EPA’s Proposed Rulemaking: Control of Air Pollution from Airplanes and Airplane Engines: GHG Emission Standards and Test Procedures

The EPA is proposed standards for greenhouse gas emissions for certain new commercial airplanes. The proposed standards would match the standards that were adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2017. The NTAA has developed a Fact Sheet, a Tribal Template Comment Letter, and an NTAA Comment Letter that helped folks respond to this proposal. Additionally, the NTAA Mobile Sources Work Group heard a presentation on this proposal from the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) on September 3, 2020, which is posted below.

The deadline for this comment period was October 19, 2020 11:59pm ET and was published in the Federal Register as Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0276.