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arbcombo -- Innovative Technology Regulation Public Workshop
Posted: 20 Feb 2015 17:23:22
Mail-Out #MSC 15-03 invites interested parties to participate in a public workshop on March 9, 2015, in El Monte, California, to discuss development of the California Air Resources Board’s (ARB) Rulemaking to Provide Certification and Aftermarket Part Approval Flexibility for Innovative Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Technologies (Innovative Technology Regulation). Mail-Out # MSC 15-03 can be found at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/mailouts/mouts XX.htm ARB’s existing certification and OBD requirements provide a critical and effective mechanism for ensuring a vehicle’s expected emission benefits are achieved and maintained for a vehicle’s useful life. However, ARB’s engine and vehicle approval requirements, geared towards traditional technologies, may deter some manufacturers from developing promising new technologies which are uncertain to achieve market acceptance. The Innovative Technology Regulation is intended to provide defined, near-term ARB certification and aftermarket part approval flexibility to help facilitate market launch of the next generation of truck and bus technologies. This regulation would work synergistically with ongoing and anticipated State and federal truck and bus technology advancing regulations. For example, a more flexible certification pathway could encourage technology diversity and early deployment of technologies used to comply with Phase 1 and Phase 2 greenhouse gas emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, or increase manufacturers’ willingness to develop an engine meeting ARB’s optional low NOx emission standards for heavy-duty engines. ARB staff anticipates the regulation could also increase the number and diversity of promising technologies eligible for ARB’s Air Quality Improvement Program, the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, and other technology-advancing incentive programs. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: ccms, ms-mailings, obdprog.