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tru -- Only 3 Weeks to VDECS Retrofit Purchase Order Deadline!
Posted: 06 Oct 2016 12:10:25
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) reminds model year (MY) 2009 transport refrigeration unit (TRU) owners: If you want to qualify for compliance extensions, only about three and a half weeks remain before the purchase order deadline for ordering Level 3 verified diesel emissions control strategies (VDECS), such as diesel particulate filters (DPF) for retrofitting your engines. MY 2009 TRU and TRU generator set engines must comply with the TRU Regulation’s in-use performance standards by December 31, 2016. Please be aware that replacement engines are no longer a compliance option because replacement engines must be cleaner than the old engine being replaced and there is no replacement engine that fits and functions that is cleaner than a MY 2008 engine (see TRU Advisory 13-18, page 7 for more detailed explanation at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/tru/advisories.htm). Also, be aware that orders for replacement units that are placed after August 31st will NOT be eligible for compliance extensions if delivery or installation will be completed after December 31st, 2016. The TRU Regulation does not allow compliance extensions if orders for VDECS, such as Level 3 DPFs, are placed after October 31,2016 and installation is not completed by December 31st, 2016. However, if MY 2009 TRU owners order Level 3 DPFs before the end of October, installation by the end of 2016 is very likely possible. More importantly, if you order a Level 3 DPF before October 31st and delivery or installation is delayed so that you can’t comply by the end of 2016, you may qualify for a compliance extension. To qualify for compliance extension: • Purchase orders for Level 3 DPFs must be placed before October 31st, • The TRU must be registered in ARB’s Equipment Registration (ARBER) system, and • An application for extension must be submitted to ARB with the required documentation before December 31, 2016. Again, MY 2009 TRU owners that place orders for Level 3 VDECS after October 31st will NOT qualify for this compliance extension if they discover they cannot comply by December 31st due to delays in delivery or installation. Owners must exercise due diligence in attempting to comply by the end of 2016. Due diligence means conducting the compliance process with a measure of prudence, responsibility, and diligence that is expected from, and ordinarily exercised by a reasonable and prudent person under the circumstances. For example, start the research, budgeting, and financing well in advance of the compliance deadline, and purchase the compliance technology before the purchase order deadline. The compliance extension application (with attached supporting documentation that demonstrates due diligence was used) must be received at ARB by December 31, 2016. For general information about the TRU Regulation and VDECS information, the TRU Website is at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/tru/tru.htm Scroll down toward the end of the webpage for Level 3 VDECS information. The ARBER registration website is at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/arber/arber.htm ARBER Registration Help pages are at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/arber/trureg/trureg.htm TRU Advisories are listed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/tru/advisories.htm TRU Compliance extension applications are at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/arber/trureg/truextensions.htm If you have questions about compliance or registration in ARBER, please call the TRU Help Line at 1-888-878-2826 or call 1-916-327-8737. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.