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Truckers' Claim * USA - Proposed air regulations unaffordable
Bakersfield,CAL,USA -Bakersfield Now/Eyewitness News, by Jose Gaspar -Dec 4, 2008: -- If California's Air Resources Board has its way and adopts strict new regulations to reduce emissions from diesel trucks, Bakersfield truck driver Jim Ehoff says it'll spell doom for an already depressed trucking industry... The Air Resources Board votes on Dec. 11 and 12 on landmark regulations. If adopted, the rules would require truck owners to install exhaust filters on their rigs starting in 2010. The rules also would require long-haul truckers to equip their vehicles with fuel-efficient tires and aerodynamic devices that lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy... But local truckers say they can't afford the added cost to comply with the proposed regulations... "My company alone is looking at a $2 million cost over and above what we budget for, what we anticipated for," said Daniel Mairs, president of Cox Petroleum Export...Labels: truckers' complain
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