Clean Trucks Plan

EPA’s Clean Trucks Plan, announced August 5, 2021, represents the most protective set of EPA regulations ever for the on-road sector, significantly reducing pollution, protecting public health, and responding to the urgency of climate change.

Pollution from heavy-duty vehicles contributes to climate change and can exacerbate serious health issues such as respiratory and heart ailments, especially for the 72 million people in the United States who live close to truck freight routes and are more likely to be people of color or come from low-income households.

The first rulemaking of this Clean Trucks Plan is a final rule signed on December 20, 2022, which focuses on reducing emissions that form smog and soot and will apply to heavy-duty engines and vehicles beginning in model year 2027.

• Final Rule for Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards

The second rulemaking is a final rule announced on March 20, 2024, which focuses on light- and medium-duty vehicles and addresses multi-pollutant emissions, including greenhouse gas emissions and emissions that form smog and soot, for model year 2027 and later commercial pickup trucks and vans.

• Final Rule: Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles

The third and final rulemaking of the Clean Trucks Plan was announced on March 29, 2024, and focuses on greenhouse gas emissions for model year 2027 and later heavy-duty vehicles.

• Final Rule: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3

These additional rulemakings take into consideration recent Congressional action, such as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, that the Agency anticipates will lead to greater application of zero-emission vehicle technologies.