fuel laboratory News
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EPA Requiring BMW to Correct Fuel Economy Labels for Four Mini Cooper Vehicles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising estimates for four 2014 BMW Mini Cooper vehicles to ensure consumers are given accurate fuel economy values. The EPA performed a fuel economy audit on the BMW Mini Cooper and obtained values that differed from those BMW submitted to EPA for certification. With EPA oversight, BMW conducted new emissions and fuel economy testing, and EPA ...
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JRC-IRMM releases a certified reference material for cold filter plugging point and cloud point
JRC-IRMM released ERM-FC395k, a certified reference material which supports fuel producers and fuel testing laboratories in ensuring reliable measurements of the cold filter plugging point (CFPP) and the cloud point (CP). The CP, the temperature from which precipitates are visible in diesel and the CFPP, the temperature from which these precipitates block filters are important parameters for ...
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Spectro Scientific Wins BAE Systems Gold Supplier Award For Product Quality and Delivery Performance
Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed-water analysis instrumentation and software, has won a Gold Supplier Award for its 2017 service from BAE Systems’ Electronic Systems sector, a global aerospace and defense manufacturer. Spectro provides BAE Systems with the SpectrOil M Series – RDE elemental analyzer for oil and fuel, a compact, ...
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EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Additional Clean Air Act Violations
Today, EPA is issuing a second notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. This NOV is also being issued to Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America. These five companies are collectively referred to as Volkswagen (VW). The NOV alleges that VW developed and installed a defeat device in certain VW, Audi and Porsche light ...
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EPA`s FY 2015 Budget Proposal Focuses on Delivering Core Environmental and Health Protections
Today the Obama Administration proposed a Fiscal Year 2015 (FY 2015) budget of $7.890 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This request is $309.9 million below the EPA's enacted level for Fiscal Year 2014. “This budget is key to a new era of partnerships for the U.S. environmental protection enterprise, where EPA will work hand in hand—with our sister federal ...
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