June 2018 Solutions Guide Emissions Solutions Emission Housings & Silencers Engine Silencers Controls System Components Services & Resources In this issue EPA designates 2015 70 ppb Ozone NAAQS non-attainment areas. Feds give Utah three years to bring Wasatch Front/Uinta Basin ozone to acceptable levels. EPA extends comment period on controversial science transparency rule. MIRATECH expanding international growth. Products now found on reciprocating engines in 28 countries worldwide. World Health Organization: 90% of world’s people breathe particle pollution that exceeds WHO guidelines. Texas Grants: $50 million available to reduce NOx emissions. Includes stationary engines, marine vessels and locomotives. UK government launches plan to curb air pollution. British Columbia doubles down on emissions cuts. EPA designates 2015 70 ppb Ozone NAAQS non-attainment areas. On March 12, 2018 the U.S. District Court for Northern California ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to move ahead to carry out the 2015 Ozone Standards and designate areas in the country that do not meet the new level. The court gave EPA an April 30th deadline to comply (see April 2018 Emissions Monitor). The ... Back to top Feds give Utah three years to bring Wasatch Front/Uinta Basin ozone to acceptable levels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given Utah three years to reverse a trend of rising ozone pollution in some of its most populated Wasatch Front counties as well as in its more remote Uinta Basin oil & gas region according to a May 2, 2018 Salt Lake Tribune report. In its April 30, 2018 ... Back to top EPA extends comment period on controversial science transparency rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the public comment period for a controversial science “transparency” rule that environmentalists say limits facts from being involved in the agency's rulemaking process according to a May 24, 2018 report from The Hill. The comment period for the rule, Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, is being extended to ... Back to top MIRATECH expanding international growth. Products now found on reciprocating engines in 28 countries worldwide. From SCR projects in Asia and South America to oxidation catalyst and DPF installations in the Middle East, MIRATECH provides compliance solutions for tightening global emission regulations. With global emission regulations tightening and clean air quality a primary concern for countries all over the world today, MIRATECH continues to expand its customer reach into International markets supplying ... Back to top World Health Organization: 90% of world’s people breathe particle pollution that exceeds WHO guidelines. New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 90% of people in the world live in areas where particle pollution exceeds the WHO air quality guidelines, and the estimated death toll due to ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution remains high according to a May 2, 2018 Diesel Net report. WHO estimates around ... Back to top Texas Grants: $50 million available to reduce NOx emissions. Includes stationary engines, marine vessels and locomotives. On May 15, 2018 the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced approximately $50 million in grants is available for projects designed to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) from high-emitting vehicles and equipment. These projects include upgrading or replacing on-road heavy-duty vehicles, non-road equipment, marine vessels, locomotives, or stationary engines operating in Texas. TCEQ ... Back to top UK government launches plan to curb air pollution. The British government announced on May 22, 2018 it was launching a new plan which aims to reduce air pollution and its costs on society by 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) a year by 2020, according to a Reuters report. The new plan comes just days after the European Commission announced it would take Britain ... Back to top British Columbia doubles down on emissions cuts. British Columbia’s environment ministry has launched legislation aiming to cut carbon emissions in the province by 40 percent from 2007 levels over the next 12 years and by 60 percent by 2040, Minister George Heyman told media according to a May 4th report from OilPrice.com. Now the government will devise a comprehensive climate strategy, to ... 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