The trucking industry urged federal regulators to consider how a proposal to tighten emissions limits on engines will affect motor carriers, as they’re the ones who will ultimately deploy the equipment subject to the new rules.
“This rule is directed at manufacturers, not at fleets,” said Glen Kedzie, energy and environmental counsel for American Trucking Associations, during a three-day marathon hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed heavy-truck nitrogen oxides emissions reduction rule. The virtual event offered several hundred parties an opportunity to comment, with passionate opinions on both sides of the measure.
