EPA Finalizes Phase 3 Rule for Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions
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Last Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its “Phase 3” rule aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from heavy-duty trucks, including concrete mixer trucks, dump trucks and tankers, to name a few. The new standard begins with model year (MY) 2027 vehicles through MY 2032. According to EPA, the “standards are technology-neutral and performance-based, allowing each manufacturer to choose what set of emissions control technologies is best suited for them and the needs of their customers.”
While the initial Phase 3 proposal focused heavily on electrification of heavy-duty vehicles as means for reducing GHGs, NRMCA and its industry partners strongly countered EPA’s assumptions about the capability of such technologies and their effectiveness with heavy-duty truck configurations, functions and power demands. In light of these realities and those posed by numerous other heavy-duty truck stakeholders, EPA softened its stance in favor of allowing more combinations of different technologies to reach their GHG reduction goals.
Click here to review the final Phase 3 rule. For more information, contact Kevin Walgenbach at kwalgenbach@nrmca.org.
