December 2020 Solutions Guide Emissions Solutions Emission Housings & Silencers Engine Silencers Controls System Components Services & Resources In this issue Utah’s Northern Wasatch Front EPA ozone non-attainment area status likely to go from marginal to moderate – triggering RACT requirements for major sources California warns on and off-road, large and small, spark and compression-ignition engine manufacturers about hiding software or hardware that affects emissions Latin America’s top 19 cities for 2019 PM 2.5 air pollution all exceed US EPA 12 μg/m³ standard Trump’s EPA races clock on remaining environmental rollbacks AIR-SONIC, a MIRATECH Company, to Open First Catalyst Wash Facility in Europe Canada bids to toughen its stance on climate change emissions 4 Trump air pollution rules are likely early targets for Biden EPA PM 2.5 and pandemics: A dangerous mix California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chairman, Mary Nichols, may be EPA's next boss MIRATECH Introduces Tier V System to Raise the Bar on Environmental Benefits. Utah’s Northern Wasatch Front EPA ozone non-attainment area status likely to go from marginal to moderate – triggering RACT requirements for major sources The Utah Division of Air Quality (UDAQ) recently provided letters to major sources in the Northern Wasatch Front non-attainment area (all or part of Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, and Tooele counties) indicating that they anticipate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will reclassify the Nonattainment Area from marginal to moderate according to a November 18, 2020 ... Back to top California warns on and off-road, large and small, spark and compression-ignition engine manufacturers about hiding software or hardware that affects emissions On October 14, 2020 the California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced it had sent a letter to vehicle and engine manufacturers encouraging them to disclose by the end of the year any unapproved hardware or software programs that impact emission control systems in vehicles sold in California. CARB’s letter specifies both large and small, on ... Back to top Latin America’s top 19 cities for 2019 PM 2.5 air pollution all exceed US EPA 12 μg/m³ standard Coyhaique, a city in southern Chile with a population of a little over 50 thousand inhabitants, was the most polluted city in Latin America in 2019, based on fine air particulate matter concentration (PM2.5) according to a September 8, 2020 Statistica report. That year, the city reported an average PM2.5 concentration of 41.5 μg/m³ (micrograms ... Back to top Trump’s EPA races clock on remaining environmental rollbacks The Trump administration is scrambling to wrap up a slew of environmental rollbacks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office according to a November 13, 2020 report from The Hill. Those efforts are raising concerns among environmentalists who have spent the past four years battling President Trump on issues like climate change and scientific independence. At ... Back to top AIR-SONIC, a MIRATECH Company, to Open First Catalyst Wash Facility in Europe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2020   AIR-SONIC, a MIRATECH Company, to Open First Catalyst Wash Facility in Europe Tulsa, Oklahoma – August 27, 2020 – AIR-SONIC, a MIRATECH Company, is set to open the first catalyst washing facility in Europe. The state-of-the-art catalyst chemical washing facility is scheduled to open on Oct. 1, 2020 ... Back to top Canada bids to toughen its stance on climate change emissions Canada, which has never met any of its climate change targets, unveiled measures to toughen Ottawa’s stance on global warming and ensure the country hit a goal of net zero emissions by 2050 according to a November 19, 2020 Reuters News report. Some critics were unmoved, with Green Party leader Annamie Paul dismissing the approach ... Back to top 4 Trump air pollution rules are likely early targets for Biden EPA Incoming leaders of the EPA air office will face a consequential choice: Which Trump administration rollbacks will they undo first according to a November 12, 2020 report from E & E News. Given that rule-cutting was the heart of President Trump's agenda, the targets are many. Adding to the urgency of the task for President-elect ... Back to top PM 2.5 and pandemics: A dangerous mix The United States may have set itself up for the spread of a pandemic without even knowing it. According to new research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, pollution may bear part of the blame for the rapid proliferation in the United States of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for ... Back to top California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chairman, Mary Nichols, may be EPA’s next boss California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols recently outlined her vision for EPA over the next four years. And it starts with science according to an October 15, 2020 Energy and Environmental News report. Nichols — who is widely viewed as a candidate for EPA administrator in a Biden Administration — described her plans for ... Back to top MIRATECH Introduces Tier V System to Raise the Bar on Environmental Benefits. Tulsa, Oklahoma – July 7, 2020 – MIRATECH Corporation, a global industry leader providing cost-effective, reliable, and mission critical emissions and acoustics solutions for stationary natural gas and diesel reciprocating engines, is pleased to launch its Tier V emissions reduction system for a higher level of net environmental benefit and to set the standard for ... 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