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This page will highlight significant changes to the Bus Testing Website as they occur, and will be the most convenient way to check whether a significant change has occurred anywhere on the website. 


Latest Updates

October 9, 2009 - FTA posted a new program-wide determination on Bus Testing Requirements for buses equipped with engines complying with EPA 2010 emissions standards.

October 5, 2009 - FTA published a Final Rule in the Federal Register, titled “Bus Testing; Phase-In of Brake Performance and Emissions Testing, and Program Updates.”  The effective date of the Final Rule, and therefore the effective date of the new braking performance and emissions tests, and other updates, is January 1, 2010. 

Changes to the following sections of this website were made:

September 30, 2008 – FTA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register “Bus Testing; Phase-In of Brake Performance and Emissions Testing, and Program Updates.”  The public comment period on the NPRM is open until December 1, 2008.  Interested members of the pubic are invited to view the NPRM and view/post comments on it by visiting http://www.regulations.gov/ and searching for either "Bus Testing" or "49 CFR Part 665".


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