of
the
equipment
companies
who
are
members
of
EMA
(
such
as
John
Deere
and
CNH,
who
were
represented
at
this
meeting).

Specifically,
the
following
topics
were
discussed
at
this
meeting,
with
the
majority
of
the
dialog
between
the
EMA
representatives
and
the
farming
organizations:

­
potential
technology
impacts
of
the
proposed
Tier
4
rule;
­
the
impact
of
15
ppm
sulfur
diesel
fuel
on
existing
nonroad
diesel
engines
and
equipment;
­
the
impact
of
the
Tier
4
proposal
on
diesel
engine
durability,
engine
power
output,
and
fuel
economy;
­
impact
of
the
Tier
4
proposal
on
purchase
price
and
operating
costs
for
nonroad
equipment.

attachments:
Attendees
List
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of
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Attachment:
Attendees
List
EPA
Meeting
with
the
Engine
Manufacturers
Association,
the
American
Farm
Bureau
Federation
and
other
farming
interests,
February
11,
2004
Agricultural
Interests
Attendees:
Rebecca
Freeman,
American
Farm
Bureau
Federation
Phil
Wakelyn,
National
Cotton
Council
Jim
Thrift,
Agricultural
Retailers
Association
Steve
Hensley,
U.
S.
A.
Rice
Federation
Engine
Manufacturers
Association
Attendees:
Jed
Mandel,
EMA
Rick
Bishop,
John
Deere
Power
Systems
by
phone
­
Roy
Mann,
CNH
U.
S.
Department
of
Agriculture
Attendees:
Roger
Conway
Jim
Duffield
EPA
Attendees
Chet
France,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Maureen
Delaney,
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation
Karl
Simon,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Bill
Charmley,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Beth
Sauerhaft
­
Office
of
the
Administrator
by
video
­
Paul
Machiele,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Cle
Jackson,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
Don
Kopinski,
Assessment
&
Standards
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
&
Air
Quality
