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2000 CIS S 32112
TITLE: Clean Air
Act: Sulfur in the Tier 2 Standards for Automobiles
CIS-NO: 2000-S321-12
SOURCE: Committee on the Environment and
Public Works. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-503
DATE: May 18, 20, July 29, 1999
LENGTH: v+286 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1045-A; 1045-B
SUDOC:
Y4.P96/10:S.HRG.106-503
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-17438
CIS
DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Hearings before the Subcom on Clean Air,
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety 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.
Supplementary material (p. 32-166 and
throughout) includes witnesses' written statements and written replies to Subcom
questions, a submitted statement, an article, and:
a.
Truex, Timothy J.; and Caretto, Laurence S., "Reversibility of Gasoline
Sulfur Effects on Low Emission Vehicles" prepared for American
Petroleum Institute, Apr. 7, 1999, with tables, graphs, and bibliography (p.
123-166).
b. George Mason University, EPA Tier 2 standards
proposed rulemaking, Mercatus Center Regulatory Studies Program public interest
analysis (p. 258-286).
CONTENT-NOTATION: Motor vehicle
emission reduction standards revision
DESCRIPTORS:
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; BIBLIOGRAPHIES;
STATISTICAL DATA: COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION; STATISTICAL DATA: ENERGY;
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY; CLEAN AIR ACT; GASOLINE
00-S321-12 TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 18, 1999 p. 5-14,
33-69
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MYERS, NETTIE H. (Secretary, South Dakota Department of
Environment and Natural Resources)
AUSTIN, JAMES D.
(Assistant Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Differing views on EPA proposed Tier 2 rulemaking in light
of anticipated impact on represented States (related materials, p. 38-54,
58-62).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Motor vehicle
emission reduction standards revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL
RESOURCES; SOUTH DAKOTA; NEW YORK STATE
00-S321-12
TESTIMONY NO: 2 May 18, 1999 p. 15-32, 69-119
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
FRANK, J. LOUIS
(President, Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC)
BEARD, LOREN
K. (Senior Manager, Materials and Fuels, DaimlerChrysler Corp.; representing
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers)
STANFIELD, REBECCA
D. (Clean Air Advocate, U.S. Public Interest Research Group)
ENSIGN, CLINT W. (Vice President, Government Relations,
Sinclair Oil Corp)
NASSER, WILLIAM E. (CEO, Energy
BioSystems Corp)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Agreement with EPA proposed Tier 2 rulemaking intent, with
recommendations to modify specific provisions (related graphs, p. 74-76); need
for development of more efficient vehicular fuel technologies (related graphs,
p. 82-87); importance of proposed Tier 2 rulemaking in terms of reducing
pollution and addressing public health concerns.
Feared
adverse impact of rulemaking on small refiners; merits of biodesulferization as
an alternative technology to achieve sulfur reduction in fuel.
INSERTION:
-- American Petroleum Institute
and National Petroleum Refiners Association, "API/NPRA Proposals for Cleaner,
Low Sulfur Gasolines" presented at EPA Gasoline
Sulfur Workshop, May 12, 1998, with graphs (p. 97-109).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Motor vehicle emission reduction
standards revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM LLC; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS;
BIOTECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL DATA: COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION; STATISTICAL
DATA: ENERGY; PUBLIC HEALTH
00-S321-12 TESTIMONY NO: 3
May 20, 1999 p. 169-182, 185-222
WITNESSES
(and witness notations):
BROWNER, CAROL M. (Administrator,
EPA)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of
EPA proposed Tier 2 rulemaking; importance of strengthening vehicle emission
standards and reducing gasoline sulfur content.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Motor vehicle emission reduction
standards revision
00-S321-12 TESTIMONY NO: 4
July 29, 1999 p. 224-258
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
PERCIASEPE, ROBERT W. (Assistant
Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA)
STATEMENT AND
DISCUSSION:
Elaboration on EPA proposed Tier 2 rulemaking,
focusing on provisions to reduce gasoline sulfur levels;
justification for Tier 2 rulemaking.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Motor vehicle emission reduction standards revision
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001 
