EPA Rule Generates Uncertainty

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>As the Environmental Protection Agency’s Oct. 1 deadline for producing cleaner-running diesel truck engines neared, the primary effect was uncertainty in the trucking and truck-manufacturing industries.

Four of the seven heavy-duty diesel engine companies that agreed in 1998 to a settlement with EPA requiring them to sell engines with sharply lower smog-forming emissions had EPA approval by Sept. 26 for at least one model.

Another engine company was still awaiting approval and two no longer sell heavy diesels.

For the full story, and a timeline of engine-related events, see the Sept. 30 print edition of Transport Topics. Subscribe today.