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New Clean-air Rules for Trucks * USA - Set off battle between enviros, industry
Sacramento,CAL,USA -The Capitol Weekly, by John Howard & Anthony York -May 01, 2008: -- As the nation focuses on greenhouse gas regulations set into motion by landmark legislation in 2006, state regulators are set to pass a less-publicized, wide-reaching rule on emissions from diesel busses and trucks that business groups say could cost billions of dollars to implement... As drafted, the rule would have required on-road diesel fleets to meet 2007 emission standards by 2010, either through the use of new engines or through the use of mechanical traps fitted to the engines. Ultimately, the ARB's overall goal is to cut diesel emissions 85 percent below the 2000 level by 2020... A critical piece of the draft regulation required some truckers' engines to be replaced twice in nine years in order to comply with the rule, but that language has been eliminated from the draft regulation, the ARB said... Julie Sauls, a spokeswoman for the California Trucking Association, said she did not know how many trucks on the road would need new engines, or be fitted with particulate-matter traps. But she said the cost of such an upgrade ranges from $15,000 to $30,000 per truck... State regulators estimate the total impact of the diesel regulations at $4 billion, but critics say the price tag could be twice that, or more. The particulate-matter traps may not be suitable for some vehicles, critics note, requiring those owners to get new engines. New trucks cost about $150,000 each...
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