ATA Welcomes EPA Administrator McCarthy to MC&E

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations announced that Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, would be attending the annual ATA Management Conference & Exhibition next week in San Diego.

"The EPA is a very important agency to trucking," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. "With the upcoming second round of truck fuel efficiency standards, as well as the 10th anniversary of the SmartWay Transport Partnership, McCarthy's attendance at MC&E is both timely and relevant to our industry."

McCarthy is expected to attend the final general session of MC&E, which will feature a ceremony for the SmartWay Excellence Award and a panel on the impacts of congestion on the trucking industry.

"MC&E was already a tremendously important meeting for trucking executives," Graves said. "The fact that Administrator McCarthy has been added to the program only makes it moreso."

For more information about MC&E, please visit mce.trucking.org.

American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward.

SOURCE American Trucking Associations