Signaling Little Activity, EPA Tags Glider Rule Changes As 'Long-Term' Action

October 17, 2018
EPA's newly released fall regulatory agenda says any steps to “revisit” production limits on high-emitting “glider” trucks are not expected in the coming year, underscoring prior expectations that the agency's controversial plan to repeal the Obama-era limits has stalled amid unusually broad opposition from industry, environmentalists and states. The new regulatory plan, unveiled Oct. 17 characterizes its glider rulemaking as a “long-term action,” which is defined as a measure for which the agency “does not expect to have a regulatory...


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