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■ New rules will affect heavy road ehgines, would help limit the release of would become even stricter after 2007. hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitrogen ■ Recreational diesel marine engines used machinery, yachts, oxides into the atmosphere. in yachts and other pleasure craft. The govern­ Public hearings on the proposal are set for ment wants to use standards similar to those in snowmobiles and off-road Oct. 24 in Washington and Oct. 30 in Denver. place for commercial diesel marine engines, motorcycles Messages left yesterday, for representatives but give manufacturers two years to adapt from snowmobile, ATV and yacht manufactur­ emissions control tefchnology. ers were not immediately returned. ■ Snowmobiles. The EPA proposes a stan­ By JOHN HEILPRIN The engines involved account for about 13 dard to cut hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide ASSOCIATED PRESS percent of the hydrocarbons, 6 percent of the emissions by 30 percent in 2006 and by 50 peri? carbon monoxide and 3 percent of the nitrogen cent in 2010. The agency said it believes that Washington The government plans oxides eniitted from all mobile sources; the can be done by adapting technology from othef new poUUtion controls on heavy machinery, EPA said. engine types. yachts, snowmobiles, off-road motorcycles and Left unregulated would be the large diesel i Off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehi­ : all-terrain vehicles. engines in bulldozers, tractors and other con­ cles. The government hopes to encourage em The goal is to reduce air pollutants and the struction equipment whose emissions are gine changes starting in 2006. In 2009, these ve^ smog that drifts from cities toward national sources of smog and soot, said Frank O’Don­ hides would have to meet more stringent parks. Environmental Protection Agency offi­ nell, executive director of Clean Air Trust, an standards. Vehicles intended for use in com* cials said yesterday. The plan would add to environmental watchdog group. petition would be exempt. manufacturers’ costs, but the agency is consid­ the EPA said it would regulate; A.lready regulated and not included in this ering ways to help lessen the impact. ■ Spark-ignition nonroad engines rated over proposal are the types of engines used in lawm “If left unregulated, pollution from these 25 horsepower. These usually are car engines mowers, garden power equipment and some sources will continue to increase, becoming a used in heavy machinery such as forklifts, air­ farm, construction and utility machines. larger part of the overall mobile source pollu- port baggage transport vehicles and farm and ■ tion,” EPA Administrator Christie Whitman industrial equipment. The government would On the Net: ' said. adopt standards set by California in 1998 and EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality: htlp://www.B- The proposal, covering several types of non- make them effective nationwide in 2004. They pa.gov/otaq/whatsnew.htm

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