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

Truck drivers who don’t regularly haul loads to and from the Port of San Diego may not be aware of a new requirement going into effect this week.

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Science is one of the great achievements of the human mind and the biggest reason why we live not only longer but more vigorously in our old age, in addition to all the ways in which it provides us with things that make life easier and more enjoyable.

Ten months into President Barack Obama’s first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found.

AGC of America (AGC) filed an Emergency Petition with California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) on January 11 seeking a two-year implementation delay of its off-road “diesel retrofit” rule. AGC cited the delay is needed in order to avoid unnecessary losses and layoffs within the state’s hard hit construction industry while CARB continues to review its diesel rules.

By Jesse Lanum; Martinez News-Gazette - January 9, 2010

The trucking industry is preparing for the first of a series of crippling regulations dealt them courtesy of the California Air Resources Board (ARB), whose goal has been to combat the side effects potentially caused by diesel emissions.  Over the past several months, the science behind these regulations has come under increased scrutiny, specifically due to the credential fraud committed by one of ARB’s lead researchers.

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