![]() ![]() ![]() Moltzen informed managers that federal funds were available to implement such technologies. ![]() Limiters are timed to turn off the engine, as a rule, after three to five minutes of idle. Moltzen’s recommendations included auxiliary power units, small engines that provide power to the main engine without idling advanced truck stop electrification for long-haul rigs and automatic shutdown devices, sometimes called idle limiters. The rub, however, is to impress on vehicle and equipment operators the importance of turning engines off when work isn’t being done.ĭuring a 2005 meeting of the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable in New York, Mike Moltzen, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, encouraged fleet professionals to use current technology in addition to operator training to reduce idling time. By eliminating engine idle time, equipment-management professionals plug up a big hole that wastes fuel, and simultaneously, they rid the environment of health-damaging pollutants. The idling reduction technologies are organized by the technology type and listed by company/model.įor additional information and further details, fleet managers should see the instructions for Form 720, Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return, which can be found at or contact Stephanie Bland or Celia Gabrysh at the IRS, (202) 622-3130. The exemptions are part of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act, which became effective October 4, 2008. Fleet managers who have idle limiters on mobile or stationary equipment could be exempt from paying federal excise tax on the devices. ![]()
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