{"id":2712,"date":"2019-10-30T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/cta-lauds-report-calling-for-tampering-enforcement-champions-truckings-enviro-record\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:46:27","slug":"cta-lauds-report-calling-for-tampering-enforcement-champions-truckings-enviro-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/cta-lauds-report-calling-for-tampering-enforcement-champions-truckings-enviro-record\/","title":{"rendered":"CTA Lauds Report Calling for Tampering Enforcement, Champions Trucking\u2019s Enviro Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canadian Trucking Alliance applauded a recent University of Toronto study calling for a crackdown on tampering of heavy truck emissions control technology but also pointed out the trucking industry should be proud of being the only freight mode that has virtually eliminated air pollutants from diesel engines and\u00a0is the only one to use mandated carbon-reducing equipment.<\/p>\n

The two-year\u00a0study published\u00a0in the journal\u00a0Environmental Science & Technology<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>involving researchers at the University of Toronto\u2019s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, claims large trucks are the greatest contributors to black carbon emissions close to major roadways.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s the industry\u2019s mission to get any outstanding polluting trucks off the roadways, CTA points out that any trucks manufactured after 2007 virtually eliminate cancer-causing particulates. Since then, the industry has embraced the reduction of carbon emissions from the trucking industry and supported Phase I and Phase II Environment Canada regulations governing carbon reductions from heavy trucks. These regulations led to the \u201cnear zero emissions\u201d diesel engine \u2013 as it\u2019s been dubbed by the Environmental Protection Agency \u2013 which will reduce carbon emissions from by\u00a0241.1 megatonnes between 2020-2029\u00a0at a cost of $6.1 billion to the industry.<\/p>\n

Although the regulations were a necessary, progressive step toward reducing the trucking industry\u2019s carbon footprint and air quality impact, CTA highlights the industry\u2019s operational struggles with the environmental control devices, which brought higher maintenance costs, volatile engine performance \u2013forcing many fleets to add up to 20 percent more trucks to cover the increase of vehicles put out of service \u2013 and higher fuel consumption.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile no one is disputing there is room for improvement, the trucking industry should be very proud of the advancements it\u2019s made to eliminate pollution and carbon emissions from diesel engines,\u201d says CTA\u2019s Geoff Wood, senior VP, Policy.<\/p>\n

As this progress has come with significant increases in the purchase price of vehicles and operating and maintenance costs,\u00a0a small, but growing minority of fleets, have taken to removing emission control equipment from trucks to increase reliability and reduce operating expenses.<\/p>\n

For this reason, CTA was encouraged by the UofT report\u2019s conclusion, echoing the Alliance\u2019s call for government to increase powers to tackle tampering and the installation of delete kits in the trucking industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cSubstantial fines or loss of licence, should be imposed on operators caught tampering with vehicle emissions systems,\u201d states the report. \u201cTrucks equipped with modern emissions treatment systems should not be polluting.\u201d<\/p>\n

CTA suggests the government should take enforcement even further by targeting the suppliers of anti-emissions systems devices and services. The Alliance points the U.S. as an example, where there are significant fines and legal consequences for the manufactures, sellers and installers of aftermarket devices and services designed to circumvent emission controls.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompliance needs to be rewarded, not the other way around,\u201d says Wood. \u201cWe welcome the conclusions of this report which finds that tampering is a growing problem that interferes with environmental progress while also hampering the competitiveness and growth of law-abiding, environmentally conscious carriers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now find ourselves in a situation where\u00a0harmful environmental, and unfair business practices\u00a0are allowed to continue, unchecked. This needs to be corrected to maintain the integrity of the industry and the protect the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s not ultimately the decision of the Government of Canada, CTA says Transport Canada and Environment Canada should encourage the provinces to enforce tampering. Th province of Ontario recently announced a significant policy<\/a> to address tampering.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the federal government, through a heavy truck green technology incentive program, could offset some of the rising costs associated with carbon reduction by expediting the market penetration of ancillary devices and technology such as anti-idling, aerodynamics for tractors and trailers, wide-based single tires, driver monitoring and telematics and hybrid-electric propulsion systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bottom line is there is no viable alternative to the diesel engine, so removing some of the barriers to the newest and greenest carbon-reduction equipment makes sense and rewards an industry that is already the most regulated from a pollution and carbon emissions standpoint,\u201d says Wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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