Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:21:59 -0800 Subject: arbcombo -- ARB Materials on 2010 Commitments for High Priority Railyards From: hcastane@arb.ca.gov The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) staff has posted new documents related to the proposed 2010 Commitments to reduce the health risk in communities near four high priority railyards in the South Coast Air Basin. The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) staff has posted new documents related to the proposed 2010 Commitments to reduce the health risk in communities near four high priority railyards in the South Coast Air Basin. ARB’s Railyard Commitments website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/railyard/commitments/commitments.htm provides an update on this initiative, including the most recent Board Resolution and revised drafts of the 2010 Commitments for each railyard. We will release an additional environmental analysis document in the first quarter of 2011 for public comment. Background ARB is committed to reduce the health risk from diesel particulate matter (PM) in communities near freight facilities (like railyards) and statewide. The Board’s regulations for drayage trucks, cargo handling equipment, and locomotive fuel; together with 1998 and 2005 enforceable agreements with railroads; are significantly reducing diesel PM emissions and health risk from railyard operations in the South Coast Air Basin and throughout California. The 2010 Commitments are the latest initiative to address the railyards with the highest health risks. The Commitments would establish enforceable requirements for the railroads and ARB, tracking mechanisms, and deadlines for the applicable railroad to further reduce diesel PM emissions at each railyard starting in 2011, with an 85% reduction by 2020. These reductions would need to be achieved regardless of cargo growth or increased activity at the yards. At its June 24, 2010 meeting, the Board heard staff’s recommendations for the proposed 2010 Commitments and extensive public testimony on that proposal. The Board adopted Resolution 10-29 delegating to the Executive Officer the decision on final approval of the 2010 Commitments, subject to his performing appropriate environmental analysis as required under the California Environmental Quality Act and attempting to strengthen the proposed 2010 Commitments with additional provisions to: increase accountability, ensure that progress is maintained at the four railyards, make certain that the oldest locomotives are not relocated to other yards in California, and push the deployment of advanced technologies. Questions If you have questions on the 2010 Commitments, please contact Mr. Harold Holmes, Manager, Engineering Evaluation Section at (916) 324-8029 or email at: hholmes@arb.ca.gov 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: ej, loco, railyard. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 14:29:21 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text, Availability of Additional Documents and Information and Availability of References From: awhiting@arb.ca.gov The Air Resources Board has posted a Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text, Availability of Additional Documents and Information and Availability of References, to which Corrections Have Been Made, that Were Listed in the Initial Statement of Reasons for the Proposed Amendments to the Regulation to Reduce Emissions of Diesel Particulate Matter, Oxides of Nitrogen and Other Criteria Pollutants From In-Use On-Road Diesel-Fueled Vehicles, and to the Regulation to Reduce Emissions From In-Use On-Road Diesel-Fueled Heavy-Duty Drayage Trucks at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yard Facilities. These documents and the associated regulatory materials can be accessed from our website at the address: http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2010/truckbus10/truckbus10.htm The modifications are open for public comment until June 3, 2011. Please submit any comments here: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php Your comments should only address the proposed modifications and additional documents and information. Thank you. 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: ag, altdiesel, diesel-retrofit, ej, ej-prp, gmbond, hdghg, hdsoftware, inuseidling, loco, ms-mailings, offroad, onrdiesel, ordiesel, portable, porttruck, railyard, sbidling, schoolbus, swcv, truck-idling, tru, zeb. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. 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For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:34:23 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- 2010 Commitments for Four High-Priority Railyards New ARB Report From: ahgarcia@arb.ca.gov The Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has prepared a Supplement to the June 2010 Staff Report on Proposed Actions to Further Reduce Diesel Particulate Matter at High-Priority California Railyards. This report includes updated emissions and health risk estimates and a California Environmental Quality Act Functional Equivalent Document (FED). The FED evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project, which is approval and implementation of the Revised 2010 Commitments between ARB and Union Pacific (UP) Railroad and BNSF Railway (BNSF). The supplement presents revised estimates of diesel particulate (PM) emissions and health risk at four railyards (BNSF San Bernardino, BNSF Hobart, UP Commerce and UP ICTF/Dolores). The report quantifies the significant reduction in diesel PM emissions and health risk at each railyard between 2005 and 2010. The Revised 2010 Commitments are an agreement to reduce diesel PM emissions at the four railyards in Southern California by 85 percent by 2020, as compared to 2005 levels. The FED identifies three topics with potentially significant impacts: light, noise, and transportation/traffic. Although the execution and implementation of the Revised 2010 Commitments do not directly and adversely affect the physical environment, ARB has determined that operational changes that may be undertaken by the railroads to meet the emission reduction targets or reduce health risk have the potential to result in changes to the physical environment in the vicinity of the railyards. The public review and comment period for the FED is July 5, 2011 through August 19, 2011. For more detailed information on how to submit comments see the Notice at the website listed below. Copies of the supplement (including the FED) may be obtained from ARB’s Public Information Office, 1001 I St., 1st Floor, Environmental Services Center, Sacramento, California 95814 or at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/railyard/commitments/commitments.htm If you have questions on the 2010 Commitments or CEQA FED, please contact Harold Holmes, Manager, Rail Strategies Section, at (916) 324-8029 or hholmes@arb.ca.gov. Diesel exhaust contains a variety of harmful gases and more than 40 other known cancer-causing compounds. In 1998, California identified diesel particulate matter as a toxic air contaminant based on its potential to cause cancer, premature death, and other significant health problems. 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: ej, loco, railyard. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:27:21 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Air Resources Board Public Hearing for September 22, 2011 From: czavala@arb.ca.gov The Air Resources Board will conduct a public hearing on September 22, 2011 to consider adoption of amendments to the Regulation for Mobile Cargo Handling Equipment at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yard. This notice and the associated regulatory materials can be accessed from the Air Resources Board’s website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2011/cargo11/cargo11.htm Inquiries concerning the substance of the proposed regulation may be directed to the designated agency contact persons, Cherie Rainforth, Manager of the Control Strategies Section, at (916) 327-7213 or Kirk Rosenkranz, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 327-7843. Date: September 22, 2011 Time: 9:00 a.m Location: Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, 2nd Floor Byron Sher Auditorium Sacramento, California 95814 SUBMITTAL OF COMMENTS Interested members of the public may also present comments orally or in writing at the meeting, and comments may be submitted by postal mail or by electronic submittal before the meeting. The comment period for this regulatory action will begin on August 8, 2011. To be considered by the Board, written comments, not physically submitted at the meeting, must be submitted on or after August 8, 2011 and received no later than 12:00 noon on September 21, 2011, and must be addressed to the following: Postal mail: Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Board 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 Electronic submittal: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php 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: board, cargo, loco, railyard. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 15:49:15 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text From: czavala@arb.ca.gov The California Air Resources Board has posted the 15-Day Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text for the Adoption of Proposed Amendments to the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Measure. This notice and the associated regulatory materials can be accessed from the ARB website address: http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2010/truckbus10/truckbus10.htm Inquiries concerning the substance of the proposed amendments to the Tractor-Trailer GHG regulation should be directed to the designated agency contact persons, Ms. Dassi Pintar, Air Pollution Specialist, at (626) 575-7007, or Mr. Alex Santos, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, at (626) 575-6682. The modified text is open for public comment until August 19, 2011. Written comments will only be accepted on the modifications identified in this notice and may be submitted by postal mail or electronic mail submittal as follows: Postal mail: Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Board 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 Electronic submittal: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php 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: ej, ej-prp, gmbond, hdghg, inuseidling, ms-mailings, onrdiesel, portable, porttruck, railyard, truck-idling, tru. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." 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For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:22:51 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- 15 Day Extension of Public Comment Period for CEQA FED for 2010 Commitments for Four High-Priority Railyards From: hcastane@arb.ca.gov This a notice that ARB has extended the public comment period for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Functional Equivalent Document (FED) for the Revised 2010 Railyard Commitments. The public review and comment period for the FED was originally July 5, 2011 through August 19, 2011. This public comment period has been extended, by at least 15 calendar days, to September 6, 2011 at 5:00 pm. The Air Resources Board (ARB) staff prepared a Supplement to the June 2010 Staff Report on Proposed Actions to Further Reduce Diesel Particulate Matter at High-Priority California Railyards (BNSF San Bernardino, BNSF Hobart, UP Commerce and UP ICTF/Dolores). This report includes updated emissions and health risk estimates and a CEQA FED. The FED evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project, which is approval and implementation of the Revised 2010 Commitments between ARB and Union Pacific (UP) Railroad and BNSF Railway (BNSF). For more detailed information on how to submit comments see the Notice at the website listed below. Copies of the supplement (including the FED) may be obtained from ARB’s Public Information Office, 1001 I St., 1st Floor, Environmental Services Center, Sacramento, California 95814 or at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/railyard/commitments/commitments.htm If you have questions on the 2010 Commitments or CEQA FED, please contact Harold Holmes, Manager, Rail Strategies Section, at (916) 324-8029 or hholmes@arb.ca.gov. Diesel exhaust contains a variety of harmful gases and more than 40 other known cancer-causing compounds. In 1998, California identified diesel particulate matter as a toxic air contaminant based on its potential to cause cancer, premature death, and other significant health problems. 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