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WASHINGTON — The state of California sets its own environmental laws and will not give heavy-duty diesel engine makers any delay beyond Oct. 1 to make cleaner diesel engines even if the federal government does, a California Air Resources Board official said here last week.

Truck engines certified by the Environmental Protection Agency as meeting Oct. 1, 2002 standards may gather dust on the shelves for some time, if the results of an American Trucking Associations survey prove accurate.

Wholesale prices, which form the producer price index, fell 0.2% in July, the Labor Department said Thursday, as a sluggish economy limited what manufacturers could charge.

Final figures for fatalities in accidents involving big trucks during 2001 show a reduction of 200 from the previous year, rather than 19, as was stated in a preliminary report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

FARMINGTON, Pa. — The Trucking Association Executives Council named J. Richards “Rick” Todd its chairman for 2003 and gave the Bob Halladay award to William J. Canary, American Trucking Associations’ president and chief executive officer.

Brig. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody will take charge of the Army’s Military Traffic Management Command on Oct. 17 when the unit’s current commander, Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, retires from the service.

American Trucking Associations' report on the state of the insurance market — and a list of recommended solutions to the problem of spiraling premiums — added another voice to business’s outcry for meaningful tort reform, a remedy the insurance industry has been advocating for years.

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Oklahoma City-based refrigerated carrier Rocor International Inc. said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday.

Inventories at U.S. wholesalers rose 0.3% to $281.86 billion in June, the first increase since May 2001, while sales at wholesalers rose twice as fast, the Commerce Department said Wednesday..