fuel testing 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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ASTM D3948 - 11 standard test method for determining water separation characteristics of aviation turbine fuels by portable separometer
This test method provides a measure of the presence of surfactants in aviation turbine fuels. Like Test Methods D2550 and D3602, this test method can detect carryover traces of refinery treating residues in fuel as produced. They can also detect surface active substances added to or picked up by the fuel during handling from point of production to ...
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Trinity Consultants to Present Webinar on Costly Utility Regulation
Trinity Consultants, an environmental consulting firm that specializes in industrial air quality issues, will present a webinar on September 14, 2011, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. CDT, that describes the regulatory requirements in the recently proposed National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Electric Utility sector (known as the Utility MACT). The rule, which was ...
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Green Week opens in Brussels
Europe's largest environment conference kicks off today under the banner “Cleaner Air for All”. This year's edition of Green Week is dedicated to air, and will see some 3000 participants gather for three days to discuss air-related issues. Stakeholders, NGOs, government representatives and EU officials will search for solutions to air pollution, like how to safeguard air quality ...
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ASTM D5845 - 01(2011) standard test method for determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE, Methanol, Ethanol and tert-Butanol in gasoline by infrared spectroscopy
Alcohols and ethers are added to gasoline to produce a reformulated lower emissions gasoline. Alcohols and ethers may also be added to gasoline to increase the octane number. Type and concentration of various oxygenates are specified and regulated to ensure acceptable commercial gasoline quality. Driveability, vapor pressure, phase separation, and evaporative emissions are ...
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District of Columbia agrees to establish improved air pollution monitoring at D.C. General Health Campus
The District of Columbia has agreed to implement an enhanced air monitoring system at the D.C. General Health Campus, 1900 Massachusetts Ave., to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The district will also pay a $14,900 penalty. The district operates the health campus, which was formerly known as the D.C. General Hospital. ...
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Independent lab test reports deem Dripstop® 940 containment free to ISO-22241 standards therefore it is ideal for use with Diesel Exhaust Fluid
Hernon Manufacturing, the innovator in adhesives, sealants and dispensing equipment, is pleased to announce it has received independent lab verification, that its Dripstop® 940 pipe thread sealant is free of the containment's listed in ISO-22241, which are the same containment's also restricted for presence in Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) applications. In 2010, stricter EPA standards were set ...
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U.S. Settles with Gasoline Refiner to Reduce Emissions at Utah Facility
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced a settlement with HollyFrontier Corporation subsidiaries (HollyFrontier Refining & Marketing LLC, Frontier El Dorado Refining, LLC, Holly Refining & Marketing Company-Woods Cross, LLC, and Navajo Refining Company, LLC) that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations regarding fuel quality emissions ...
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Colorado petroleum distributors to pay $2.5 million to settle clean air act allegations of illegal mixing and distribution of gasoline
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced a settlement with Rocky Mountain Pipeline System, LLC, Western Convenience Stores, Inc., and Offen Petroleum, Inc. to resolve claims that they illegally mixed and distributed more than 1 million gallons of gasoline that did not meet Clean Air Act emissions and fuel quality requirements. The companies ...
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EPA seeking comments on reconsideration of air rule for backup stationary engines
The Environmental Protection Agency will accept public comments through Nov. 4 on its decision to reconsider three issues in air pollution standards for backup stationary engines that generate electricity, including the 2015 compliance date for requiring ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel, according to a notice published Sept. 5 (78 Fed. Reg. 54,606). EPA also is reconsidering a requirement for engine ...
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EPA Conference Call: Petroleum Refinery ICR-Related Testing
Call Notes, Courtesy of Golden Specialty, Inc. EPA OAQPS hosted a conference call on April 16, 2011 to address concerns from the refinery, testing and laboratory communities regarding emissions testing requirements in the Component 4 Test Procedures, Methods and Reporting portion of the the Petroleum Refinery Information Collection Request. The call mostly dealt with sampling and analytical ...
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European Presidential candidate officially opens Axion Polymers’ SWAPP ELV laboratory
New laboratory testing facilities at Axion Polymers’ Manchester-based end-of-life (ELV) vehicle recycling facility have been officially opened by the Liberal candidate for European Commission President and former Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt MEP. Mr Verhofstadt praised Axion’s progress at its advanced multi-million pound Shredder Waste Advanced Processing Plant (SWAPP), ...
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