US831通报英文 美欧汽车及摩托车TBT评议会资料

G TBT N USA 831 20 June 2013 13 3199 Page 1 3 Committee on Technical Barriers to TradeOriginal English NOTIFICATION The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10 6 1 Notifying Member UNITED STATES OF AMERICA If applicable name of local government involved Article 3 2 and 7 2 2 Agency responsible Environmental Protection Agency EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Department of Transportation 848 Name and address including telephone and fax numbers email and website addresses if available of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above 3 Notified under Article 2 9 2 X 2 10 1 5 6 2 5 7 1 other 4 Products covered HS or CCCN where applicable otherwise national tariff heading ICS numbers may be provided in addition where applicable Air quality ICS 13 040 Road vehicle systems ICS 43 040 Heavy duty engine and vehicle 5 Title number of pages and language s of the notified document Heavy Duty Engine and Vehicle and Non road Technical Amendments 14 pages in English 6 Description of content EPA is proposing to amend provisions in the Medium and Heavy Duty Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency final rule issued on 15 September 2011 These proposed amendments would eliminate duplicative reporting requirements reduce inadvertent minor differences between the EPA and NHTSA programs regarding such matters as voluntary early model year compliance better align testing procedures to market realities and reduce unnecessary testing burdens EPA is also proposing to amend several regulations by Adjusting the provisions of the replacement engine exemption expanding EPA s discretion to allow greater flexibility under the Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers related to the Tier 4 standards for non road diesel engines specifying multiple versions of the applicable SAE standard for demonstrating that fuel lines for non road spark ignition engines above 19 kilowatts meet permeation requirements and allowing for the use of the ethanol based test fuel specified by the California Air Resources Board for non road spark ignition engines at or below 19 kilowatts Some of the individual provisions of this action may have minor impacts on the costs and emission reductions of the underlying regulatory programs amended in this action though in most cases these are simple technical amendments For those provisions that may have a minor impact on the costs or benefits of the amended regulatory program any potential impacts would be small and we have not attempted to quantify the potential changes 7 Objective and rationale including the nature of urgent problems where applicable Protection of the environment 8 Relevant documents 78 Federal Register FR 36135 17 June 2013 Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations CFR Parts 85 86 1036 1037 1039 1042 1048 1054 1065 1066 1068 Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted G TBT N USA 831 2 9 Proposed date of adoption Proposed date of entry into force To be determined To be determined 10 Final date for comments 17 July 2013 11 Text available from National enquiry point or address telephone and fax numbers e mail and web site addresses if available of the other body http www gpo gov fdsys pkg FR 2013 06 17 html 2013 11979 htm http www gpo gov fdsys pkg FR 2013 06 17 pdf 2013 11979 pdf NOTIFICATION 831 ADD 1 Addendum The following communication dated 28 June 2013 is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the United States of America TITLE Heavy Duty Engine and Vehicle and Nonroad Technical Amendments AGENCIES Environmental Protection Agency EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Department of Transportation ACTION Direct final rule SUMMARY EPA and NHTSA on behalf of the Department of Transportation are each adopting corrections to provisions in our respective Medium and Heavy Duty Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency final rule issued on 15 September 2011 These amendments eliminate duplicative reporting requirements reduce inadvertent minor differences between the EPA and NHTSA programs regarding such matters as voluntary early model year compliance better align testing procedures to market realities and reduce unnecessary testing burdens This action also separately amends several regulations exclusive to EPA by adjusting the provisions of the replacement engine exemption expanding EPA s discretion to allow greater flexibility under the Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers related to the Tier 4 standards for nonroad diesel engines specifying multiple versions of the applicable SAE standard for demonstrating that fuel lines for nonroad spark ignition engines above 19 kilowatts meet permeation requirements and allowing for the use of the ethanol based test fuel specified by the California Air Resources Board for nonroad spark ignition engines at or below 19 kilowatts Some of the individual EPA only provisions of this action may have minor impacts on the costs and emission reductions of the underlying regulatory programs amended in this action though in most cases these are simple technical amendments For those provisions that may have a minor impact on the costs or benefits of the amended regulatory program any potential impacts would be small and we have not attempted to quantify the potential changes DATES These rules are effective on 16 August 2013 without further notice unless EPA or NHTSA receives adverse comment If we re