Heavy Trucks, Buses, and Engines
Clean Trucks, Buses, and Diesel Fuel Proposed Rule
- Diesel Programs and Regulations
- Rulemaking Documents
- Public Participation
- Other EPA Links
- Emission Modeling
- External Links
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Diesel Programs and Regulations
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Diesel Fuel Quality
- Current Diesel Fuel Regulations
- Diesel Additives
- Highway Engine Emission Standards
- Vehicle Emission Standards
- Nonroad Engine Emission Standards
Rulemaking Documents and Fact Sheets
Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Proposed Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements. (Except where otherwise noted, all of the following files are in PDF format.)
- Statement by President Clinton (5K, May 17, 2000)
- EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner Remarks as Prepared for Delivery (8K, May 17, 2000)
- EPA Press Release (10K, May 17, 2000)
- Fact Sheet: Proposed Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements (PDF) (17K, EPA 420-F-00-022, May 2000)
- Fact Sheet: Proposal for Cleaner Heavy-duty Trucks and Buses and Cleaner Diesel Fuel (17K, May 2000)
- EPA Press Release: EPA Cuts Diesel Engine Pollution (7K, October 7, 1997)
- Preamble (805K)
- Regulations (191K)
- Regulatory Impact Analysis:
- Executive Summary (16K)
- Table of Contents, Lists of Acronyms, Tables, & Figures (66K)
- Chapter I: Introduction (13K)
- Chapter II: Health and Welfare Concerns and Emissions Benefits (647K)
- Chapter III: Emissions Standards Feasibility (366K)
- Chapter IV: Fuel Standard Feasibility (288K)
- Chapter V: Economic Impact (271K)
- Chapter VI: Cost-effectiveness (83K)
- Chapter VII: Regulatory Flexibility (47K)
- Chapter VIII: Sulfur Control in Alaska & Territories (114K)
- Chapter IX: Diesel Fuel Program Alternatives (104K)
- Appendix A: Legal Authority for Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control (27K)
- Appendix B: VMT Distribution (12K)
Public Participation
Hearings
EPA held the five public hearings listed below. We will post transcripts from the hearings as they become available. If you have any questions regarding the transcripts, please contact Tad Wysor, phone: 734-214-4332 email: at Tad Wysor (wysor.tad@epa.gov)
- June 19, 2000: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1605 Broadway,
New York, NY, 10019
* Opening statement by Margo T. Oge, Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality (Also available as a PDF file.)
* hearing transcript (Also available as a PDF file.) - June 20, 2000: Rosemont Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd.,
Rosemont, IL 60018
* hearing transcript (Also available as a PDF file.) - June 22, 2000: Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, 590 W. Peachtree St, NW,
Atlanta, GA 30308
* hearing transcript (Also available as a PDF file.) - June 27, 2000: Hyatt Regency, 711 S. Hope Street,
Los Angeles, CA, 90017
* hearing transcript (Also available as a PDF file.) - June 29, 2000: Doubletree Hotel, 3203 Quebec St.,
Denver, CO 80207
* hearing transcript (Also available as a PDF file.)
Links to Related EPA Sites
- Clean Trucks, Buses, and Diesel Fuel
- Special Modeling in Support of the Heavy-Duty Engine/Vehicle and Highway Diesel Fuel Final Rule
- Diesel Fuel Analysis Program
- Fuels
External Links to Related Information 
- California Air Resources Board: California's Diesel Risk Reduction Program
California Environmental Protection Agency