Truckers Seek EPA Overhaul Of California Mobile Source Air Rule Waivers

摘要

The trucking industry is urging EPA to overhaul its process for reviewing California's frequent applications for Clean Air Act preemption waivers to implement mobile source air rules stricter than federal policies, saying the years-long process creates enforcement gaps, competitive disadvantages, and rule compliance delays. In recent comments to the agency, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) says the existing process penalizes trucking companies that make major efforts to comply early and creates "confusion" in the industry. "Important lessons should be learned from how this process has unfolded and how waiver requests should be handled in the future," says the group in its comments on California's waiver request for a rule to regulate truck and trailer greenhouse gases (GHG).