Reuters: Regulatory News: UPDATE 1-Canada unveils new heavy-vehicle emissions rules

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UPDATE 1-Canada unveils new heavy-vehicle emissions rules Apr 13th 2012, 14:46 Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:46am EDT OTTAWA, April 13 (Reuters) - Canada unveiled on Friday long-delayed regulations for cutting emissions that aim to make big trucks and buses up to 23 percent less polluting by 2018. The rules - designed to fit with mandatory measures already unveiled in the United States - will come into effect starting with the 2014 model year. They will apply to full-size pickups, heavy trucks and buses as well as to cement, garbage and dump trucks. "The new standards are expected to reduce emissions from 2018 heavy duty vehicles by up to 23 percent from those sold in 2010," Environment Minister Peter Kent said in a speech announcing the rules. "We expect this to translate into total greenhouse gas emissions reductions of about 3 megatons annually in 2020 - equivalent to removing about 650,000 personal vehicles from the road," he said. The Conservative government, which has been strongly criticized for its environmental record, said in May 2010 it would produce new emissions standards within months but failed to do so. Kent said new vehicles would be able "to use features like fuel-efficient engines, aerodynamic cabs and idle-reduction technologies that are available right off the shelf."

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