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Pursuant to § 24-163.6 of the Code, any diesel fuel-powered sight-seeing bus licensed by the department of consumer affairs and equipped with an engine that is over three years old shall utilize the Best Available Retrofit Technology, as defined in 15 RCNY § 25-01. In making their selections, owners or operators of such buses are directed to consult the EPA and CARB verified lists at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/retrofit/retroverifiedlist.htm and http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/verdev/background.htm.
Any diesel fuel-powered sight-seeing bus that is equipped with an engine certified to the applicable 2007 United States Environmental Protection Agency standard for particulate matter as set forth in section 86.007-11 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations or to any subsequent United States environmental protection agency standard for such pollutant that is at least as stringent, shall not be required to utilize the BART as defined in 15 RCNY § 25-01.
Level IV Any Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) or other technology verified for a specific application from either the CARB or EPA verified lists that reduces diesel particulate matter emissions by 85 percent or greater, or reduces engine emissions to less than or equal to 0.01 grams diesel particulate matter per brake horsepower-hour.
Level III Any DPF or Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) or Catalyzed Wire Mesh Filter (CWMF) or other technology or combination of technologies verified for a specific application from either the CARB or EPA verified lists that reduces diesel particulate matter emissions by between 50 and 84 percent.
Level II Any DOC or other technology verified for a specific application from either the CARB or EPA verified lists that reduces diesel particulate matter emissions by between 25 and 49 percent.
Level I Any DOC or emulsified diesel fuel or other technology verified for a specific application from either the CARB or EPA verified lists that reduces diesel particulate matter emissions by between 20 and 24 percent.
(a) For each type of diesel fuel-powered sight-seeing bus subject to the BART requirement, the owner or operator of such sight-seeing bus must identify, in list form, all types of pollution control technology devices verified for such sight-seeing bus at classification Level IV.
(b) All types of pollution control technology devices identified by the owner or operator of such sight-seeing bus as classification Level IV devices that are not technologically feasible for use with respect to the particular vehicle, engine or application are to be eliminated from such list. To eliminate all types of pollution control technology devices identified by the owner or operator of such sight-seeing bus at classification Level IV, or a specific type of pollution control technology, or a particular pollution control technology device, the owner or operator must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that operational constraints or physical, chemical or engineering principles preclude the successful and effective use of the bus when used with such types of technology devices, or type of technology, or particular pollution control technology device.
(c) If, after the elimination process, no pollution control technology devices remain in classification Level IV from which the owner or operator can select a BART, the same identification and elimination process must be done for classification Level III. If, after the elimination process, no pollution control technology devices remain in classification Level III from which the owner or operator can select a BART, the same identification and elimination process must be done for classification Level II. If, after the elimination process, no pollution control technology devices remain in classification Level II from which the owner or operator can select a BART, the same identification and elimination process must be done for classification Level I.
(d) Once a level is selected as provided for in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this section, an economic impact analysis is to be performed on the remaining technologies where the technology reduces both particulate matter and nitrogen oxide. The owner or operator shall select the technology that achieves, at a reasonable cost, the greatest reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions. If there is no such technology that achieves, at a reasonable cost, a reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions, the technology that achieves the greatest particulate matter reduction must be selected.
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