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hdghg -- U.S. EPA Grants Waiver Allowing Enforcement of California'’s Tractor-Trailer GHG Regulation
Posted: 21 Oct 2014 15:50:44
The California Air Resources Board has issued Regulatory Advisory Mail-Out MSC# 14-17 to notify interested stakeholders that on July 30, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) granted ARB a waiver pursuant to section 209(b) of the federal Clean Air Act for California’s Tractor-Trailer Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Regulation. This waiver authorizes ARB to enforce specific provisions of the Tractor-Trailer GHG Regulation applicable to 2011 through 2013 model year Class 8 tractors equipped with integrated sleeper berths and to 2011 and subsequent model year 53 foot and longer dry-van and refrigerated-van trailers that are pulled by such tractors on California highways. When the Tractor-Trailer GHG Regulation became effective on January 1, 2010, the requirements of the regulation were fully enforceable for 2010 and older model year tractors and trailers; only the 2011 through 2013 model year tractors and 2011 and newer 53-foot box trailers required a waiver pursuant to section 209(b) of the federal Clean Air Act. With the issuance of the waiver from U.S. EPA, those provisions are now also enforceable. Background The Tractor-Trailer GHG Regulation, adopted in December 2008, was developed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by improving the fuel efficiency of heavy-duty tractors that pull 53-foot or longer box-type trailers. The regulation requires tractor-trailers operating in California to use tractors and box-type trailers that utilize certain aerodynamic equipment and low rolling resistance tires, as verified by the U.S. EPA SmartWay program, to meet specified fuel efficiency improvements. For further information about the regulation, advisories, training, outreach efforts, compliance tools, or the full text of the Tractor-Trailer GHG Regulation, please visit http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/truckstop/truckstop.htm or http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/hdghg/hdghg.htm, call 866 6DIESEL (866 634-3735), or email us at 8666diesel@arb.ca.gov. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.