For immediate release
August 9, 2011
HDMA PR 09-11
For more information, contact:
Jennifer Hjalmquist. HDMA
919-406-8847;
jhjalmquist@hdma.org
Medium & Heavy Duty Vehicle Emissions & Fuel Efficiency Final Rule
Research Triangle Park, NC – August 9, 2011 - Earlier today, the new
medium- and heavy-duty vehicle/engine fuel efficiency and emissions
rules were released by the Obama Administration.
Click here for the Fact Sheet Summary that includes major details and dates for this highly complex new series of regulations.
Click here
for EPA and NHTSA Adopt First-Ever Program to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Improve Fuel Efficiency of Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles
Click here for Paving the Way Toward Cleaner, More Efficient Trucks
If you are wondering why it took so long to come out with this rule, it is just shy of 1,000 pages.
Please click here for the full report.
MEMA’s DC staff will begin to digest this very large rule and will
follow up with a summary of the key items, particularly any items
relating to the issues raised in HDMA and MEMA’s MHDV Rulemaking Working
Group docket comments to EPA and NHTSA on the proposed rule. If you are
not part of that working group and would like to be a participant,
please contact Leigh S. Merino,
lmerino@mema.org, (202) 312-9249 or Jennifer Hjalmquist,
jhjalmquist@hdma.org, (919) 406.8847.
About MEMA
MEMA represents motor vehicle parts suppliers, the nation’s largest
manufacturing sector which directly employs nearly 686,000 U.S. workers
and contributes to 3.29 million private industry jobs across the
country. MEMA supports its members through its four market segment
associations, Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA), Heavy
Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA), Original Equipment Suppliers
Association (OESA) and the Motor & Equipment Remanufacturers
Association (MERA). For more information on the motor vehicle parts
supplier industry, visit
www.mema.org.
About HDMA
The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA) has served the strategic
needs of its 170+ member companies and the commercial vehicle industry
since 1983. A market segment association of the Motor & Equipment
Manufacturers Association (MEMA), HDMA’s mission is to be the industry’s
primary advocate for the members of the commercial vehicle supplier
community. With a continuous focus on its members, HDMA strives to
advance the image and interests of the industry and its member
companies. More details are available at
www.hdma.org.
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