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cargo -- Meeting Materials for August 27, 2015, Informational Meeting on Enforcement of the 2011 CHE Regulation Amendments Now Available
Posted: 26 Aug 2015 15:44:12
The staff presentation for the Northern California informational meeting on enforcement of the 2011 Cargo Handling Equipment Regulation Amendments is posted at the following website. http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/cargo/meet.htm The staff presentation is identical to that previously posted for the Southern California meeting held last week. The Northern California meeting will be held at the following date and location: Date: August 27, 2015 Time: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM Location: Elihu Harris Building, 1515 Clay Street (Room 11) Oakland, California At the meeting, ARB staff will give an overview of the April 2015 waiver granted by the Untied Stated Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and information on how the amendments will be enforced. ARB regulatory and enforcement staff will be present at the meeting to answer your questions. The meeting will not be webcast. On September 22, 2011, the Board approved the amendments to the CHE Regulation. The amendments established a new opacity based monitoring program for both yard truck and non-yard truck equipment, and new retrofit requirements for engines meeting the U.S. EPA Tier 4 Family Emission Limit (FEL) Alternate PM standards. ARB was required to request authorization from the U.S. EPA to enforce the new requirements. On April 29, 2015, the U.S. EPA authorized ARB to enforce these provisions of the CHE regulation. ARB will begin enforcing the amendments starting October 26, 2015. We recently released Regulatory Advisory Number 311 which informs owners and operators of mobile CHE at ports and intermodal rail yards as to how ARB staff will proceed with the enforcement of these amendments. This advisory and others regarding the CHE Regulation can be accessed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/cargo/advisories.htm . For more information on these meetings, please contact: Michele Houghton: michele.houghton@arb.ca.gov (916) 327-5638 Kirk Rosenkranz: kirk.rosenkranz@arb.ca.gov (916) 327-7843 Cherie Rainforth cherie.rainforth@arb.ca.gov (916) 327-7213 Background: Cargo handling equipment is used to transfer goods or perform maintenance and repair activities and includes equipment such as yard trucks (hostlers), rubber-tired gantry cranes, top handlers, side handlers, forklifts, and loaders, just to name a few. The Regulation for Mobile Cargo Handling Equipment at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yards was adopted in December 2005 to reduce diesel particulate matter in communities located near ports and intermodal rail yards. Additional information on the regulation is available at the following link: http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/cargo/cargo.htm . California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.