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Are stringent emission standards for heavy-duty trucks worth the cost

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OSTI ID:6135091
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This paper is based on a study sponsored at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) by the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Analyses that investigated the costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness of requiring heavy-duty trucks to meet gaseous and particulate emission standards suggested or proposed by EPA in 1981. There remains considerable disagreement between EPA and engine and truck manufacturers regarding both the feasibility and expenditure required to achieve these standards. Moreover, EPA apparently did not include explicit computation of fuel economy losses in its draft regulatory analyses. The resulting incremental costs presumably passed on to truck buyers both at time of sale and during the vehicle's lifetime could be considerable. The greatest variation in cost estimates is found with respect to implementing trap oxidizer technology for heavy-duty diesel particulate control. Although the ANL study arrived at a quantitative estimate of cost-effectiveness in dollars per tons of pollutant removed, the values are distributed over a wide range reflecting the continuing unresolved disagreements in control costs. The study also focused more specifically (beyond total tons removed) on the likely air quality benefits of the suggested standards in a case-study urban area with a history of nonattainment problems. While the proposed NO/sub x/ standard would result in a 45% reduction in total NO/sub x/ loading as compared to what would occur under the current standard, the corresponding reduction of short-term NO/sub 2/ exposure in prototypical urban corridors of high heavy-truck VMT would not exceed 35%. The resulting health benefits are unknown. 36 references, 6 figures, 13 tables.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6135091
Report Number(s):
CONF-850115-3; ON: DE85003033
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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DIESEL ENGINES
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ENERGY CONSUMPTION
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