Lawmakers ask EPA to move back compliance date for gliders

Saying the regulation could cause “financial ruin” to the glider industry, several members of Congress asked the Environmental Protection Agency to push back the effective date.

In an Oct. 10 letter signed by Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., and six others, the lawmakers asked EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to move back the compliance date of Greenhouse Gas Phase 2 regulations in respect to gliders, which are remanufactured truck engines in new truck bodies.

“The glider kit and truck industry are facing financial ruin due to the annual arbitrary production cap,” the letter stated. “According to the glider industry, hundreds of American workers in the industry have been laid off in the last three months. The glider kit and truck industry will cease to exist in short order without meaningful relief.”

n addition to Posey, the letter to the EPA was signed by Reps. Ralph Abraham, R-La.; Steve King, R-Iowa; James Comer, R-Ky.; Randy Weber, R-Texas; Brian Babin, R-Texas; and Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.

“We urge the EPA to issue a compliance extension to extend the effective date of the Phase 2 rule as it relates to glider vehicles, glider engines, and glider kits.”

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