April 2024 Solutions Guide Emissions Solutions Emission Housings & Silencers Engine Silencers Controls System Components Services & Resources In this issue Industry Groups And State Coalitions Petition Supreme Court Against EPA Authority To Limit Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions From Stationary Sources Chevron Defies California On Carbon Emissions Cal Enviroscreen Ranks California Zip Codes By Pollution Interactive Map Lets Users See How Their Zip Code Ranks Answers To RICE NESHAP Questions EPA Lowers Methane Leak Estimates EPA Cuts 2014 Budget By $296 Million Over 2012 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Funding Cut 70 Percent Industry Groups And State Coalitions Petition Supreme Court Against EPA Authority To Limit Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions From Stationary Sources Coalition says EPA should not use the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon emissions. On 19 April 2013, according to a Reuters report, a coalition of top industry groups and a dozen states asked the United States Supreme Court to review a lower court decision upholding the Obama administration's plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions, primarily ... Back to top Chevron Defies California On Carbon Emissions On 17 April 2013 Bloomberg reported that Chevron Corporation is leading a lobbying and public relations campaign to undercut the California mandate to produce fuels from plants and algae aimed at curbing global warming (AB32), two years after the state started phasing it in. Research on commercially viable climate-friendly products has come to naught, stymied ... Back to top Cal Enviroscreen Ranks California Zip Codes By Pollution Interactive Map Lets Users See How Their Zip Code Ranks It's the first environmental health screening tool of its kind in the country. California's Environmental Protection Agency is rolling out Cal Enviroscreen which helps pinpoint communities that may be particularly vulnerable to pollution. It measures a broad range of pollutants and health indicators in every zip code across the state.   By zooming in on the ... Back to top Answers To RICE NESHAP Questions What's the best way to get quick, smart answers to questions about the EPA's new RICE NESHAP regulations? Call MIRATECH at 918-933-6232 Compliance with these regulations is required by May 3, 2013 for compression ignition (CI) and by October 13, 2013 for spark ignition (SI) reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE). The regulations strengthen National Emission ... Back to top EPA Lowers Methane Leak Estimates On 28 April 2013, the Associated Press reported that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much methane, a potent heat-trapping gas, leaks during natural gas production.  EPA's move is a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or ... Back to top EPA Cuts 2014 Budget By $296 Million Over 2012 On 10 April 2013 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its 2014 fiscal year budget of $8.153 billion, an amount that is $296 million below the EPA's budget for Fiscal Year 2012. "EPA's FY 2014 budget reflects our firm commitment to keeping American communities across our country healthy and clean, while also taking into consideration ... Back to top Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Funding Cut 70 Percent On 10 April 2013 the Diesel Technology Forum announced a proposed 70 percent reduction in funding for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) in the Obama Administration's 2014 budget.  The cut "will nearly decimate one of the nation's most successful clean air programs", according to Allen Schaeffer , Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum.. The 2014 ... Back to top Emissions and Noise Control Solutions  Catalysts  3-Way Catalyst NSCR Oxidation Catalyst NSCR Diesel Oxidation Catalyst SCR Catalysts  Diesel Particulate Filters Housings Only CBL LTR IQ NX Series Housings & Silencers VX Series RX Series ZX Series Ground Access Quad Tuned Engine Silencers EM Silencers J Series Cylindricals Low Pressure Drop Spark Arresting ATEX Spark Arresting Inline Spark Arrestor Disks Disks Spark Arresting Ovals Compacts Cowl Silencers TS Residential Grade Series TXS Cirtical Grade Series MS Residential Grade Series Cowl MicroDisc Accessories EM Silencers Controls MIRA-MONITOR ACIS SCR Controller DPF Monitor System Components Piping Expansion Joints Platforms & Ladders Accessories Services & Resources Technical Services Washing & Repair Replacement Elements Regulations Resource Documents Emissions Monitor Contact | About Us | News | Careers | Privacy | Terms & Conditions | ENGINEERED TO PERFORM™