Navistar Resolves NOx Dispute with EPA

[DriVer]

Navistar Resolves NOx Dispute with EPA

May 5, 2010 by RV Business

Navistar International Corp. has reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in which EPA promised to hold a public workshop or hearing to address issues Navistar raised in its federal court appeal of EPA’s certification policies for SCR-equipped diesel powered trucks.

Navistar had asked the United States Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to void those polices because they had been adopted by the EPA without the public process required by law, but instead following input only from the SCR engine makers, according to a news release. In its appeal, Navistar charged that EPA is using those policies to allow SCR-equipped diesel powered trucks to operate for extended periods without any control of NOx emissions and is certifying SCR engines as meeting NOx emission requirements when they do not.

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[dbear]

It will be interesting to see if the EPA will again arrive at their original decision, and if so, how they justify it. I don't logically see how they could, but we're talking a goverment agency here. One thing I've learned about the goverment is they continually act outside of the rules, regulations, and laws they established.