U.S. proposes strict emission levels for vans, suvs
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06/10/1999
Trucks, passenger vans and sport utility vehicles over 8,500 pounds must slash their toxic emissions by over 90 percent in less than a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday. The EPA's proposal calls for the reduction by 2007 in smog-causing nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, or soot, from the heaviest SUVs, like the massive Ford Excursion.