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Technology

Huss introduces onsite Certified Installer Training Program

Palm Desert, Calif.-based Huss, a developer of exhaust aftertreatment solutions, has introduced a new onsite Certified Installer Training Program. This two day course, at the Palm Desert location, provides technicians the essential knowledge they must have in order to install and service the CARB and EPA verified MK System. Both theoretical and practical learning is […]

April 22, 2010

Roadbuilding

Cummins launches Tier 4 Website

At Bauma 2010, Cummins Inc. announced the launch of its Tier 4 Website to provide equipment users with an early insight into the performance and operation of field test installations ahead of the January 2011 effect date for EPA Tier 4 Interim and EU Stage IIIB low emissions engines above 173-hp (129-kW). The Website (www.tier4.info) […]

April 21, 2010

Business

Cummins launches Tier 4 Website

At Bauma 2010, Cummins Inc. announced the launch of its Tier 4 Website to provide equipment users with an early insight into the performance and operation of field test installations ahead of the January 2011 effect date for EPA Tier 4 Interim and EU Stage IIIB low emissions engines above 173-hp (129-kW). The Website (www.tier4.info) […]

April 21, 2010

Equipment

Product Report

Caterpillar projects Tier 4 Interim price hikes By Mike Anderson   Billed as “the most aggressive and expensive product development initiative in Caterpillar history,” the equipment manufacturing giant’s Tier 4 Interim diesel engine technology will use a “state-of-the-art integrated system” built upon established ACERT technology. To complement Cat’s Clean Emissions Module (CEM), new powertrain technologies […]

April 3, 2010

Business

California Crackdown

Up in the air? California postpones enforcement of its off-highway emissions rule, leaving contractors wondering what to do next. By Marcia Gruver and Mike Anderson   Editor’s note: This is the first part in a series of articles on California’s off-highway emissions regulations and their potential impact on the rest of the country.   California’s […]

April 3, 2010

Roadbuilding

Feature Article

California contractors challenge off road diesel regulations as CARB blinks.

April 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

EPA final rule: New national air quality standard for NO2

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Click here for the final rule on primary national ambient air quality standard. “This new one-hour standard is designed to protect the air we breathe and reduce health threats for millions of Americans. For the first time ever, we […]

January 25, 2010

Equipment

Clean technology revolution

According to Merrill Lynch, the world is on the cusp of a clean technology revolution. This could very well turn out to be true if the EPA goes after the rest of the industrial world as hard as it has diesel engine emissions. Exhaust emissions from today’s diesels are more than 90 percent cleaner than […]

January 11, 2010

Equipment

Navistar claims EPA collaborated with SCR proponents

Navistar International – the lone manufacturer choosing exhaust gas recirculation to meet 2010 emissions standards – has filed a petition against the U.S. EPA for removing documents from an administrative record pertaining to selective catalytic reduction guidelines, including e-mail discussions about SCR between EPA, California Air Resources Board and Engine Manufacturers Association staff. In one […]

January 10, 2010

Roadbuilding

Applications and Innovations: Take the LEED with Sustainable Landscaping

Green building is in, and that includes roads and streetscapes.

January 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

EPA targets construction-site pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule aimed at reducing pollution from construction sites, saying that it will significantly improve the quality of water nationwide, the Wall Street Journal online edition reports. The rule will be phased in over four years, starting in February, and when it is fully in effect, the EPA […]

December 2, 2009

Roadbuilding

Texas Transportation Institute awarded $500K to study off-road construction equipment NOx

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Air Quality Studies a $500,000 grant two-year project will monitor nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions of road construction equipment before and after the installation of an emission reduction system, called selective catalytic reduction (SCR). This system uses ammonia injection to convert NOx into […]

November 23, 2009