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tru -- Transport Refrigeration Unit Registration Updates
Posted: 25 Nov 2009 14:14:15
Remember to update your ARBER Registration compliance information after you comply with the in-use performance standards. The California Air Resources Board’s (ARB) Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) requires California-based TRU owners to register their TRUs with ARB by July 31, 2009. Owners may register online, using ARB’s Equipment Registration (ARBER) system. Further information about the TRU ATCM and the requirements discussed herein may be found at the TRU Website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/tru.htm. Online registrations may be completed at the ARBER website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/arber/arber.htm. If you have registered your TRU in ARBER and subsequently bring that TRU into compliance with the in-use performance standards, you must update the compliance information in ARBER. Failure to update this information within 30 days of compliance is a violation that is subject to penalties up to $300 per violation. There are three cases where registration information updates are necessary as a result of complying with the TRU ATCM in-use performance standards: 1. Model year 2001 or older engines: If the unit was noncompliant with the in-use performance standards at the time of registration, ARBER did not issue an ARB Identification Number (IDN). Applicants were required to carry the ARBER certification page with the TRU to show the ARB inspector that partial compliance with the registration requirement had been achieved. Model year 2001 and older units must comply with the in-use performance standards by December 31, 2009. ARB urges you to comply now so that you don’t miss the compliance deadline. There will be no further delays in this deadline. After a TRU is brought into compliance, the owner has 30 days to complete the registration process by updating the compliance information in ARBER so that an IDN is issued on the new certification page. Until the owner provides information about how the TRU was brought into compliance, the TRU is not fully compliant with the registration requirement. The owner then has 30 days to affix the IDN to both sides of the TRU housing (see TRU Advisory 08-10-R1 at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/tru/advisories.htm). The new certification page must be carried with the TRU until the owner affixes the IDN. Thirty days after the IDN is issued, ARB inspectors will not accept ARBER certification pages instead of the IDN being affixed to the TRU housing. 2. Model year 2002 engines: These engines must also meet the in-use performance standards by December 31, 2009. There will be no delays in this deadline. ARB urges you to comply now so that you don’t miss the compliance deadline. These model year TRUs were issued IDNs when they submitted a complete registration application, because they were in compliance until the applicable in-use performance standard deadline (December 31, 2009). After compliance with the in-use standard is achieved, the owner has 30 days to update ARBER by providing information about how the TRU was brought into compliance. 3. Model year 2003 and newer TRU engines: These engines have the same compliance requirements as described in case #2, above, but compliance deadlines are December 31st of the seventh year after the model year. In addition, the operator of a California terminal where TRUs are garaged, operated, maintained, or dispatched from must submit an Operator Report to ARBER by July 31, 2009. After ARBER issues IDNs, the operator has 30 days to update the Operator Report by adding the new IDNs that are assigned to a terminal. Operator Report updates may be completed online by logging into ARBER. Failure to update the Operator Report within 30 days of being issued and IDN may result in citations and penalties up to $300 per violation. ARB will begin enforcement of the In-Use Performance Standards after December 31, 2009. TRUs that are found to be noncompliant with the in-use standards will be subject to penalties up to $500 per violation. There will be no grace periods for late ordering. Please call the TRU Help Line at 1-888-878-2826 if you need further assistance.