Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, April 11, 2023:
A joint resolution filed in the U.S. House April 6 would overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest emissions regulations targeting heavy-duty trucks beginning with model year 2027.
EPA’s latest regulations, finalized in December, will tighten tailpipe NOx limits to a level 80%-plus below the current standard and reduce the particulate matter limit by 50%. The agency also will require that OEMs extend warranties to 450,000 miles from 100,000 and useful life limits to 650,000 miles from 435,000 miles.
The joint resolution, filed by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), reads that “Congress disapproves the rule” from EPA, adding that “such rule shall have no force or effect.”
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) filed a similar resolution in the Senate on Feb. 9. Nehls’ resolution in the House was filed with no co-sponsors, but Fisher’s in the Senate has 36 co-sponsors.
Like a bill, a joint resolution still has to be approved by both the the House and the Senate and signed into law by the president.
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