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Representatives of the trucking industry, engine makers, refineries, environmental groups and the government have been scheduled to meet at a workshop in Chicago Aug. 6 and 7 to discuss the federal diesel emissions standards for 2007.

The federal government has gained a 30-day extension of the deadline for filing its appeal to the Supreme Court of a lower court decision banning trucks from Mexico until it has done a study of potential environmental effects of increased exhaust emissions, the Department of Justice said July 11.

The federal government said full-scale testing of trailer-tracking technologies aimed at preventing hazardous material shipments from falling into the hands of terrorists will begin in late August.

WASHINGTON – Caterpillar Inc., the nation’s leading maker of diesel engines for heavy-duty trucks, has put up $87 million to offset Environmental Protection Agency penalties it expects for selling “bridge” engines that do not comply with new emission rules, EPA officials said last week.

American Trucking Associations, the Agricultural Transporters Conference and the Truckload Carriers Association submitted comments last week that criticized proposed regulations for food-transportation security.

Manufacturers of light- and medium-duty vehicles will have to provide emissions-component repair information to independent repair organizations, the Environmental Protection Agency said June 27.

President Bush named a new acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, promoting Marianne Lamont Horinko to replace Linda Fisher.

WASHINGTON — The president of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Peter Hurst, said it would be “a definite challenge” for U.S. and Canadian authorities to implement criminal background checks on hazardous materials drivers in time to meet looming U.S. deadlines. br clear=all>

WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has approved two amendments to the multiyear highway funding bill that could place additional restrictions on cross-border trucking and U.S. fleets if they become law.

The agreement between diesel engine manufacturers and the government allowing the government to test engines when they are in use could result in fines for manufacturers whose engines actually put out more smog-forming emissions than they did when the government certified them for sale.