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ARB staff has posted a REVISED presentation for the Regulation
for In-Use Off-Road Diesel Fueled Fleets (off-road regulation)
portion of the upcoming diesel workshop in Fresno on October 12,
2010.  This off-road regulation presentation addendum is
available at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/ordiesel/meetings.htm

Additional changes to the proposed amendments for the off-road
regulation have been made to reflect the agreement made between
ARB and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).  A
press release regarding the agreement between ARB and AGC is
available at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=159

The off-road presentation addendum is meant to replace slides
71-107 of the presentation for the series of public workshops
held September 30 through October 5, 2010, to discuss proposed
amendments to the off-road regulation, and truck and bus, drayage
truck, tractor trailer greenhouse gas, and large spark ignition
fleet regulations.  

The full presentation is available online in handout and
full-page format at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/ordiesel/meetings.htm and 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/workshops.htm

Copies of the off-road regulation presentation addendum will be
available at the workshop.  The workshop will be held on the
following date at the following location:

Fresno (with live video feed to SJVAPCD Modesto and Bakersfield
offices)
Date:	Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Time:	10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. 
Location:	San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution
	Control District (SJVAPCD)
	1990 E. Gettysburg
	Fresno, California 93726

For more information on this workshop, including agenda, please
see the workshop notice* which is available at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/mailouts/msc1040/msc1040.pdf

*Please note that workshop notice above lists workshop dates and
locations for El Monte, San Diego, and Sacramento that have
already occurred.

Background

On April 22, 2010, staff presented an update to the Board on the
emissions inventories used to develop the off-road and the truck
and bus regulations, as well as a summary of the impact of the
recession on emissions from off-road vehicles, trucks, and buses.
 At that meeting, the Board asked staff to develop changes to the
regulations that would reduce their economic impact on affected
businesses during the ongoing economic recession, while
continuing to protect public health, meet federal clean air
deadlines, and move forward through uncertain economic times. 
The Board also directed staff to consider approaches to give
credit to firms that have already complied with the performance
requirements of the regulations. 
In May of 2010, staff held a first series of workshops to receive
feedback on general proposals to amend the off-road regulation
and truck and bus regulation and the emission inventories
underlying both regulations. 
Then, in June and July of 2010, staff held a second series of
workshops to request additional feedback on the proposed
amendments to both regulations.  At each workshop, staff also
solicited comments on the proposed amendments to the drayage
truck regulation, and the tractor-trailer GHG regulation. 
At a third series of workshops in August and September of 2010,
staff requested feedback on the updated emissions inventories
underlying the off-road regulation and the truck and bus
regulation.  Additionally, staff from ARB's Research Division
presented a summary of the newly released report "Estimate of
premature deaths associated with fine particle pollution (PM2.5)
in California based on U.S. EPA's methods".

Staff scheduled a fourth and final series of public workshops to
discuss proposed amendments to the off-road regulation, and truck
and bus, drayage truck, tractor trailer greenhouse gas, and large
spark ignition fleet regulations on September 30, 2010, in
Sacramento, October 4, 2010, in El Monte, and October 5, 2010, in
San Diego, and October 12, 2010, in Fresno.  All but the October
12, 2010, Fresno workshop have now been completed. 

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’s reporting for early credits was
originally required by March 31, 2010, but has been delayed until
early 2011.  Also, 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.