TCEQ Public Hearing: Motor Vehicle Idling Rule Revision

Title: TCEQ Public Hearing: Motor Vehicle Idling Rule Revision
Location: TCEQ 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building E, Room 201S, Austin, TX
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Description: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (commission) will conduct a public hearing to receive testimony regarding proposed revisions to 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 114, Control of Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles, §114.512 and §114.517; and to the state implementation plan (SIP), under the requirements of Texas Health and Safety Code, §382.017; Texas Government Code, Chapter 2001, Subchapter B; and 40 Code of Federal Regulations §51.102 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations concerning SIPs.
The proposed rulemaking would allow enforcement year-round; remove the expired prohibition for drivers using sleeper berths to idle in residential areas, school zones, and near hospitals; and remove expiration dates that are no longer applicable. Additionally, the proposed rulemaking would remove the duplicative exemption for a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 14,000 pounds or less and replace it with a new exemption for armored vehicles; and retain the exemption for a motor vehicle when idling for heating or air conditioning while a driver is using the vehicle’s sleeper berth for a government-mandated rest period and not within two miles of a facility offering external heating or conditioning, which expired on September 1, 2009.

For further information, please contact Nina Castillo, Air Quality Planning Section, (512) 239-4415
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2011-03-01