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TheEPAstandardsareprospectiveinapplicationthatistherequirementtouseahighertierenginecustomarilycomesintoplaywhenoneispurchas-ingandinstallinganewengine.Anexceptionexistswhenoneisrepower-inganexistingvessel.Evenifreplace-mentengineisabove600kWaTier3notaTier4withaftertreatmentenginemaypossiblybeused.SometimessomuchworkmaybeundertakentomodifyanexistingvesselthattheEPAwillconsiderittobenewforpurposesoftheengineairemissionrule.Thenonemustinstallanenginethatconformstothehighesttierthenineffect.Thisre-quirementkicksinwhenthevalueofthemodicationsexceeds50percentofthevalueofthemodiedvessel.Asageneralrulethereisnofederalrequirementthatanexistingengineofalowertiermustberemovedandreplacedwithanewerenginewithloweremissions.HowevertheEPAruledoesimposenewemissionstandardsonalargermarineenginelargerthan600kWor805hpalreadyinoperationifitisremanufactured.ThepurposeistoachieveareductioninPMemissionsof25percent.Theremanufacturerequirementappliesifthemarineenginewasbuiltstartingin1973andincludesTier1andTier2marineengines.Inthatcasethevesselownerisrequiredtouseacertiedremanufacturesystemorkitifoneisavailable.Itisimportanttonotethatthisruledoesnotrequiretheownerofavesselwithanolderenginetoundertakeareman-ufacturebutifthedecisionismadetoremanufacturethentherulecomesintoplay.Whatexactlyconstitutesare-manufactureItistheremovalandreplacementincludingrequalify-ingofallcylinderlinerseitherduringasinglemaintenanceeventoroveraperiodofveyearsorless.Asusedhererequalifyingmeanstoinspectacylinderthatmayhavebeenrecentlyreplacedduetoafailuretomakesureitqualiedforcontinueduse.IfthecylinderreplacementrequalifyingscheduletakeslongerthanveyearsEPAdoesnotconsiderthistoberemanufacturingandtheruledoesnotapply.Itsimportanttonotethatanenginerebuildandaremanufac-turearenotnecessarilythesamething.Anenginerebuildmayincludeextensivemaintenancethatincreasestheservicelifeoftheenginebutitwillnotbeconsideredtobereman-ufacturedunlessallofthecylinderlinersarereplacedeitheratonceoroveraperiodofveyears.Thusnotallrebuildeventsandnotallmainte-nanceeventswilltriggertheremanu-facturerequirement.IfanEPA-certifiedremanufac-turekitdoesnotexistorcannotbeMARCH2014FOGHORN23LEGisLaTivEREPoRTIncreasedsalesthroughourmultiplelowtonocostmarketingplans.Decreasedoperatingcostbyeliminatingredundancyandautomatingworkowforbetterefciency.Flexiblemanagementtoolstogiveyoutheultimatecontroloveryoursalesandoperations.DESTINATIONMANAGERTHECOMPLETESALESANDMANAGEMENTSYSTEMwww.vts-no.comFormallyVirtualTicketerNoRiskFreeTrialTimEversoleDirectorofSalesandSupportteversolevts-no.comTel504840-9800X113TollFree877265-3521X113Cell859652-9885YOURCOMPLETETICKETINGSOLUTION.