California Dump Truck Owners Association (CDTOA) - California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA)

To all CTN Magazine Reads:

I’ve been hearing much about whether or not older trucks need an engine emission control label (ECL) that is in conformance with CARB regulations, Section 2183(c).

Please read this CARB Advisory below. It should answer all your questions.

I have also heard that OOIDA is fielding calls from their members that CARB will not allow (through DMV vehicle registrations) trucks that are re-powered with an engine older than the original. The exact language is, “engine switches (are allowed) as long as the resulting vehicle matches exactly to any certified configuration of the same or newer model year as the chassis.”

Attached is the relevant EPA “guidance” [EngSwitch] on the subject – 21 years old.  According to our read, a member in California who has a 2000 MY truck engine and re-powers with a 1998 engine (same OEM and engine family, same HP) may be in trouble.  While the engine has exactly the same emissions profile as the original 2000 engine under the hood it is not the same or newer model year as the chassis. We could see if they had an 04, 07, or ’10 (all new technology year changes) and replaced with an older engine how that could be an issue.  What’s ironic about all of this is that for ‘94 or older (engine) owners don’t even need to report and can operate until the end of 2014, ‘95 & ‘96 till the end of 2015! Bet there’s a demand for 95 & 96’s!!!!

Lee Brown, Chief Editor CTN Magazine

By Paul Roger - Mecury News

In a move that could reshape the American automobile industry, California regulators Thursday are expected to approve sweeping new rules requiring that 15 percent of new cars sold in California by 2025 run on electricity, hydrogen or other systems producing little or no smog.

The regulations by the California Air Resources Board, dubbed the "advanced clean car rules," would start in 2018, ramping up each year and ultimately resulting in 1.4 million "zero emission" vehicles on California roads by 2025. Today there are only about 10,000 such vehicles in the state.

"This is a really large step. It's transformational," said Tom Cackette, an engineer and chief deputy director of the air board. "Ten years from now the market is going to look quite a bit different."

Reporting Extended to March 30, 2012

By Lewis & Associated for CIAQC Board

Over the last four weeks CIAQC has focused much attention on CARB and the On-Road Truck Regulation. On December 16th CIAQC meet with CARB staff in Sacramento to discuss several significant implementation issues for the Truck & Bus Regulation and testify at the CARB Board Hearing---the staff met with us prior to our Board testimony in the “CIAQC Office” in the cafeteria. This followed the December 6, 2011 CIAQC letter to Governor Brown outlining the detailed concerns including retrofit filter safety, and the numerous problems with the ability of fleets to register their trucks using CARB’s on-line reporting system along with and CARB’s lack of outreach on the implementation of the regulation and tight deadlines that were emerging.

Air Resources Board California Environmental Protection Agency January 24, 2008 PPT Presentation to the Board
"This study found that the employees had a lower overall death rate than the general population, as would be expected in a working population."

Read entire report here

http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/health/healthup/jan08.pdf

Background

Occupational and population-based studies have related exposure to fine particulate air pollution, and specifically particulate matter from vehicle exhausts, to cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer.

Objectives

We have established a large retrospective cohort to assess mortality in the unionized U.S. trucking industry. To provide insight into mortality patterns associated with job-specific exposures, we examined rates of cause-specific mortality compared with the general U.S. population.

Posted By Bob Morris 01/02/2012, in California, Economy, Energy, Legislation, with 7 Comments

Diesel regulations go into effect, no extensions will apply.

SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board is reminding owners of heavier diesel trucks and buses that new emission reducing regulations go into effect January 1, 2012 and many businesses may need to report compliance on-line.

The regulation, adopted in 2008 and later amended in 2010, applies to all privately owned and federal government diesel trucks and buses that transport in California.

“Fleet owners who need to get the facts should call ARB’s diesel hotline or go the ARB website for assistance as soon as possible,” said ARB’s Assistant Chief of Mobile Sources Erik White. “We continue to make tools available to help truckers better understand the regulation and determine which options make the most sense for their businesses. Several options are available for funding ahead of regulatory deadlines, as well.”

Diesel regulations go into effect, no extensions will apply

California Air Resources Board, Release #:11-56, 12/21/2011, 1:53 PM

CONTACT: Mary Fricke, 916-322-2638, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Karen Caesar, 626-575-6728, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

SACRAMENTO - The California Air Resources Board is reminding owners of heavier diesel trucks and buses that new emission reducing regulations go into effect January 1, 2012 and many businesses may need to report compliance on-line.

The regulation, adopted in 2008 and later amended in 2010, applies to all privately owned and federal government diesel trucks and buses that transport in California.

Last Thursday (Dec. 15) CDTOA counsel Brooks Ellison argued for a preliminary injunction as a separate action associated with our lawsuit against CARB’s Draconian On-road Truck & Bus regulations.

The arguments by CARB through the AGs office and the NRDC who are vigorously spewing the normal deception in support of the regulation appeared to be focused on the F4A's (federal preemption) safety exception and CARB's public health claims which have nothing to do with motoring public safety.

By  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Land Line staff writer Dec. 19. 2011

Diesel in California will likely cost more money in the future because of requirements from a California regulation approved and amended Friday.

The California Air Resources Board voted to approve amendments to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Friday. The fuel standard is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels 10 percent by the year 2020.

The fuel standard is designed to work with the state’s cap-and-trade-program, which limits emissions created by fuel companies, utilities and other businesses.

Clean Ports Act’ Would Empower Cities’ Ports to Put Cleaner Trucks on the Road, Reduce Pollutants, Improve Quality of Air for All New Yorkers

December 16, 2011

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation that would allow local ports, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to regulate and enforce fuel-efficient truck programs that go beyond current federal mandates. Under the Clean Ports Act of 2011, port cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Newark, Oakland and Seattle would have the authority to set standards, reduce emissions and improve air quality by replacing older diesel trucks with cleaner vehicles without imposing the burden onto truck drivers. Earlier this year, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, re-introduced the House version of the bill.

By  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Land Line Late December 2011

Congress’ main investigative committee wants to know what agreements were made and whether laws were broken when the California Air Resources Board secretly negotiated a “historic agreement” with the EPA and automakers in 2009.

      The House of Representatives Oversight Committee also wants to know how and why CARB reportedly had a gun to the head of automakers, and why CARB Chairman Mary Nichols told The New York Times that during the negotiations between the White House and California, “we put nothing in writing, ever.”