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Nonroad Engine Population Estimates Report No. NR-006A December 9, 1997 revised June 15, 1998 Christian E. Lindhjem Nonroad Emissions Modeling Team Assessment and Modeling Division EPA, Office of Mobile Sources Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to document the source of the nonroad engine population values used in EPA’s NONROAD emission inventory model. Engine populations were provided as default values in EPA’s NONROAD emission inventory model categorized by equipment type, power level, and fuel type for individual states. This categorization allows the NONROAD model to determine the phase-in of new emission standards and other unique aspects of emissions or allocations by application, fuel type, or power level. Introduction The default base year application populations are used as a starting point to estimate future and past year engine populations in the NONROAD emissions model. The NONROAD model tracks engines rather than equipment because present and planned nonroad emissions regulations focus on engines instead of equipment. EPA anticipates that future nonroad emission regulations would also focus on engines. The engine populations were divided into many applications because of the variety of ways nonroad engines are used. A complete description of these applications is provided in Appendix A of this document. This variety of applications allows for application-specific geographic and temporal allocations, activity, emission rates, and other input factors to characterize nonroad engine usage and emissions. The engine populations were also divided into 5 fuel types: diesel (2 and 4-stroke combined), gasoline 2-stroke, gasoline 4-stroke, com