UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NATIONAL VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY

2565 PLYMOUTH ROAD

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48105-2498

OFFICE OF

AIR AND RADIATION

                                                                        
          	     

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:	Heavy-Duty Hybrid Onboard Diagnostics

FROM:		Amy Kopin

TO:		The Docket

DATE:		July 15, 2011

	

	On May 12th, 2011 and May 23rd we held conference calls with BAE to
discuss concerns raised by BAE regarding heavy-duty onboard diagnostic
(OBD) requirements and timing. We did not get through the entire agenda
in the first meeting; therefore, we finished discussing the items on the
agenda in the meeting on May 23rd.  Concerns were raised during the
comment period for the heavy-duty greenhouse gas notice of proposed
rulemaking that heavy-duty hybrid applications may not be able to meet
the 2013 heavy-duty OBD regulations that were published in the 2009 OBD
Final Rulemaking.,  Specifically, they have requested a delay of the
application of HD OBD requirements for hybrid applications until 2020. 
Attendees from the EPA and BAE are shown in the table below.  The agenda
is on the following page of this memo.

Attendee 	Affiliation 	Attended May 12th Meeting	Attended May 23rd
Meeting

Cleophas Jackson	EPA	Yes	Yes

Anthony Neam 	EPA	Yes	Yes

Amy Kopin 	EPA	Yes	Yes

Tom Apalenek	BAE	Yes	Yes

James Dupuy	BAE	Yes	No

Erin Hissong	BAE	Yes	No

Derek Matthews	BAE	Yes	Yes

Harry White	BAE	Yes	No

Margee Meckstroth	BAE	No	Yes



UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NATIONAL VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY

2565 PLYMOUTH ROAD

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48105-2498

OFFICE OF

AIR AND RADIATION

                                                                        
        	     

EPA-BAE Heavy-Duty Hybrid OBD Discussion

11am-noon EST  	May 12, 2011

Agenda

What is your current OBD J1939 capability for handling faults?

If you don’t have any, how long do you estimate it will take to make
your current controller’s software J1939 capable?

Comprehensive Components:

What is your understanding of what you need to do for comprehensive
components? 

Why do you think your current diagnostics won’t meet comprehensive
components?

Given that the hybrid system is only covered under comprehensive
components, how long will it take for your company to make your current
diagnostics J1939 compatible for fault storage and reporting?

Do you have the ability to determine an open, shorted to voltage,
shorted to ground, an irrational sensor, and a nonfunctioning output
component for your hybrid electronical components?

Are there specific requirements or regulations that you anticipate
having problems with and can you identify them?

EPA Heavy-Duty OBD Rulemaking and Alternative Fuels Timing

Next Steps

 U.S. EPA, NHTSA, and DOT, “Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Fuel
Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles,”
republished December 29, 2010.  Available here: 
http://origin.www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-12-29/html/2010-32726.htm

 U.S. EPA, “Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles and New
Motor Vehicles Engines; Final Rule Regulations Requiring Onboard
Diagnostic Systems on 2010 and Later Heavy-Duty Engines Used in Highway
Applications Over 14,000 Pounds; Revisions to Onboard Diagnostic
Requirements for Diesel Highway Heavy-Duty Vehicles Under 14,000
Pounds,” published February 24, 2009.  Available here:
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/im/obd/regtech/hd-obd-frm-02-24-09-notice-7
4-fr-8310.pdf

