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 Citing an unnamed person familiar with the proposal, the newspaper
said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation
Department would announce draft standards for big trucks, including
garbage trucks, 18-wheelers and heavy-duty pickup trucks.
Trucking industry executives and lobbyists familiar with the process
had said earlier that proposed rules, part of a broader effort by
the Obama administration to curb greenhouse gas emissions, would
probably call for boosting fuel efficiency nearly 40 percent by 2027
from 2010 levels.
The Wall Street Journal said the proposals would apply to big trucks
built after 2018, and follow up on standards announced by the Obama
administration in 2011 for models built between 2014 and 2018.
 "The standards will also, for the first time ever, regulate trailers
that are part of 18-wheelers and other big hauling trucks and issue
tougher limits on the part of the truck hauling the trailer, called
the tractor, according to multiple industry officials," it said.
The standards are expected to be completed next year after a public
comment period, the Journal said.
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Truckers say the industry is willing to accept tighter federal
standards, since motor fuel accounts for about a third of its costs,
but various segments of the trucking industry disagree about how
federal rules should be structured and implemented.
(Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Eric Beech and Peter
Cooney)
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