NEW JERSEY REGULATORS MAY PROPOSE SECOND MANDATORY RETROFIT LAW

New Jersey environmental officials may draft a proposal for a second state bill on mandatory retrofits for diesel engines, despite industry opposition to an initial bill that is awaiting the governor's signature and is the first of its kind in the country. State officials are concerned the legislation now pending covers public vehicles and private buses, but excludes private trucks from the mandate. The state's Department of Environmental Protection is considering a followup law that would mandate retrofits of "18-wheelers,...