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This page last reviewed June 9, 2009
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On
July 26, 2007, the Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted a regulation to
reduce diesel particulate matter (PM) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx)
emissions from in-use (existing) off-road heavy-duty diesel vehicles in
California. Such vehicles are used in construction, mining, and
industrial operations. For more information, please call the diesel
vehicle information hot line at (866) 6-DIESEL or (866) 634-3735.
You may also find information on the ARB's program for new off-road mobile
equipment, instead of in-use PM control measures, or find
information on ARB's program at off-road large
spark-ignition equipment (e.g., forklifts).
The regulatory language and information on reporting and
compliance
tools can be accessed by clicking the quick links buttons above.
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Posted June 9, 2009 |  |
To assist fleet owners with their compliance efforts, ARB staff is conducting an
additional round of
training seminars
on the off-road regulation in Diamond Bar, Fresno, and Sacramento.
These sessions will provide an in-depth presentation of the regulation and how to comply, as well as information
about grant opportunities. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to speak one-on-one with providers
of exhaust retrofit devices. This training will repeat the material covered in the first three rounds of training
seminars conducted July 2008 through March 2009 and will also cover recent regulatory changes mandated by
the State Legislature.
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Posted June 5, 2009 | | ARB
will conduct a public hearing on July 23, 2009, in San Diego to
discuss modifications and clarifications to the in-use off-road
diesel vehicle regulation. These proposed modifications include
legislatively directed amendments and new incentives to spur early
actions by fleets to reduce emissions. ARB has posted the public
notice and staff report.
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Posted May 29, 2009 |
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ARB staff has developed a DOORS Public Information Page that will
enable members of the public to check the validity of Equipment
Identification Numbers (EINs) they see in the field. The Page also
allows access to a list of fleets that have completed initial reporting
and been issued a Certificate of Reported Compliance by ARB. The DOORS
Public Information Page can be found on the left navigation bar under
Local Links or here.
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Posted April 28, 2009 |
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ARB has released the presentation for the April
29, 2009, workshop on the legislatively directed changes to the
off-road diesel vehicle regulation. This workshop includes revisions
from the April 7, 2009, workshop in Sacramento on the same topic, due
to feedback provided at the workshop on the proposed implementation of
the changes. The presentation may be downloaded
here, and is also available as a handout
here.
The presentation will be webcast, accessible from the webcast
homepage, and for those attending the location is included on
the
workshop
notice.
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Posted April 27, 2009 |
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ARB has released a document with examples showing
how staff's proposed interpretation of the legislatively directed
changes to the off-road diesel vehicle regulation will apply to fleets,
in preparation for the April 29, 2009, workshop, which can be accessed
online here.
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Posted April 24, 2009 |
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ARB
staff has released a revised proposal for how to implement the
legislatively directed changes to the off-road regulation.
The
revised proposal can be accessed
online here.
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Posted April 20, 2009 |
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Please
note that due to the valuable input provided by stakeholders at the
first workshop on the legislatively driven changes to the
off-road
diesel regulation held in Sacramento on April 7, 2009, staff will
present some revised proposals at the workshop on April 29, 2009, in
Diamond
Bar. Therefore, this workshop will also be webcast. The live
internet broadcast will be available and can be accessed
from the webcast
homepage. In addition, the presentation containing the
comments received from the Natural Resources Defense Council at
the April 7, 2009, workshop in Sacramento can be accessed
online here.
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Posted April 6, 2009 |
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Staff
have posted the
presentation for the workshop on the legislatively
driven changes to the off-road diesel regulation (also available in a handout
format). As noted below, the workshops will be held on April
7, 2009, in Sacramento, and April 29, 2009, in Diamond bar. More
information on the locations, time, and how to view the April 7, 2009,
webcast are available on the workshop
notice.
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Posted March 26, 2009 |
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The
staff of the Air Resources Board invites all interested
parties to
participate in a set of public workshops to discuss how to implement
recent legislatively
directed changes to the Regulation for In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled
Vehicle Fleets.
The workshops will be
held in two locations, and staff will
present the same materials at both workshops.
The workshops will be held on April 7, 2009,
in Sacramento, and
on April 29, 2009, in Diamond Bar. For more detailed
information,
please review the workshop
notice.
For those unable to
attend in person, a live internet broadcast will be available
at our Sacramento workshop and can be accessed
online here.
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Posted February 27, 2009 |
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As part of the
recently signed California budget, the California
legislature has directed the Air Resources Board to make several
changes to the in-use off-road diesel vehicle regulation.
PLEASE
NOTE that the reporting deadlines for the off-road regulation remain in
place and unchanged - April 1, 2009 for large fleets, June 1, 2009 for
medium fleets, and August 1, 2009 for small fleets. For more
information on reporting, please visit the reporting
webpage, DOORS.
The changes ARB has been directed to make will lessen the requirements
of the regulation for many large fleets in the early years of the
regulation and include the following:
- Fleets who are now using their off-road
vehicles less than they did as
of July 1, 2007 may take credit for this reduced fleet activity to
satisfy turnover and retrofitting requirements in 2010 and 2011.
- Fleets
will be given credit (both PM and NOx) for any vehicle retirements made
between March 1, 2006 and March 1, 2010 as long as total fleet
horsepower decreased from the previous year.
- For
the total cumulative turnover and retrofit requirements for the years
2011 through 2013, fleets may complete 20 percent of the total turnover
and retrofitting by March 1, 2011, an additional 20 percent by March 1,
2012, and the balance by March 1, 2013.
ARB staff will be holding a workshop to discuss how to implement these
changes and ways to mitigate for the loss in emission benefits caused
by these changes sometime in March. Staff will release a public notice
with details regarding this workshop as soon as possible.
When more specific information is available, it will be sent out via
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Posted February 19, 2009 |
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ARB
staff has developed a poster that informs fleet owners about the
off-road regulation and how to learn more about it. Copies of the
poster are available free of charge by emailing Lauren Chew at lchew@arb.ca.gov
and can also be downloaded
from our website here in full poster size or standard letter
size (8.5" by 11").
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Posted January 23, 2009 |
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On
January 22, 2009, the Air Resources Board amended the off-road
regulation to extend the deadline for double credit for installing
exhaust retrofits by 10 months to January 1, 2010. This amendment also
allows fleets to receive credit for retrofits which are ordered, but
delayed due to the manufacturer or installer, if the retrofits are
ordered by September 1, 2009.
The Board
also asked the staff to provide the Board an update in late 2009 after
initial reporting is complete. More information on the staff's initial
report to the Board is available in the staff report for the January
22, 2009, hearing, available
online here.
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