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Latta Leads Letter to EPA, NHTSA Regarding Impact of Fuel Economy Standards on Trucking Industry

Washington, March 19, 2014 | Sarah Criser (202-225-6405)

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) yesterday led a bipartisan letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) Acting Administrator David Friedman, requesting that they consider the trucking industry’s role in job creation and economic growth when drafting the proposed second phase of fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.

“One in every fifteen Ohioans are employed by the trucking industry, which moves more than 85 percent of all manufactured freight in Ohio,” said Latta. “The trucking industry’s significant economic impacts in Ohio and throughout the nation must be taken into account as these agencies draft and implement new standards, so they do not unnecessarily harm the industry’s ability to grow and hire.”

The letter asks that the agencies examine how the current standards are affecting the trucking industry and consumers, while also taking them into account when proceeding on new standards. In addition, the letter asks that new standards be written in a manner that can be achieved using economically and commercially viable technology and be based on available and sound science. 

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