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TRUCKERS' COMPLAIN * USA - San Joaquin Valley air rules could put brakes on trucking
California truck operators and owners would have to shell out a combined $5.5 billion to comply with the emission regulations
San Joaquin,CAL,USA -ROI Sequoia Valley/visalia.gannett, by DAVID CASTELLON -June 14, 2009: -- Ron Faulkner is all for improving California’s air quality. He just doesn’t want to be run out of business in the process... And that’s what might happen if new regulations on diesel-truck emissions go into effect in 2011, says Faulkner, president of Faulkner Trucking in Tulare. Others who own and operate big-rig trucks in the state are similarly worried... According to the California Air Resources Board proposal, by 2023 diesel trucks with a gross weight of 14,000 pounds or more would have to have 2010-model or newer engines to operate on California roads. But by 2014, most trucks with engines built before 2010 would have to be retrofitted with devices that capture particulate matter. Such devices cost about $15,000 to install... But after incurring that expense, most truck operators in the state will have to buy newer trucks — or install newer engines — before 2023... A new truck can cost $110,000 to $130,000 in today’s dollars... The proposed regulations would apply to out-of-state trucks that travel into California more than once a year... Air board officials estimate that California truck operators and owners would have to shell out a combined $5.5 billion to comply with the emission regulations. Faulkner expects to spend about $4.5 million to upgrade and replace trucks and engines in his 35-truck fleet. That’s not the kind of money he has or expects to have in the coming years... (Photo by STEVE R. FUJIMOTO - Richard Kennedy of Darrell L. Green Trucking Inc. in Tulare fuels up Wednesday before a delivery. Emission requirements are getting stricter for the trucking industry affecting everyone)Labels: truckers' complain
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