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itr -- California Air Resources Board Innovative Technology Regulation Public Workshop
Posted: 23 Jun 2016 09:58:56
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) invites interested parties to participate in a public workshop on July 13, 2016, in El Monte, California, to discuss the development of the Draft Proposed Regulation to Provide Certification Flexibility for New Heavy-Duty Engines and Certification and Installation Procedures for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Hybrid Conversion Systems (Innovative Technology Regulation, or ITR). This third, and final planned workshop, will provide interested stakeholders the opportunity to provide feedback on draft proposed ITR certification flexibility provisions for innovative new heavy-duty engines and certification and installation procedures for medium- and heavy duty vehicle hybrid conversion systems. The details of the public workshop are as follows: Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Location: California Air Resources Board Auditorium (Annex 4) 9530 Telstar Avenue El Monte, CA 91731 If unable to attend in person, you may participate via teleconference and/or through the meeting webinar. For teleconference participation, please dial (800) 779-6153 and enter participant passcode, 12697. To participate via webinar, you must register at https://global.gotowebinar.com/join/622509773181936131/566696033. Upon registering, please reference the nine digit webinar ID which is 150-508-699. The workshop agenda and handouts will be available prior to the workshop at www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/itr/itr.htm. Handouts are only intended to encourage stakeholder feedback and should not be construed as a formal regulatory proposal. Any stakeholder feedback submitted prior to the “45-day” formal comment period will not be considered part of the official rulemaking record. If you would like any feedback submitted to be considered part of the record, you must re-submit it during the formal public comment period. Background Certification requirements for on-road heavy-duty engines and vehicles provide a critical and effective mechanism to ensure that expected emission benefits are achieved and maintained in-use. However, traditional certification requirements, particularly on-board diagnostic (OBD) system requirements, may discourage some manufacturers from developing promising new heavy-duty engine and vehicle technologies that are uncertain to achieve market acceptance. OBD compliance can also present a resource and engineering challenge for aftermarket manufacturers that convert existing trucks or buses to operate as hybrids, since conversions typically alter the functionality of the certified base engine’s or vehicle’s OBD system. The draft proposed ITR is intended to provide certification flexibility to address some of the OBD compliance challenges that may discourage some new truck and bus engine and hybrid conversion system manufacturers from bringing innovative new technologies to market, while still ensuring emissions are appropriately controlled, both when new and in-use. The regulatory language staff is considering would provide near-term certification flexibility to encourage development and market launch of heavy-duty engines meeting California’s optional NOx emission standards, heavy-duty hybrid engines, and potentially transformative heavy-duty engine technologies that California needs to meet its air quality and climate goals. This draft proposed regulatory language would also define certification procedures for truck and bus hybrid conversion systems, commonly referred to as hybrid aftermarket kits, to encourage near-term hybridization of the in-use truck and bus fleet. Certification pathways for both new innovative truck and bus engines and hybrid conversion systems under consideration would provide near-term flexibility to encourage initial technology deployment; such flexibility would remain in place until the market has an opportunity to mature. Staff anticipates bringing the proposed ITR to the Board for its consideration this Fall. If the proposed ITR is adopted by the Board, ARB intends to request its expedited review and approval by the Office of Administrative Law to enable implementation beginning in early 2017. ARB staff will use the ITR email list to notify stakeholders of updates to the regulatory proposal, and of opportunities for public input throughout the rulemaking process. To sign up for the Innovative Technology Regulation email list, please visit: http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv_ind.php?listname=itr. We welcome and encourage your participation in this effort. If you have questions regarding the workshop or the potential Innovative Technology Regulation, please contact Mr. Joe Calavita, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 445-4586, or by email at jcalavit@arb.ca.gov, or Mr. David Chen, Manager of the Advanced Emission Control Strategies Section, at (626) 350 6579, or by email at david.chen@arb.ca.gov. Special Accommodation If you require a special accommodation or need this document in an alternate format (i.e., Braille, large print), please visit http://www.arb.ca.gov/html/ada/ada.htm for assistance or contact the Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator by telephone at (916) 323-4916 no later than 10 business days before the scheduled meeting. If you are a person who needs assistance in a language other than English, please visit www.arb.ca.gov/eeo/bilingual-services.htm or contact the Bilingual Coordinator by telephone at (916) 322-0473 no later than 10 business days before the scheduled meeting. 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