Crabjoe

What the heck is Clean Fleet Fuel ? It's on restriction till 1/5/04.

MikeyB

Cooled EGR on the Cummins? Just a guess.

MikeyB

Rolngthun

The Clean Fuel Fleet Program
as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA)
What is CFFP? - The Clean Air Act (CAA) was passed in 1970 to improve air quality nationwide. Congress
amended the law in 1990, creating several initiatives to reinforce one of the original goals of the CAA to reduce
mobile source pollutants. Implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Clean Fuel Fleet
Program (CFFP) is one such initiative. The CFFP requires fleets in cities with significant air quality problems to
incorporate vehicles that will meet clean-fuel emissions standards.
What fleets are covered? - Federal, state, municipal, fuel provider and private fleets are currently mandated by
CAAA. Fleets that own, operate, lease or control at least 10 light-duty vehicles, trucks (8,500 lbs. or less) or heavyduty
vehicles (8,500 – 26,000 lbs.) are covered. Of the fleet vehicles, 10 or more must be operating in an affected
area (see below) and be centrally fueled or capable of being centrally fueled 100% of the time at a station that is
owned, operated or controlled by the affected fleet operator.
What areas are affected? - Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA) are cities or areas that had a
population of at least 250,000 at the time of the 1980 US census and have been classified as extreme, severe or
serious non-attainment for ozone or carbon monoxide (CO). Under the CAAA, states were given the option to
adopt the CFFP or a substitute program that achieves equivalent or better emissions reductions. The following
CMSAs have opted to participate in CFFP:
Atlanta, GA
Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL/IN
Denver-Boulder, CO
Milwaukee-Racine, WI
What fuels and vehicles can be used to satisfy the mandate? - The CAAA defines a clean fuel as any power
source on which a vehicle is certified to meet federal Clean Fuel Vehicle (CFV) emissions standards. Clean fuels
include alternative fuels, oxygenated fuels, reformulated gasoline (RFG) and conventional gasoline. A CFV is a
vehicle that is certified to Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) standards or better, and operates on the fuel to which the
vehicle was certified as a LEV. The fleet operator must always use the clean fuel in the affected area.
What vehicles are exempt? - Vehicles that are exempt from the mandate include law enforcement and emergency
vehicles, non-road vehicles, vehicles held for lease or rental to the general public, vehicles held for sale by dealers
and military vehicles (classified as necessary for national security).
How are credits earned? - Any CFV purchased before September 1, 1998 can be counted as a purchase credit.
Vehicles that have cleaner emissions ratings than the required LEV rating are worth additional credits.
LEV = 1 credit ULEV = 2 credits ZEV = 3 credits
Low Emission Vehicle Ultra Low Emission Vehicle Zero Emission Vehicle
Purchasing Requirements - The requirements listed below apply to the percentage of new vehicle acquisitions
that must be CFVs. Dates for categories are based on vehicle model year. GVWR = gross vehicle weight rated.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
GVWR less than 8,500 lb
(% of CFVs)
N/A N/A 30% 50% 70% 70% 70% 70% 70% 70%
GVWR less than 26,000 lb
(%of CFVs)
N/A N/A 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%
Need More Information about CAAA?
EPA Websites:
Office of Mobile Sources http://www.epa.gov/OMSWWW
Clean Fuel Fleets http://www.epa.gov/oms/cff.htm
EPA State Contacts: States are responsible for implementation, reporting and support. Fleet reports are due to
the state no later than August 31, 1999.
Colorado Georgia Illinois Indiana Wisconsin
Michael O’Toole Marlin Gottschalk Darwin Burkhart Janet McCabe Muhammad Islam
303-692-3139 404-363-7024 217-524-4343 317-233-5694 608-264-9219
U.S. EPA, Office of Mobile Sources Contacts:
Jim Lindner 734-214-4558 lindner.jim@epa.gov
Sally Newstead 734-214-4474 newstead.sally@epa.gov

Big Bob

This may be the way Dodge/Cummins are going to meet EPA emissions. I found these sites last night but was too tired to post them.

http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/w...evelopment.cfm

http://www.fleetguard.com/fleet/en/p..._emissions.jsp

http://www.fleetguard.com/fleet/en/p...n_prod_nel.jsp