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CHANGE FUEL ALLOWED * Canada - Feds may allow high-sulfur diesel during future fuel shortages
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Truck News -18 Nov 2009: ... The trucking industry was nearly crippled by two fuel shortages in recent years, the first in the winter and spring of 2007 and then a year later by another in Western Canada. At the time, Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), suggested the feds allow on-road truckers to use off-road dyed diesel like locomotives can... The off-road diesel contains more sulfur, however at the time most of the engines on the road were of the pre-EPA2007 variety. Environment Minister of the day John Baird, said his hands were tied because there was no regulatory mechanism in place that allowed him to allow for the use of off-road diesel in on-highway trucks... Yesterday, however, regulatory language was published in the Canada Gazette that will give the Minister of the Environment more flexibility should the need arise again in the future...
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