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01-19-2003, 11:50 PM
By Paul Walfield
GOPUSA News
January 20, 2003
(GOPUSA News) -- President Bush's initiative to allow trucks originating in Mexico to freely cross over the border and travel all of America's highways has been put on hold by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled: "The Department of Transportation acted arbitrarily and capriciously in failing to prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Protection Act, as well as a conformity determination under the Clean Air Act."
The Court decision came in response to the May 2002 case filing, "Public Citizen vs. Department of Transportation." The case was brought by environmentalists and the Teamsters Union in response to the Department of Transportation's decision to create new rules regulating the freedom of Mexican carriers to pass over American highways.
In 1982, Congress blocked trucks coming from Mexico and Canada (Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982). While the decision to block Canadian trucks was immediately reversed in 1982, due to the Canadians agreeing to give American carriers access to Canadian markets, the moratorium on Mexican trucks remained in effect.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0120_mexican_trucks. shtml)
There's a lot of background on this issue in this story.
GOPUSA News
January 20, 2003
(GOPUSA News) -- President Bush's initiative to allow trucks originating in Mexico to freely cross over the border and travel all of America's highways has been put on hold by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled: "The Department of Transportation acted arbitrarily and capriciously in failing to prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Protection Act, as well as a conformity determination under the Clean Air Act."
The Court decision came in response to the May 2002 case filing, "Public Citizen vs. Department of Transportation." The case was brought by environmentalists and the Teamsters Union in response to the Department of Transportation's decision to create new rules regulating the freedom of Mexican carriers to pass over American highways.
In 1982, Congress blocked trucks coming from Mexico and Canada (Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982). While the decision to block Canadian trucks was immediately reversed in 1982, due to the Canadians agreeing to give American carriers access to Canadian markets, the moratorium on Mexican trucks remained in effect.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0120_mexican_trucks. shtml)
There's a lot of background on this issue in this story.