2002 Press Releases
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OTAQ Press Releases for the current year.
Press Releases for 2002 |
December
23, 2002 |
EPA And General Electric Showcase Fuel Efficient
Locomotive Engines Meeting Emission Standards Years
Ahead Of Schedule |
December
4, 2002 |
Vehicle
Exhaust Emission Standards Amendments Issued |
October
29, 2002 |
EPA And
DOE Announce Fuel Economy Leaders For 2003 Model Year
Cars |
October
24, 2002 |
EPA Administrator
And Energy Secretary To Announce Fuel Economy Leaders
For Model Year 2003 |
October
10, 2002 |
New York
State Cleans Up Diesel Engines In Lower Manhattan |
September
13, 2002 |
EPA Finalizes
Plans To Reduce Pollution From Non-Road Vehicles |
September
6, 2002 |
U.S.
District Court Decision on U.S. V. Caterpillar, Inc. and
U.S. V. Detroit Diesel Corporation Victory for Clean Air
and Public Health |
September
4, 2002 |
EPA Releases
Diesel Exhaust Health Assessment |
August
23, 2002 |
EPA Improves
Transportation Regulation |
August
1, 2002 |
EPA Finalizes
Non-Conformance Penalties Rule For Diesel Manufacturers |
July
26, 2002 |
Proposal
To Update Fees For Motor Vehicles And Engines |
July
26, 2002 |
New Grant
Program Announced To Reduce Idling From Trucks And Locomotives |
July
26, 2002 |
EPA Proposes
To Make New Highway Motorcycles Cleaner |
June
28, 2002 |
New Web
Site Provides Resource Tools to Support State and Local
Air Quality Activities |
June
21, 2002 |
Progress
Report Released On The Clean Diesel Program |
June
7, 2002 |
EPA
and OMB Working To Speed The Reduction Of Pollution From
Nonroad Diesel Engines |
May
16, 2002 |
Committee
Established To Oversee The Progress Of The 2007 Diesel
Rule |
May
14, 2002 |
Administrator
Whitman Celebrates National Initiative For Environmentally
Responsible Commuting |
May
13, 2002 |
Whitman
Launches National Program Promoting Green Transportation |
May
3, 2002 |
Federal
Circuit Court Gives EPA The Go-Ahead To Make Diesel Trucks
Run Cleaner |
May
2, 2002 |
EPA Proposes
To Reduce Pollution From New Large Marine Diesel Engines |
May
1 , 2002 |
Whitman
To Address The Heavy Duty Clean Vehicle Technology Conference |
February
28, 2002 |
New Commuter
Choice Website Launched |
February
15, 2002 |
EPA Ensures
Smoother Reformulated Gasoline Seasonal Transition |
January
18, 2002 |
Non-Conformance
Penalties Proposed For 2004 Highway Heavy Duty Diesel
Engines |
January 11, 2002 |
Volkswagen Recalls
1999, 2000 and 2001 Model Year Golf, Jetta and Beetle |