U.S. EPA to advance plan to cut heavy-duty truck emissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce Monday it is seekin...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce Monday it is seeking public input as it works on new rules to significantly decrease emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide and other pollutants from heavy-duty trucks.

“We will modernize heavy-duty truck engines, improving their efficiency and reducing their emissions, which will lead to a healthier environment,” Wheeler said in a statement. To meet national ambient air quality standards, California’s South Coast Air Basin will require an approximately 70% NOx reduction from 2019 levels by 2023, CARB said.

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