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CLAIMS * USA - Freight Groups Seek Change in Calif. Air Rules
Proposed regulations would increase costs, say trucking, warehouse interests
Sacramento,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Jan 19, 2010: -- Freight interests in California and the West are petitioning the California Air Resources Board to revise proposed regulations for low-carbon fuel and a cap-and-trade mechanism for the freight transportation system... The proposed draft regulations would significantly increase the cost of trucking and warehouse operations in California and would not achieve the environmental goals that spawned the initiatives, the freight interests stated... The International Warehouse Logistics Association and the Western States Goods Movement Alliance submitted their statements to CARB for consideration as the air-quality agency works to finalize the regulations... The freight organizations cited draft CARB regulations that would mandate a California-only reformulated, low-carbon diesel fuel; new standards that would require an increase in the use of renewable fuel and a requirement that warehouse operations with truck fleets retrofit their trailers or purchase new trailers that meet federal Environmental Protection Agency “Smart Way” standards... Also, rather than saddle California with a single-state requirement that will cause businesses to move to neighboring states that do not have such regulations, the organization wants CARB to wait until a low-carbon standard is adopted by all of the western states...(Photo from latimesblogs.latimes: ports)
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