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Woodruff also pressed lawmakers patchwork of state standards or at best,
to include commercial vehicles in auto- a de facto national standard that is set
mated vehicle legislation under con- without the appropriate opportunity for
sideration in Congress to ensure that the entire regulated community — many
state and federal laws do not conflict members of which are not based in
or impede the safety and efficiency of California — to weigh in.”
interstate commerce.
A leading expert on transportation RIELS JOINS ATA BOARD
safety, Woodruff serves on the Federal OF DIRECTORS
Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Alan Riels of
Safety Advisory Committee. Dedicated Logistics,
Inc. is the new-
TWO PROVISIONS IN EMISSIONS propulsion. They can move only when est member of the
RULES HALTED pulled by a tractor or another heavy- Arkansas Trucking
Last year’s Clear Air Act gave duty truck,” TTA argued. Association Board of
former President Obama the authority American Trucking Associations, Directors.
to write emissions rules. However, however, is concerned that repealing Riels is the pres-
two key provisions that would limit pieces of the federal regulation ident and CEO of Dedicated Logistics,
greenhouse gas emissions from big presents the opportunity to dismantle LLC, a Crossett-based freight carrier
trucks have been halted. the nationwide standards and leaves with over 60 trucks. At the Nov. 3
In the original Environmental the rules vulnerable to state-by-state ATA Board of Directors meeting, Riels
Protection Agency emissions proposals, regulations, which could be much more was nominated and affirmed to fill
glider kits — incomplete truck bodies stringent in places like California. the vacant position, previously held by
that users can build out with older and Chris Spear, ATA’s CEO and the late Wayne Smith of Wayne Smith
less expensive engines, transmissions president, said in August, “ATA believes Trucking, who passed in May 2017 after
and axles—were subject to standards a single national standard set by federal serving on the board for over 20 years.
of aerodynamic efficiency. However, regulators is preferable to at worst, a 
opponents argue that glider kits are not
motor vehicles or engines, only pieces
used to assemble a full vehicle, and The coverage you need. The guidance you trust.
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therefore not eligible to be regulated.
“The previous administration
attempted to bend the rule of law
and expand the reach of the federal
government in a way that threatened
to put an entire industry of specialized
truck manufacturers out of business,”
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in
a statement.
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