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REGULATIONS * USA - CARB changing California’s trucking landscape
Sacramento,CAL,USA -Fleet Owner -Aug 25, 2009: -- The recent spate of emission-control regulations issued by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is going to pose bigger compliance headaches for smaller fleets compared to their larger brethren, according to a recent analysis by GE Capital Fleet Services... The problem is that the bevy of CARB’s California-only rules for commercial trucks – including the 2010 Diesel Exhaust Emission Program, Heavy Duty Vehicle Idling Emission Reduction Program, Heavy Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction measure, and Truck and Bus Regulation Reducing Emissions from Existing Diesel Vehicles measure – make it impractical if not impossible for fleets to keep older trucks compliant. And that, said Ken Gillies, truck engineering manager at GE Capital Fleet Services, turns the operating model for many small fleets on its head... The net effect is that CARB's rules make it harder to retrofit older trucks in a cost effective manner... (Picture from roadtransport)
* The Coalition for Responsible Transportation Announces National Green Port Trucks Partnership with U.S. EPA SmartWay
Sacramento,CAL,USA -BUSINESS WIRE -August 25, 2009: -- The Coalition for Responsible Transportation announced today that it has formed a partnership with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) SmartWay Transport Program to help develop a national SmartWay certification program and rating system for green port drayage trucks... CRT also announced today that it has been officially certified by the U.S. EPA as a SmartWay Transport Partnership Affiliate member... Through its partnership with SmartWay, CRT has convened a working group consisting of major national shippers, ocean carriers, and port drayage providers to provide recommendations to the SmartWay program as to the development of a certification and rating system for green port drayage trucks that will build upon the immensely successful SmartWay Transport model that the U.S. EPA has created for over-the-road freight transportation...Labels: rules and regulations
posted by Unknown @ 8:02 PM
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Lol, looks like the truck illustrating the California story is on the old A6 road in the UK.
Hi Cath & Mick
It could be possible, but up to that moment we cannot to reach to another picture. But ... isn't a beautiful one... thanks to read us
Santiago
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