U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA investigates Navistar over engine dating

Truckers News Staff | April 01, 2012

FOR THE RECORD   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleges that thousands of Navistar Inc. engines sold as pre-2010 models were actually assembled during 2010 and are subject to fines up to $37,500 per violation for not ...

Daimler trucks meet greenhouse gas regs

Truckers News Staff | April 01, 2012

FYI: TRUCKING NEWS IN BRIEF   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has certified Daimler Trucks North America’s complete portfolio of model year 2013 on-highway, vocational and medium-duty vehicles as fully compliant with the new greenhouse gas 2014 ...

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Overdrive Staff | April 01, 2012

Year’s top owner-operator named Larry Severson was named 2011 Owner-Operator of the Year during a Truckload Carriers Association awards banquet in Orlando, Fla., winning a Cummins-powered Ram truck. The competition, managed by Overdrive and TCA, was ...

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Overdrive Staff | March 20, 2012

Agency focuses on driver harassment The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Feb. 10 announced its intent to move forward with its rulemaking about electronic onboard recorders and hours-of-service supporting documents by preparing a supplemental notice of ...

Navistar gets California OK to sell engines

| March 09, 2012

The California Air Resources Board has granted Navistar International Corp. permission to continue to sell new heavy-duty truck engines in the state as long as the company still has enough credits to offset their engines’ ...

Report: EPA underestimated compliance costs

Jill Dunn | March 08, 2012

A new industry report indicates the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency underestimated emission compliance costs for new trucks by a factor of two to five for model years 2004-2010. The American Truck Dealers and its parent organization, ...

Navistar submits MaxxForce 13 for certification

Jack Roberts | March 01, 2012

FOR THE RECORD Navistar has submitted its MaxxForce 13 diesel engine to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for compliance testing, the company told attendees at a stock analyst meeting Feb. 1. Last week, the California Air Resources ...

Daimler trucks meet 2014 greenhouse gas regs

| February 23, 2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has certified Daimler Trucks North America's complete portfolio of model year 2013 on-highway, vocational and medium-duty vehicles as fully compliant with the new greenhouse gas 2014 regulations, Daimler said today, ...

Inconsistent enforcement: Insist on inspection, not citation

The way the DataQs challenge system is working suggests conventional wisdom about citations and CSA scores is flawed, with the issue of unfinished clean inspections looming larger for carriers looking to improve CSA scores.

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