Conference Moves Toward National Idling Standards

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LBANY, N.Y. — More than 200 industry executives and government officials last week took what they said could be a first step toward designing a nationwide standard for rules to limit engine idling by trucks, buses and railroad locomotives.

At the National Idling Reduction Planning Conference here May 17-19, conferees, motivated by a desire for cleaner air and fuel conservation, discussed incentives and rules that would help curtail engine idling without damaging the businesses that use large, diesel-powered engines.

However, Edward Wall, a Department of Energy program manager, told

ransport Topics that agreement upon such a standard could still be years away.

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