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NOX Emission Controls for Heavy-Duty Vehicles Toward Meeting a 1986 Standard (1981) / Chapter Skim
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'APPENDIX E: STATEMENT OF GEORGE R. HEATON, JR.'
Pages 112-114

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From page 112...
... First, I believe that under the Clean Air Act, this committee was given the authority and responsibility to comment on the policy determinations inherent in the heavy-duty vehicle NOX rulemaking. Its decision not to do so deprives EPA, the Congress, and the country of valuable information, analysis, and expertise in dealing with a complex regulatory issue.
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From page 113...
... The principal doubt that overlies the whole question of NOX control concerns the diesel engine (i.e. the available control technology, the health effects trade-off between particulates and NC^, and the fuel economy implications)
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