Are emergency generators, which are used at Harvard to provide electrical generation in the event of an electrical power outage, subject to air pollution regulations?
Emergency generators (emergency standby engines) can be a source of air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate, as well as minor amounts of other pollutants. The Clean Air Act Amendments passed by Congress in 1990 required Massachusetts to take steps necessary to reduce the generation of these pollutants. For more information regarding air pollution control requirements for emergency generators, please refer to Emergency Standby Engines Fact Sheet.
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