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STIMULUS PLAN * USA - Stimulus sets aside $300 million in diesel emissions reduction cash
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -February 10, 2009: -- Truckers upgrading existing equipment or adding APUs may soon see some relief coming from Washington, DC... After both the House and Senate approved different versions of the stimulus package in recent days, truckers may soon see diesel emissions-reduction programs, such as APU reimbursement programs, funded... Part of the more than $800-billion stimulus package includes $300 million set aside for small businesses through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Program – referred to as DERA... The DERA program was started years ago, although little money has been appropriated for the program... Congress appropriated $50 million for the program this past year, which the EPA used to fund emissions-reduction programs, including $1.13 million being administered by OOIDA for its 40 percent reimbursement program toward the cost of APU purchase and installment... For more information on OOIDA’s APU reimbursement program, click here...
* OPINION - Truckers cautious with their infrastructure optimism
Newton,MA,USA -Purchasing, by David Hannon -12 Feb 2009: -- After many years of lobbying and arm-twisting, the trucking industry is certainly happy to hear so much talk about infrastructure spending these days. Perhaps no sector of the supply chain or the U.S. economy relies more heavily on the nation's infrastructure than the trucking industry. But trucking experts warn that talking about the infrastructure and actually making long-term improvements to the infrastructure are two very different things... When it comes to infrastructure spending, there are two conversations going on of late and making the distinction is important. First, there is the infrastructure spending that is tied to the proposed economic stimulus package being debated in Congress at this writing. And secondly there is the National Transportation Authorization bill, officially called the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005, which comes up for renewal in September... While many logistics industry veterans are happy to hear infrastructure improvements being targeted in the stimulus package, they are also cautious with their optimism, as the breadth and lack of depth in this kind of spending raises red flags...
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