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99 CIS H 70155
TITLE: Reducing
Sulfur in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel
CIS-NO: 99-H701-55
SOURCE: Committee on Science. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: July 21, 1999
LENGTH:
vi+1477 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1025-A-01;
1025-A-02
SUDOC: Y4.SCI2:106-28
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SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-28. Hearing before the Subcom on Energy and
Environment to examine EPA May 13, 1999 proposed rulemaking to strengthen Clean
Air Act emission standards for passenger cars and light duty trucks (Tier 2
standards), and establish standards for oil refineries to reduce the
sulfur content of gasoline in order to allow
new vehicle emission technologies for Tier 2 vehicles to operate efficiently and
attain automotive air pollution reduction objectives.
Also
briefly examines EPA advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on diesel
fuel quality to enable the use of new emission control technologies for diesel
engines.
Supplementary material (p. 180-1477) includes witnesses'
written replies to Subcom questions, a submitted statement, and:
a. Thompson, Stephen J.; and McCarthy, James E. (CRS),
"Sulfur in Gasoline" updated July 12, 1999 (p.
181-186).
b. EPA, Tier 2 motor vehicle
emissions/gasoline sulfur control proposed rulemaking and
diesel fuel quality ANPRM, regulatory announcements, Federal Register excerpts,
and regulatory update, May-June 1999 (p. 187-349).
c. EPA,
"Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emission
Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements" draft
regulatory impact analysis, Apr. 1999, with tables, graphs, and bibliography (p.
350-811).
d. Manufacturers of Emission Controls
Association, "Impact of Sulfur in Diesel Fuel on Catalyst
Emission Control Technology" Mar. 15, 1999 (p. 812-838).
e. EPA (et al.), "Final Report of the SBREFA Small
Business Advocacy Review Panel on EPA's Planned Proposed Rule for Tier 2
Light-Duty Vehicle and Light-Duty Truck Emission Standards, Heavy-Duty
Gasoline Engine Standards, and Gasoline Sulfur
Standards" report of review panel convened under the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, Oct. 26, 1998 (p. 844-886).
f. Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association, "Impact
of Gasoline Fuel Sulfur on Catalytic Emission
Control Systems" Sept. 1998, with graphs (p. 887-907).
g.
EPA, "Tier 2 Report to Congress" July 31, 1998, with tables and graphs (p.
908-1057).
h. "EPA Staff Paper on Gasoline
Sulfur Issues" May 1, 1998, with tables and graphs (p. 1058-1152).
i. Energy and Environmental Analysis, "Benefits and Cost
of Potential Tier 2 Emission Reduction Technologies" final report, Nov. 1997,
with tables and graphs (p. 1153-1296).
j. EPA, "Tier 2
Study White Paper" Apr. 1997 (p. 1297-1310).
k. California
Air Resources Board, "California Reformulated Gasoline
Regulations" text, as amended Dec. 11, 1998 (p. 1311-1373).
CONTENT-NOTATION: Motor vehicle emission reduction
standards revision and fuel standards estab
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT. HOUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MOTOR
VEHICLE EXHAUST; TRANSPORTATION REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION; ENERGY
REGULATION; AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; TRUCKS AND TRUCKING INDUSTRY;
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; AIR POLLUTION;
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DATA:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL DATA: COMMUNICATIONS AND
TRANSPORTATION; STATISTICAL DATA: ENERGY; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; SMALL BUSINESS
REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT FAIRNESS ACT; SMALL BUSINESS; FEDERAL ADVISORY BODIES;
CALIFORNIA; STATE LAWS; CLEAN AIR ACT; GASOLINE; DIESEL FUEL;
DIESEL ENGINES
99-H701-55 TESTIMONY NO: 1 July 21,
1999 p. 6-179, 1377-1469
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
OGE, MARGO T. (Director, Office of Mobile Sources, Office
of Air and Radiation, EPA)
BEARD, LOREN K. (Senior
Manager, Fuels Technology, DaimlerChrysler Corp.; representing Alliance of
Automobile Manufacturers)
THOMPSON, JERRY (Senior Vice
President, Development and Technological Excellence, CITGO Petroleum Corp.;
representing National Petrochemicals and Refiners Association and American
Petroleum Institute (API))
BECKER, S. WILLIAM (Executive
Director, State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (STAPPA)
and Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (ALAPCO))
ENSIGN, CLINT W. (Vice President, Government Relations,
Sinclair Oil Corp)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Explanation of EPA proposed Tier 2 standards and
sulfur control requirements for gasoline;
inability of automobile industry to produce vehicles able to meet new Tier 2
standards unless the sulfur content of
gasoline is reduced (related graphs, p. 25-40 passim).
Concerns of oil refiners regarding EPA proposed
sulfur reduction standards for gasoline, with
recommendations (related graphs, charts, p. 60-76); need for national standards
to reduce gasoline sulfur content (related materials, p.
91-104); review of California experiences related to implementation of low
sulfur gasoline requirements.
Recommendations for alternative strategies to reduce the
sulfur content of gasoline without adversely
impacting smaller oil refineries; perspectives on technology development issues
relevant to automotive air pollution reduction.
INSERTIONS:
a. STAPPA; and ALAPCO, comments on EPA ANPRM on diesel
fuel quality control, July 13, 1999 (p. 105-135).
b.
STAPPA; and ALAPCO, comments on EPA Tier 2/gasoline sulfur
control proposal, July 28, 1999 (p. 1402-1416).
c. Truex,
Timothy J. (Univ of Calif, Riverside) and Caretto, Laurence S. (Calif State
Univ, Northridge), "Reversibility of Gasoline Sulfur Effects on
Low Emission Vehicles" prepared for API, Apr. 7, 1999, with tables, graphs, and
bibliography (p. 1420-1469).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Motor vehicle emission reduction standards revision and
fuel standards estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; SMALL BUSINESS;
STATE LAWS; CALIFORNIA; BIBLIOGRAPHIES 
