TIA, EPA wheel weight meeting gets postponed

May 19, 2005

Tire Industry Association (TIA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials were supposed to meet to discuss lead wheel weights on May 16, but the meeting has been knocked back to mid-June.

"The EPA called us and had to reschedule," says TIA Director of Government Affairs Becky MacDicken.

The EPA is trying to determine if improperly disposed lead wheel weights pose a threat to the environment.