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Oct 27, 2010

REGULATIONS * USA - EPA, Truck Makers Tout ‘Clean Diesel’ as Greenhouse Gas Standards Loom

Washington,DC,USA -Too Much News -21 October 2010:   ...  The trucks that were on the market in 1988 produced about 60 times more particulate matter than the new trucks that meet EPA’s 2010 emissions standards, truck makers say, and much of those reductions were driven by the agency’s clean-trucks program. the program has produced about 13 times more public health benefits than costs, said Margo Oge, director of the agency’s transportation and air quality division... With lawmakers threatening to restrict EPA’s regulatory authority, the achievement speaks to the agency’s ability to solve problems with regulation... Earlier this year, President Obama directed EPA and the Department of Transportation to set the first-ever fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. in a memorandum signed in may, Obama called on the agencies to work on a joint rulemaking with the aim of issuing a final rule by July 30, 2011...  Patrick Charbonneau, vice president of government relations at truck maker Navistar, said the existing pollution program is a testament to the viability of federal truck regulations. By taking a “systems approach” that included the adoption of low-sulfur fuel, EPA helped truck makers achieve greater reductions than would otherwise be possible, he said...

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