U.S. EPA to advance plan to cut heavy-duty truck emissions - Reuters News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce Monday it is seeking public input as it works on new rules to significantly decrease emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) and other pollutants from heavy-duty trucks.

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EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is holding an event at a livestock exchange in Marshall, Virginia to announce the agency will propose limits early this year. On Monday, the agency is issuing an advanced notice for a formal regulatory action.

The EPA last toughened NOx standards for highway heavy-duty trucks and engines in 2000.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has been moving to set new stricter state emissions limits on NOx. A spokeswoman said Friday the agency is planning a public hearing this spring.

NOx emissions are linked to significant health impacts and can exacerbate asthma attacks, the EPA has said.

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