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bus-act -- Public Workshop to Discuss the Development of the Advanced Clean Transit (ACT) Regulation
Posted: 17 Apr 2015 15:45:15
The Air Resources Board (ARB) invites you to participate in a series of statewide public workshops on May 11, 14, and 20, 2015, to discuss development of the ACT regulation. ARB staff is seeking public input on the proposed regulatory concepts. Each workshop will cover the same topics and participants may choose any or all workshops to attend. Participants are encouraged to attend in person; however, the Sacramento meeting will be webcast. The broadcast can be accessed on the day of the workshop at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/. Achieving California’s air quality, climate, and public health goals will require a transition to zero and near-zero technologies in all mobile sources. ARB is in the process of developing proposals for new approaches and strategies to achieve this transition. The ACT proposal is designed to achieve this transition in public transit fleets, while providing transit agencies the flexibility to continue to evolve to meet expanding needs for effective, efficient, and affordable regional transit services across California. The workshops will be held at the following times and places: Date: Monday, May 11, 2015 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Location: Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd floor Cal/EPA Headquarters Building 1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814 Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Location: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 1990 East Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, California 93726 Video Teleconferenced Locations: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Satellite Office 4800 Enterprise Avenue Modesto, California 95356 San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Satellite Office 34946 Flyover Court Bakersfield, California 93308 Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Time: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Location: Air Resources Board Auditorium (Annex 4) 9530 Telstar Avenue El Monte, California 91731 For more information about the workshop, please go to: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/mailouts/mouts_15.htm For more information about Advanced Clean transit, please go to: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/bus/bus.htm If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Lynsay Carmichael at (916) 322-0407 or lynsay.carmichael@arb.ca.gov Background: This workshop is part of the ongoing regulatory process to amend the Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies (Transit Fleet Rule). Adopted in 2000, the Transit Fleet Rule had, among other things, zero-emission bus purchase requirements for transit agencies with 200 or more urban buses. Transit agencies that chose to follow the diesel path option in the Transit Fleet Rule were required to demonstrate zero-emission buses, with 15 percent of new buses purchased to be zero-emission beginning in 2008. For alternative path transit agencies, the 15 percent zero-emission bus purchase requirement was to begin in 2010. The rule was amended in 2006, to postpone the purchase requirement to 2011 for diesel path transit agencies, and 2012 for alternative path transit agencies, and to include an advanced demonstration from the diesel path transit agencies. At the July 2009 Board meeting, through Resolution 09-49, the Board directed the Executive Officer to ultimately delay the zero-emission bus purchase requirement due to technology readiness issues. In January 2010, ARB issued an advisory (Mail-out #10-04) with the postponement of the purchase requirement for zero-emission buses. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.
