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Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting: May 12-13, 2021

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee meeting Agenda for May 12-13, 2021. Find the agenda and presentation materials here.

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting: October 28-29, 2020

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee meeting Agenda for October 28-29, 2020. Find the agenda and presentation materials here.

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting: May 20-21, 2020

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee meeting Agenda for May 20-21, 2020. Find the agenda and presentation materials here.

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting: October 31, 2018

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee meeting Agenda for October 31, 2018

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting: November 1-2, 2017

The Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee will meet on November 1-2, 2017. Find the agenda and presentation materials here.

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting: May 2-3, 2018

The Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee will meet on May 2-3, 2018. Find the agenda and presentation materials here.

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting November 2 - 3, 2016

Agenda and presentations for Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting November 2 - 3, 2016

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting May 18-19, 2016

View meeting materials and the transcript of the May 2016 PPDC meeting.

EPA Protects Maui & Hawai‘i Water by Ordering Closure of Five Cesspools

EPA News Release: EPA Protects Maui & Hawai‘i Water by Ordering Closure of Five Cesspools

• Release Date: August 15, 2024

EPA and California Air Resources Board disapprove Volkswagen’s Proposed Emissions Modification for model year 2012 – 2014 manual transmission diesel Passat vehicles; VW intends to submit revised proposal

EPA and CARB approve an emissions modification proposed by Volkswagen (VW) to reduce nitrogen oxides emissions from model year 2009-2014, generation 1, 2.0 liter diesel Jetta, Golf, Beetle, and Audi A3 vehicles.

“Benchmarking a 2016 Honda Civic 1.5-liter L15B7 Turbocharged Engine and Evaluating the Future Efficiency Potential of Turbocharged Engines,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0319, 2018, Mark Stuhldreher, John Kargul, Daniel Barba, Joseph McDonald, Stanislav B

This paper complete EPA benchmarking study of a 2016 Honda Civic with a 4-cylinder 1.5-liter L15B7 turbocharged engine and its CVT, including both chassis testing and engine dynamometer testing to measure vehicle and engine efficiencies.

“Predictive GT-Power Simulation for VNT Matching on a 1.6L Turbocharged GDI Engine,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0161, 2018, Dennis Robertson, Graham Conway, Chris Chadwell, Joseph McDonald, Daniel Barba, Mark Stuhldreher, Aaron Birckett

This paper describes an engine model developed using GT-Power software with a predictive combustion mechanism which assessed the performance of a VNT’s ability to support low pressure LP-EGR across the engine operating map and its impact on thermal e

“Selective Interrupt and Control: An Open ECU Alternative,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0127, 2018, Logan Smith, Ian Smith, and Scott Hotz

This paper describes the development process of SIC that enabled a test engineer to command off-calibration setpoints for intake and exhaust cam phasing as well as ignition timing without the need for an open ECU duplicating the stock calibration.

Statutes for Gasoline Standards

This page summarizes the statutes for gasoline standards.

Cingular Wireless and New Cingular Wireless Audit Policy Settlement

This is the settlement page for Cingular Wireless which includes information regarding the violations and settlement agreement provisions.

“Modeling and Controls Development of 48V Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0413, 2018, SoDuk Lee, Jeff Cherry, Michael Safoutin, Anthony Neam, Joseph McDonald, Kevin Newman

This presents controls development, modeling results, and model validation for simulations of a vehicle with a 48 V (BISG) mild hybrid electric vehicle and an initial model design for a 48 V inline on-axis P2-configuration mild hybrid electric vehicle.

Clean Air Act Permitting Authorities in Oregon

Clean Air Act permitting authorities for Oregon.

TRI Source Reduction Reporting

TRI Source Reduction Reporting

“Evaluation of Emerging Technologies on a 1.6 L Turbocharged GDI Engine,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-1423, 2018, Graham Conway, Dennis Robertson, Chris Chadwell, Joseph McDonald, John Kargul, Daniel Barba, Mark Stuhldreher

Paper presents the results of the baseline testing on an engine run with a prototype controller and initially tuned to mimic an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) baseline control strategy running on premium fuel (92.8 anti-knock index) and other tests.

Water You Waiting For?

Link to Water You Waiting For? video