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Litigation ("Could You Be Sued Over a Tier-4 Problem?" continued from page 38) currently estimating the cost increase at between 2 and 7 percent of the total purchase price of a given machine (though many claim these estimates are optimistic). According to most manufacturers, however, fuel consumption should decrease by as much as 5 percent, and maintenance costs should decline by roughly 1 percent (though only limited data on either metric has been available thus far). Anticipated longer-term benefits, such as increased employee productivity, enhanced engine reliability and reductions in absenteeism and employee health costs will be more difficult to assess. The reductions in maintenance, repair and replacement costs should, however, help mitigate a portion of the purchase price increase over time. Implementation of the regulations has been ongoing. New diesel engines the equipment used on jobsites. That in the U.S. and EU are, with some means operators will likely have little exceptions, subject to at least Tier-4 choice but to move quickly toward Interim/Stage IIIA requirements. In the replacement (or retrofitting, where U.S., Tier-4 Final regulations become possible) fleets in those areas. applicable to the 174-751 hp nonroad diesel engine market on Jan. 1, 2014, and to the last segment (75-173 hp) JAMES R. WAITE, ESQ., former General on Jan. 1, 2015, when similar Stage IV Counsel at RentX regulations also become effective in Industries, Inc., has the EU for engines over 56 kW (75 hp). written equipment sales Can your customers continue to use contracts and leases their older, non-Tier-4/Stage IV equipment? The regulations generally do not around the world over the past 20 years. He wrote the book published by the American require equipment owners and operaRental Association on equipment rental and tors to dispose of their current fleets sale contracts, and has authored numerous of older-technology diesel engines articles on the equipment industry and the (Note: California has adopted its own laws affecting it. He can be reached at (866) standards). However, local worksites in a growing number of areas have begun 582-2586 or j.waite@wwlegal.net. to require Tier-4/Stage ADVERTISERS' INDEX IV technology B4 Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 with respect Bell Trucks of America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to at least a Charter Software Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 portion of STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7&8. 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