EPA's Air Quality Regulations for Stationary Engines

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized regulations for emissions of toxic air pollutants from certain in-use stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE) in 2010. The final standards completed EPA's statutory obligation to address emissions of toxic air pollutants, also known as hazardous air pollutants (HAP), and criteria air pollutants from stationary RICE. The EPA estimates that by 2015, these emissions regulations will result in annual nationwide emission reductions of 332,000 tpy of nitrogen oxides (NO_x), 556,000 tpy of carbon monoxide (CO), 21,000 tpy of HAP, and 12,000 tpy of particulate matter (PM).