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Dale’s Diary The past few months have been a hectic period of regulatory activity at both a European and UK level. The CEA’s Senior Technical Consultant, Dale Camsell, was deeply involved in this activity and provides a brief overview of some of the key topics… Air Quality (1) – London Low Emission Zone
remapping) of the engine control unit. This involves the installation of
The Greater London Authority (GLA) has reactivated its non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) committee. The committee has not renewed the block exemption on fixed speed engines (e.g. mobile generators). This means that any fixed speed machine, that is not already covered by an exemption approval from the GLA, will now need to be at Stage V rather than the previously allowed Stage IIIA in order to operate in central London. All existing exemptions remain valid.
CEA raised the matter with DfT and I'm pleased to report that they are
Air Quality (2) – Aftermarket tampering of engines
the research is to establish an understanding of the current UK NRMM
Aftermarket tampering includes third-party reflashing (also known as
for the foreseeable future. DEFRA has developed an online questionnaire
diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) emulators that trick the control system into thinking that the DEF tank is full, removal of aftertreatment devices, etc. very keen to pursue this matter. After a series of meetings, the objective is likely to be the development of a regulation that will criminalise this type of activity.
Air Quality (3) – UK emissions inventory DEFRA is creating an updated UK-wide emissions inventory. The aim of fleet in order that its total emission contribution can be estimated. This inventory will form part of the basis of DEFRA’s emissions related policies
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