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Rule Abstract
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On March 29, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Safety Company (EPA) introduced a remaining rule, “Greenhouse Gasoline Emissions Requirements for Heavy-Responsibility Autos – Section 3,” that units stronger requirements to scale back greenhouse fuel emissions from heavy-duty (HD) automobiles starting in mannequin yr (MY) 2027. The brand new requirements will likely be relevant to HD vocational automobiles (resembling supply vans, refuse haulers, public utility vans, transit, shuttle, college buses, and so forth.) and tractors (resembling day cabs and sleeper cabs on tractor-trailer vans).
The ultimate “Section 3” requirements construct on EPA’s Heavy-Responsibility Section 2 program from 2016 and preserve that program’s versatile construction, which is designed to replicate the varied nature of the heavy-duty automobile business. The requirements are technology-neutral and performance-based, permitting every producer to decide on what set of emissions management applied sciences is finest fitted to them and the wants of their clients.
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