OTC Urges EPA To Accelerate Development Of Stricter Truck NOx Air Limit

WILMINGTON, DE -- The Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) of 12 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states is urging EPA to accelerate its development of a tougher limit for ozone-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions for new heavy-duty trucks, seeing the rule as vital to the region’s efforts to attain federal ozone air standards. At OTC’s June 11 annual meeting here, air regulators from member states said that stricter EPA NOx rules for trucks are just one of many state and federal measures they...