ISSUE UPDATE: Maine adoption of CA Advanced Clean Trucks Program postponed

December 16, 2021 MMTA has written articles in October and November of this year to let our members know about a Maine DEP proposal to adopt the California Advanced Clean Trucks Program (ACT).  This routine technical rulemaking would set mandatory sales thresholds of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV’s) starting in 2025. Effectively, this adoption would put […]

Business Coalition Fights Maine Adoption of CA Advanced Clean Trucks Program

MMTA November 15, 2021 As previously reported, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection is pursuing routine technical rulemaking to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Program, setting mandatory sales thresholds of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV’s) starting in 2025.  Effectively, this adoption would put Maine on an accelerated path to electric medium and heavy-duty trucks regardless […]

Membership Meeting Summary, October 13 via Zoom

Guest Presentations The MMTA invited Harold Sumerford, from J&M Tank Lines based in Birmingham, Alabama to provide the membership with real life implications of cyber security in the trucking industry. This company, along with the transportation industry as a whole, is among the top 10 industries that are targeted with cyber attacks due to relatively […]

Maine DEP proposes adoption of CA “Advanced Clean Trucks” program

October 7, 2021 – Today, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection decided to pursue routine technical rulemaking to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) program as part of Maine’s Climate Action Plan.  The reasoning behind the adoption is to prioritize greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions strategies for sectors that contribute to the formation of ozone, GHG […]

MMTA Participates in Amicus Brief on California AB-5 Fight

As many members already know, California’s attempts to limit the use of independent contractors has spilled over into the trucking world and our industry’s long-standing use of owner-operators.  The challenge of the law by the California Trucking Association has been going through the court system and now has ended up at the Supreme Court – […]