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Truckers * USA - To meet in Porterville
State efforts to get older trucks off the roads could force independent truckers and larger-scale trucking firms out of business, area drivers warnVisalia,CA,USA -The Visalia Times-Delta, by Gerald Carroll -15 Dec 2007: -- ... The California Air Resources Board this month ordered that pre-1994 trucks serving California ports and rail yards be replaced or retrofitted with more fuel-efficient systems. A second phase of the state's effort, scheduled for approval in October 2008, would expand the requirement to cover all pre-1998 models — whether they serve ports and rail yards or not. By 2013, the state would allow only post-2004 trucks to operate without "highest-level" emissions controls... "I have more than $1 million in older equipment here," said Ron Faulkner, owner and operator of Tulare-based Faulkner Trucking. "That would pretty much wipe that out. It can't be sold. Who would buy it?"... Faulkner, who has 27 trucks, said he would be stuck with the expense of replacing trucks and gear that are aging but reliable... "Independent operators who will be through if the state has its way," Faulkner said. "We have no trouble with cleaning up the air, and air quality is much better now than in years past, but our company won't be able to stay in business, either"... The tightening of state rules definitely would force workforce cutbacks, Faulkner Trucking safety chief Kelly Kyle said... Both the ports guidelines and the older-trucks provisions call for all trucks — even long-haulers from out of state — to conform to California law... (Photo by Gerald Carroll - Kelly Kyle of Faulkner Trucking in Tulare stands beside one of his company's heavy-duty diesel rigs Thursday)
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