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newsrel -- California Air Resources Board Chairman welcomes draft federal greenhouse gas rules for trucks and trailers

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 09:23:49
Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board:.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=733

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JUNE 19, 2015

NEWS RELEASE 15-32

CONTACT: Stanley Young (916) 322-2990
syoung@arb.ca.gov


Sacramento—Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D. Nichols today
said U.S. EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration’s (NHTSA) draft Phase II greenhouse gas
regulations are a positive next step for controlling emissions
from trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles.
 
“These proposed heavy-duty standards will help the nation fight
climate change while driving new technology and reducing costs
for truckers and fleet managers,” said Air Resources Board
Chairman Nichols. “We support this effort and will be working to
ensure the final regulations help California meet our goals for
2030 and beyond .”
 
As proposed, the draft federal rules would begin affecting
manufacturers of trailers for combination tractor-trailer rigs
with the 2018 model year. Engine and truck manufacturers would be
required to deliver products meeting the Phase II requirements in
2021. The draft regulations would affect vehicles from heavy-duty
pickups to large 18-wheel tractor-trailer trucks regardless of
the type of fuel they use.
 
California harmonized its heavy-duty vehicle program with the
federal Phase 1 greenhouse gas standards in 2013.
 
This will be the first time federal regulations have required
large trailers to help achieve reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions. California has had a GHG-reduction regulation in place
for box-type trailers 53 feet and longer since 2010.
 
The Air Resources Board will carefully review the draft federal
Phase II regulations in light of AB 32’s mandate to return
greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Governor Brown
recently announced a 2030 climate change target of a further 40
percent reduction, as well as a goal of cutting petroleum use 50%
by 2030.

For more details on DOT’s and EPA’s notice of proposed
rulemaking, visit
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regs-heavy-duty.htm and
http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy




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