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The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) announces the
release of the draft document “Technology Assessment: Mobile
Cargo Handling Equipment”. 

This draft technology assessment identifies the status of zero,
near-zero and low-emission cargo handling equipment.  The draft
assessment describes the potential for emission reductions, the
market penetration of cargo handling equipment technologies, and
the next steps for achieving emission reductions from this
equipment.  Sources of information used in the draft assessment
include an extensive list of published reports and research
papers.  


The draft technology assessment can be viewed and downloaded from
the ARB’s technology and fuels assessment webpage at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/techreport/che_tech_report.pdf.


We encourage interested parties to submit comments on the draft
technology assessment through the technology and fuels assessment
web page for public comments at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/techreport/comments.htm. 
We prefer to receive comments within 30 days of the posting of
this draft assessment, if possible.  

If you have questions regarding the draft technology assessment,
please contact Mr. Kirk Rosenkranz, Air Pollution Specialist, at
916-327-7843, or at kirk.rosenkranz@arb.ca.gov.


Background:  California has made substantial progress in reducing
emissions from mobile sources, but further reductions are needed
to meet California’s air quality and climate goals.  These goals
include:

•Meeting 2023 and 2031 ambient ozone air quality standards, which
staff estimates will require an overall 80 percent reduction in
NOx emissions below today’s levels in the South Coast air basin,
with substantial reductions needed in the San Joaquin Valley and
other non-attainment areas of the state as well;

•Meeting the newly proposed federal ozone standard;

•Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)  emissions to 1990 levels by 2020;


•Achieving a 40 percent reduction in GHG emissions from 1990
levels by 2030;

•Achieving an 80 percent reduction in GHG emissions from 1990
levels by 2050;

•Reducing petroleum use in cars and trucks by up to 50 percent by
2030; and

•Producing at least 50 percent of electricity from renewable
sources by 2030.  

The technology assessments were prepared by staff from ARB.  They
were discussed at workshops in September 2014, and at the
December 2014 ARB board meeting.  More information on the
assessments is available at ARB’s website at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/tech.htm.  An overview of the
technology assessments was released in April 2014 and is
available on ARB’s website at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/tech/report.htm. 



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