UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
National
Vehicle
and
Fuel
Emissions
Laboratory
2565
Plymouth
Road
Ann
Arbor,
Michigan
48105­
2498
May
24,
2004
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Obtaining
Society
of
Automotive
Engineers
(
SAE)
Technical
Papers
Referenced
in
"
Draft
Technical
Support
Document:
In­
Use
Testing
for
Heavy­
Duty
Diesel
Engines
and
Vehicles"

FROM:
Richard
S.
Wilcox

Richard
S.
Wilcox
Assessment
and
Standards
Division
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
TO:
The
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
Docket
No.
OAR­
2004­
0072
This
Agency
has
referenced
a
technical
paper
published
by
the
Society
of
Automotive
Engineers
(
SAE)
in
our
Draft
Technical
Support
Document:
In­
Use
Testing
for
Heavy­
Duty
Diesel
Engines
and
Vehicles,
EPA
Document
EPA
420­
D­
04­
003,
May
2004.
The
document
is
"
Why
Limit
of
Detection
(
LOD)
Value
is
Not
an
Appropriate
Specification
for
Automotive
Emissions
Analyzers."
SAE
Technical
Paper
2002­
01­
2711.
Akard
M.,
Tsurumi
K.,
Oestergaard
K.
Horiba
Instruments.

Copies
of
this
paper
are
widely
available
at
university
libraries
across
the
country.
In
addition,
you
may
purchase
copies
of
SAE
documents
directly
from
SAE.
Papers
since
February
of
1998
are
available
for
downloading
from
the
SAE
website,
and
all
papers
can
be
ordered
from
the
SAE
website
or
by
contacting
SAE
at:

SAE
International
400
Commonwealth
Drive
Warrendale,
PA
15096­
0001
Phone:
(
724)
776­
4970
Fax:
(
724)
776­
0790
Internet:
www.
sae.
org
