Manufacturers Blast EPA Bid To Regulate Trailers’ GHGs Despite Ruling

May 2, 2022
Trailer makers are charging that EPA’s proposal to update air emissions limits for heavy-duty trucks is also seeking to regulate their products’ greenhouse gas emissions even after a federal appeals court held the agency lacks statutory authority to do so. The Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) successfully sued EPA over including trailers in an Obama-era truck GHG rule, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluding in a Nov. 12 opinion that trailers are not...


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