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REGULATIONS * USA - CARB reporting deadline looms; rule changes up in air
Sacramento,CAL,USA -Fleet Owner, by Wendy Leavitt -Dec 14, 2009: -- In spite of calls for changes or delays in the pending 2010 CARB (California Air Resources Board) emissions requirements for diesel-powered vehicles, the regulations are still in place but the new reporting deadlines for certain types of fleets operating in the state are coming up in just a few months... In an update issued by CARB on December 10, the first reporting deadline remains March 31, 2009 for fleets with qualifying agricultural vehicles; fleets that wish to take advantage of the vehicle retirement credits; fleets that operate two engine sweepers ;and fleets that have installed particulate filters and want to claim early credits... The Associated General Contractors (AGC) has asked CARB to do two key things: delay the effective date for a new emissions rule until 2015 and use the emissions levels now proposed for small fleets for all fleets regardless of their size. The current proposed regulation establishes tougher limits with earlier compliance deadlines for large and medium fleets... The likelihood of CARB making any changes is slim. “ Nothing CARB did … changes anything about the rule, “ Clayton Boyce, vp of public affairs for the American Trucking Assns. (ATA), told. “That will be decided in April. And it is iffy even then that anything will be changed, especially if the economy recovers and the [economic] situation [for fleets] can be seen as improved. So, the board may see no reason to relax the rules then“...* USA - GHG Ruling Opens Door for EPA Limits
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -14 Dec 2009: -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week declared that greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and industrial facilities are a danger to human health, a first step the agency must take along the path to regulations limiting the levels of combustion by-products from tailpipes... While it was unclear how EPA’s “endangerment” finding might directly affect trucking, Glen Kedzie, vice president and environmental affairs counsel for American Trucking Associations, said regulation of truck greenhouse gas emissions is likely at some point... If congressional mandates are followed, a fuel efficiency or fuel economy rule could become effective for heavy trucking as soon as model year 2016, Kedzie said... The House already has passed a cap-and-trade bill to reduce carbon emissions. However, if the Senate does not pass a climate change bill, the Obama administration made it clear it would move forward with its own regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions... Labels: rules and regulations
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