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July 2, 2002 8:05 AM, EDT

WASHINGTON — About 70 members of Congress signed a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman last week, seeking a one-year delay of EPA’s deadline for selling diesel engines with lower smog-causing emissions.

“Trucking industries are the backbone of our economy, and this new emission standard would have devastating economic consequences,” unless the Oct. 1 deadline is moved back, declared the letter that was drafted by Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.).

“Unless our trucking industry is given lead time to field and test new equipment, they will not purchase these new engines, resulting in thousands of layoffs across the country,” the letter stated.

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