<!-- BaNnErBlUrFlE-BoDy-start -->
<!-- Preheader Text : BEGIN -->
<div style="display:none !important;display:none;visibility:hidden;mso-hide:all;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;height:0px;max-height:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;">
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management 235 Promenade Street | Providence, RI 02908 | 401. 222. 4700 | www. dem. ri. gov | @RhodeIslandDEM CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mike Healey, 401-258-0787 Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Michael. Healey@ dem. ri. gov
</div>
<!-- Preheader Text : END -->
<!-- Email Banner : BEGIN -->
<div style="display:none !important;display:none;visibility:hidden;mso-hide:all;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;height:0px;max-height:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;">ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart</div>
<!--[if ((ie)|(mso))]>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px; direction: ltr" ><tr><td>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding: 0px 10px 5px 6px; width: 100%; border-radius:4px; border-top:4px solid #90a4ae;background-color:#D0D8DC;"><tr><td valign="top">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding: 4px 8px 4px 8px">
<tr><td style="color:#000000; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:14px; direction: ltr">
This Message Is From an External Sender
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size:12px; direction: ltr">
This message came from outside your organization.
</td></tr>
</table>
<![if ie]><br clear="all"><![endif]>
<table align="right" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px"><tr>
<td style="direction: ltr"> <a target="_blank" href="https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/KKphUJtCzQ!QaGOdqwnFAsvanh6kAsF9Bzt2gqKrD8MM6qgoloXylRW7kzeigd4LTvYE2M-SKHkAs7ITtgWhvKgODQ2wGe3_SSnV_wJHXXXKBFnd7BD878jlCR9zpKYPRg9NhTqRQXSkj1ozgImrqUKui-GHxm4$" style="mso-padding-alt: 7.5px; padding: 7.5px; border-radius: 2px; border: 1.5px solid #666666; "><strong style="font-weight: normal; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height: 40px; "> Report Suspicious </strong></a> ‌ </td>
</tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
<![endif]-->
<![if !((ie)|(mso))]>
<div dir="ltr" id="pfptBannerjxeqwe2" style="all: revert !important; display:block !important; text-align: left !important; margin:16px 0px 16px 0px !important; padding:8px 16px 8px 16px !important; border-radius: 4px !important; min-width: 200px !important; background-color: #D0D8DC !important; background-color: #D0D8DC; border-top: 4px solid #90a4ae !important; border-top: 4px solid #90a4ae;">
<div id="pfptBannerjxeqwe2" style="all: unset !important; float:left !important; display:block !important; margin: 0px 0px 1px 0px !important; max-width: 600px !important;">
<div id="pfptBannerjxeqwe2" style="all: unset !important; display:block !important; visibility: visible !important; background-color: #D0D8DC !important; color:#000000 !important; color:#000000; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif !important; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-weight:bold !important; font-weight:bold; font-size:14px !important; line-height:18px !important; line-height:18px">
This Message Is From an External Sender
</div>
<div id="pfptBannerjxeqwe2" style="all: unset !important; display:block !important; visibility: visible !important; background-color: #D0D8DC !important; color:#000000 !important; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif !important; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size:12px !important; line-height:18px !important; line-height:18px; margin-top:2px !important;">
This message came from outside your organization.
</div>
</div>
<div id="pfptBannerjxeqwe2" style="all: unset !important; float: right !important; display: block !important; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 16px !important; text-align: right !important; width: fit-content !important;">
<a id="pfptBannerjxeqwe2" href="https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/KKphUJtCzQ!QaGOdqwnFAsvanh6kAsF9Bzt2gqKrD8MM6qgoloXylRW7kzeigd4LTvYE2M-SKHkAs7ITtgWhvKgODQ2wGe3_SSnV_wJHXXXKBFnd7BD878jlCR9zpKYPRg9NhTqRQXSkj1ozgImrqUKui-GHxm4$"
style="all: unset !important; display: inline-block !important; text-decoration: none">
<div class="pfptPrimaryButtonjxeqwe2" style="display: inline-block !important; display: inline-block; visibility: visible !important; opacity: 1 !important; color: #000000 !important; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif !important; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 14px !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important; border-radius: 2px !important; padding: 7.5px 16px !important; margin: 3px 0 3px 16px !important; white-space: nowrap !important; width: fit-content !important;
border: 1px solid #666666">
Report Suspicious
</div>
</a>
</div>
<div style="clear: both !important; display: block !important; visibility: hidden !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0.01px !important; height: 0px"> </div>
</div>
<![endif]>
<div style="display:none !important;display:none;visibility:hidden;mso-hide:all;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;height:0px;max-height:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;">ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd</div>
<!-- Email Banner : END -->
<!-- BaNnErBlUrFlE-BoDy-end -->
<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head><!-- BaNnErBlUrFlE-HeAdEr-start -->
<style>
#pfptBannerjxeqwe2 { all: revert !important; display: block !important;
visibility: visible !important; opacity: 1 !important;
background-color: #D0D8DC !important;
max-width: none !important; max-height: none !important }
.pfptPrimaryButtonjxeqwe2:hover, .pfptPrimaryButtonjxeqwe2:focus {
background-color: #b4c1c7 !important; }
.pfptPrimaryButtonjxeqwe2:active {
background-color: #90a4ae !important; }
</style>
<!-- BaNnErBlUrFlE-HeAdEr-end -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Calibri Light";
panose-1:2 15 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Impact;
panose-1:2 11 8 6 3 9 2 5 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.Default, li.Default, div.Default
{mso-style-name:Default;
mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0in;
text-autospace:none;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="714" style="width:535.5pt;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="115" style="width:1.2in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><img width="83" height="119" style="width:.8645in;height:1.2395in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D98327.9E177180" alt="DEM-logo-small"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="599" style="width:449.1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:#00457A">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A">235 Promenade Street | Providence, RI 02908 | 401.222.4700 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">
</span><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">www.dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A">| @RhodeIslandDEM</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="115" style="width:1.2in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="599" style="width:449.1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:#00457A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">CONTACT:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Mike Healey, 401-258-0787 Wednesday, May 10, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Michael.Healey@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Michael.Healey@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM ANNOUNCES THAT RULEMAKING PROCESS TO IMPLEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DRAFT CLEAN CAR & TRUCK EMISSIONS STANDARDS IS SET<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">TO START AT MAY 18 PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter" />
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" />
</v:formulas>
<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" />
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" />
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="A picture containing text, building, outdoor, road Description automatically generated" style='position:absolute;margin-left:319.1pt;margin-top:1.85pt;width:370.3pt;height:172.8pt;z-index:251658240;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:margin;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:margin;mso-height-relative:margin'>
<v:imagedata src="cid:image002.jpg@01D98327.9E177180" o:title="A picture containing text, building, outdoor, road Description automatically generated" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchorx="margin"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="494" height="230" style="width:5.1458in;height:2.3958in" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D98329.80403690" align="right" hspace="12" alt="A picture containing text, building, outdoor, road
Description automatically generated" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">PROVIDENCE,
RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it will hold a virtual public listening session on May 18 to review the
<span style="background:white">draft release of the “Rhode Island’s Low-Emission and Zero-Emission Vehicle Programs” regulation,
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;background:white"><a href="https://www.ri.gov/press/view/45638"><span style="color:#0066FF">which Governor Dan McKee announced earlier today</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;background:white">.
Modeled on the California Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) and the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) standards, the draft regulation</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
<span style="background:white">includes key rules to rein in carbon pollution by slashing tailpipe emissions from cars, trucks, and SUVs. The transportation sector causes around 40% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Rhode Island.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">“The RI Act on Climate directs all state agencies to move forward under their respective authorities to meet the greenhouse gas reduction mandates set in the law. Today, DEM is taking
a major step to fight climate change in the transportation sector,” said DEM Director Terry Gray. “Rhode Island is joining our neighboring states to cut GHGs and air pollution, which have the most impact on our communities that border our major roads and highways,
creating a disproportionate impact in those neighborhoods. The environmental and health impacts from improved air quality in these areas is significant. In terms of economic impact, states joining together to send a clear signal to the market will result in
greater economies of scale, driving down the prices of ZEVs, and ensuring that Rhode Island dealers and customers have full access to electric vehicles.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;background:white">The ACCII program promotes the electrification of light-duty cars and would require vehicle manufacturers to offer a gradually increasing percentage of zero-emission vehicles
(ZEVs) within the Rhode Island market, eventually putting the state’s light car and light duty truck sales on a pathway toward 100% electric vehicle sales by 2035. Several states have adopted the ACCII rule, including California, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon,
Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. Several other states, including Connecticut, are either considering or actively pursuing adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;background:white">Starting with the model year 2027, the ACT rule will require vehicle manufacturers to produce and sell an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks and buses annually
through 2035, which will have far-reaching public health, environment, and economic benefits for Rhode Islanders. Several states have adopted the ACT rule, including California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington.
Several other states are either considering or actively pursuing adoption.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM will hold a virtual public listening session on the draft rule. Its purpose session is to present an overview of the draft rule and provide an opportunity for stakeholder feedback.
DEM expects to initiate the formal rulemaking process later this year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WHAT:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Virtual Public Listening Session to Discuss
Draft Advanced Clean Cars II/Advanced Clean Trucks Proposed Regulations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WHEN:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Thursday, May 18, 2023, 12-1:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WHERE:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Pre-registration for the workshop is required, please visit:
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/3KSWmpy__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!I_pMKduDa7AdcwISUZMP9Ze2D3tq_n5np5mv0v1wgkE4ejuSzpfZhWXPqOlcaukAyU7yQ8PnlgWKdtoYexEY81D-qSmxJ0eRf7-I$" target="_blank" title="Shortened URL for https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscu6spzwqH9ApJOy21zGJo5qTa1pEV2X4#/registration"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;background:white">https://bit.ly/3KSWmpy</span> [bit.ly]</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">COMMENTS:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Can be made here through May 24, 2023:
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ri.commentinput.com/?id=PTBJi__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!I_pMKduDa7AdcwISUZMP9Ze2D3tq_n5np5mv0v1wgkE4ejuSzpfZhWXPqOlcaukAyU7yQ8PnlgWKdtoYexEY81D-qSmxJ7px_HLH$"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">https://ri.commentinput.com/?id=PTBJi</span> [ri.commentinput.com]</a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Zoom Meeting information will be shared with those who have pre-registered. All participants will be muted upon joining the meeting. Following a presentation on the draft rule, DEM will
open the line for feedback with instructions provided to participants. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The full text of the draft rule is available on the DEM website at:
</span><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/clean-cars-trucks"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">https://dem.ri.gov/clean-cars-trucks</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">For questions about the listening session or more information, contact Allison Archambault, Supervising Air Quality Specialist of DEM’s Office of Air Resources at
</span><a href="mailto:Allison.Archambault@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Allison.Archambault@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> or Chelsea Priest, Air Quality Specialist
of DEM’s Office of Air Resources at </span><a href="mailto:Chelsea.Priest@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Chelsea.Priest@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>