Advocates, Industry Want More From EPA’s Truck Emissions Plan

The EPA faced criticism from both advocates and the trucking industry in three days of hearings over the agency’s proposed nitrogen oxide rules for heavy duty trucks.

Conservation organizations, health groups, members of the trucking industry and more than 300 others delivered oral comments during public hearings this week over the Environmental Protection Agency’s March 7 proposal (RIN 2060-AU41) to reduce nitrogen oxide and greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty gasoline and diesel engines.

Environmentalists and public health groups have been pushing the agency for the proposal, but made it clear they want more stringency. Nitrogen oxides can cause acid rain, ...