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The Commerce Department said Monday that personal spending grew 0.8% in August after an upwardly revised 0.9% increase in July.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency’s report on oil refiners’ ability to make ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel widely available by 2006 could be out by the end of the month, an EPA official said last week.

WASHINGTON — Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, President Bush’s nominee to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, last week declined to endorse stronger emissions controls for diesel engines.

For the fifth straight week, the average U.S. retail price of diesel fuel declined, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.

President Bush nominated Kirk Van Tine, the general counsel of the Department of Transportation, to be deputy secretary of transportation.

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The Commerce Department revised its report on U.S. economic growth to reflect a 3.3% rate of growth during the second quarter.

Sales of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks fell 19.9% in August from the abnormally high levels of a year earlier, and were even down slightly from the recession period of August 2001.

The introduction of trucking rules and regulations such as the commercial driver license, drug and alcohol testing, and common enforcement procedures — plus a commitment to safety by cooperating trucking companies — has created a positive atmosphere for safety.