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January 2013

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JOURNAL NEWS INBRIEF 1/13 U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) President Obama recognized Detroit windshields in up to 500 commercial was named chair of the House Diesel Corp. and its local UAW unit for motor vehicles to monitor both the Transportation and Infrastructure working together to invest in facilities road and drivers. Committee, succeeding two-term chair needed to build the Detroit DT12 auto- Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.). The committee mated manual transmission and DD15 FMCSA has in the works a proposed has oversight of the U.S. Department asymmetric turbocharger at the com- Safety Fitness Determination rule of Transportation and will be respon- pany���s plant in Redford, Mich. that Administrator Anne Ferro said will be made public in the first half of sible for engineering the next highway bill when the current MAP-21 funding The American Petroleum Institute filed 2013. Speaking during a conference expires in 2014. a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental call Dec. 3, Ferro said chances are good Protection Agency over its mandate that the agency will propose the rule by the Executives from Love���s Travel Stops, Pilot 1.28 billion gallons of biodiesel be used middle of the year. Flying J and TravelCenters of America in 2013 ���a 28 percent increase from the discussed their plans for developing 2012 requirement. API said the rule will The U.S. Department of Energy infrastructure for natural gas imple- cost the petroleum industry $425 mil- projects that the use of natural gas in mentation at the American Trucking lion in 2013. heavy-duty vehicles will offset growth in diesel consumption during the next Associations��� Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking in November. Pilot Flying J The Federal Motor Carrier Safety few decades, eventually displacing a and TravelCenters of America are rolling Administration has renewed for 90 predicted 700,000 barrels of oil per day out LNG stations with Clean Energy and days a waiver for Transecurity ��� a by 2040. The United States currently Shell, respectively. Love���s is concentrat- company doing research on behalf uses about 19 million barrels of crude ing its early efforts on CNG. of the agency ��� to mount cameras on oil per day. ���Our Customers Rely on Us 24/7... We Rely on LUBER-FINER��!��� Scan this QR code with your mobile device to access Our Quick Look-up Tool and More! ���We run 24/7 service, Luber-���ner keeps us prepared for anything. We use Luber-���ner���s Quick Look-up App to ���nd what we need and Luber-���ner has it when we need it.��� Mark Shackleford, Owner Shackleford Enterprises, Chattanooga, TN Visit Luber-���ner at HDAW Booth #427 Hotline (800) 882-0890 �� www.luber���ner.com �� 2013, Luber-���ner is a registered trademark of FRAM Filtration Text INFO to 205-289-3554 or visit www.ccjdigital.com/info 8 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | JANUARY 2013

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