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arbcombo -- SAVE THE DATE - Public Workshops to Discuss Off-Road, Truck and Bus, and Drayage Truck Regulations
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 10:31:54
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) invites you to participate in a series of public workshops to discuss proposed amendments to the Regulation for In-Use Off-Road Diesel Fueled Fleets (off-road regulation), the In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel-Fueled Vehicles Regulation (truck and bus regulation), and the In-Use On-Road Diesel-Fueled Heavy-Duty Drayage Trucks Regulation (drayage truck regulation). To address stakeholders’ requests, the Board Hearing to consider the proposed amendments, currently slated for September 2010, will be moved to November. In the interim, staff will hold workshops in August and September to solicit comments on the revised emission inventory and the proposed amendments. The following proposed workshop dates are currently tentative: August 26, 2010, Fresno August 31, 2010, El Monte September 1, 2010, San Diego September 7, 2010, Sacramento September 9, 2010, Oakland ARB staff will release a formal Public Workshop Notice on a later date that will detail the exact dates, locations, content, and times of each workshop. Additional information on content covered at each workshop will also be included in the Public Workshop Notice. Background Staff held workshops in June and July regarding proposed amendments to the Truck and Bus, Off-Road, and Drayage Truck regulations. At the workshops, stakeholders requested additional time to review and comment on the following: • Details of planned emissions inventory updates for trucks and off-road vehicles, • Specific draft regulatory language, • ARB’s revised report on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) mortality estimates, a draft of which will be released later this summer, and • Proposed changes to the Drayage Truck Regulation. Please be aware that although the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Regulation (tractor-trailer GHG regulation) was discussed at the June/July workshops, staff will not be taking comments on this regulation during the upcoming August/September workshops. The Truck and Bus, Off-Road, and Drayage Truck Regulations are intended to reduce toxic and smog-forming emissions from trucks, buses, and off-road vehicles. Reducing such emissions is necessary to meet federally imposed clean air standards and to reduce the adverse health effects from air pollution throughout the state. The Tractor-Trailer GHG regulation is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tractor-trailers traveling California’s roadways. While staff is proposing to amend several elements of the truck and bus and off-road regulations, many provisions are in effect and not being considered for amendment. These include: • Off-road reporting and labeling requirements; • Off-road idling limits and sales disclosure requirements; • Truck and bus sales and disclosure requirements; and • Existing requirements for trucks and buses utilizing the agricultural vehicle provisions and some two engine street sweepers. However, due to the pending amendments to the truck and bus and off-road regulations, several requirements have been postponed: • On February 11, 2010, ARB issued a delay of the off-road regulation's retrofit and turnover requirements pending further notice. • The truck and bus regulation reporting for early credits originally required by March 31, 2010, has been delayed until early 2011. The truck and bus retrofit and turnover requirements (scheduled to begin January 1, 2011) will also be extended by several months. For further information on ARB’s diesel vehicle and equipment regulations, please call the California Air Resources Board Diesel Hotline at 866-6DIESEL (866-634-3735). You may also visit the ARB’s truck stop website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/truckstop to learn more regarding ARB’s programs for trucks, buses, and trailers. For further information about the off-road diesel vehicle regulation, please visit the off-road regulation website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/ordiesel. You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: onrdiesel, ordiesel, porttruck, schoolbus.
