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PRINTER'S NO. 217
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
254
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY YAW, LANGERHOLC, REGAN, COLEMAN, BARTOLOTTA,
HUTCHINSON, J. WARD, ROTHMAN AND STEFANO, JANUARY 31, 2023
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 31, 2023
AN ACT
Providing for suspension of the Pennsylvania Heavy-Duty Diesel
Emissions Control Program and for expiration of suspension.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Heavy-Duty
Diesel Emissions Control Program Suspension Procedures Act.
Section 2. Suspension of program.
The provisions of 25 Pa. Code Ch. 126 Subch. E (relating to
Pennsylvania Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program) by the
Department of Environmental Protection published in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin on November 6, 2021, are suspended
effective through and including model year 2026 vehicles.
Section 3. Suspension expiration.
The suspension of enforcement by the Department of
Environmental Protection of any provision of 25 Pa. Code Ch. 126
Subch. E (relating to Pennsylvania Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions
Control Program) shall expire as related to heavy-duty diesel
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vehicles and engines beginning with model year 2027.
Section 4. Applicability of Federal standards.
During the effective period of a suspension of enforcement of
25 Pa. Code Ch. 126 Subch. E (relating to Pennsylvania Heavy-
Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program), the Federal standards
for heavy-duty diesel vehicles and engines shall apply in this
Commonwealth. During the suspension, an individual in compliance
with Federal standards may not be liable to lawsuits based on 25
Pa. Code Ch. 126 Subch. E.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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