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newsrel -- U.S. EPA grants ARB waiver for transport refrigeration units

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:59:17
Measure will reduce particulate matter around trucking
facilities. 

Release 09-04
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2009
	  	  	
Dimitri Stanich
(916)322-2825
(916) 716-8047
www.arb.ca.gov

U.S. EPA grants ARB waiver for transport refrigeration units

Measure will protect health of trucking industry employees

SACRAMENTO: Last week, California received a waiver from U.S.
EPA that allows the state to enforce regulations that cut toxic
diesel emissions from tens of thousands of refrigeration units
mounted on big rigs.

Concern had been raised that the late in coming waiver would not
be granted and therefore the regulations would not be
enforceable.

The regulations require all TRU engines on the road in
California, about 40,000 at any given time, even those travelling
from outside the state, have emission control technology no older
than seven years. This can be achieved by the addition of new
emission control mechanisms or the purchase of a new engine. For
more information engine owners are encouraged to contact the
ARB.

Once fully implemented in 2020, the regulation will eliminate
2,000 tons of diesel particulate matter emitted into California's
air, significantly protecting the health of those that work and
live around these engines. Recent research has shown that those
who work around diesel engines endure the brunt of the health
impacts from this exhaust.

Adopted in February 2004, these regulations are part of ARB's
strategy to reduce particulate matter from diesel engines. Diesel
particulate matter was listed as a toxic air contaminant in 1998
triggering a requirement to reduce public exposure. Toxic air
contaminant classification are compounds found to cause or
contribute to deaths or serious illness, or pose a present or
potential hazard to human health. Diesel PM constitutes 70
percent of the airborne carcinogens in California's air.

The Air Resources Board is a department of the California
Environmental Protection Agency. ARB's mission is to promote and
protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through
effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and
considering effects on the economy. The ARB oversees all air
pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain
health based air quality standards.

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