University Pulls Back on Pollution Study That Supported Its Benefactor<br />The study, which concluded that pollution from glider trucks was no worse than from trucks with modern emissions controls,<br />was cited by Mr. Pruitt when he announced in November he would make the regulatory change requested by Ms. Black.<br />P.A., in a written statement Wednesday, said that Mr. Pruitt’s move to exempt the glider trucks was based on a legal determination<br />that the agency did not have the authority to regulate them, not the findings of the Tennessee Tech study.<br />did not rely upon the study or even quote directly from it,” the statement said, adding<br />that the agency “only noted the existence of the study,” and its findings, when Mr. Pruitt moved to exempt the glider trucks.<br />One of the main beneficiaries of such a change would be Fitzgerald Glider Kits of Byrdstown, Tenn., the country’s largest manufacturer<br />of so-called glider trucks, which are equipped with rebuilt engines that do not have modern emissions controls.<br />The letter from Mr. Oldham followed a separate letter on Friday from Darrell Hoy, interim dean<br />at Tennessee Tech’s College of Engineering, directed to faculty leaders at the university.
