ATA Asks EPA to Delay Emissions Rule

ATA Asks EPA to Delay Emissions Rule

"With prolonged weakness in freight demand and inflationary cost pressures, the rule’s 2027 implementation timeline threatens to intensify strain across our industry," ATA said.

Trucking industry calls on EPA to delay and reconsider federal NOx standard

WASHINGTON, DC — A coalition of trucking associations have called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to delay implementation of its heavy-duty NOₓ rule until 2031, citing substantial added costs amid already-existing economic and operational pressures facing the trucking industry. That is according to a press release issued by the American Trucking Association which reports that a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, where the indust…