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Amendments to Cargo Handling Equipment Regulatory Supporting Documents
This page last reviewed May 31, 2012
The Cargo Handling Equipment
(CHE) Regulation was adopted on December 8, 2005, and became effective on
December 31, 2006. Implementation of the
CHE Regulation began in 2007 and is reducing diesel PM emissions and associated
health risk in communities near ports and intermodal rail yards. The Board approved amendments to the CHE
Regulation on September 22, 2011, and directed staff to make certain
modifications. The amendments address
several areas including: retrofit requirements, operational requirements,
emission standards, compliance requirements, definitions, and other clarifying
language. The amendments provide
additional flexibility to owners/operators in an effort to reduce compliance
costs, maintain the anticipated emissions reduction benefits of the regulation,
and clarify several provisions in the regulation. The Board-directed modifications include
additional flexibility regarding the use of electric and hybrid equipment and
additional stipulations regarding the third and fourth years of the “No VDECS
Available” compliance extension. To find
out more about the CHE regulatory activities and related information, please
see the links to the left.
This website contains supporting
documents for the amendments to the CHE Regulation and the subsequent
modifications. Emissions Inventory data and economic analysis information are
provided in this area.
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