Companies say rules will continue to be implemented despite election outcome
Sacramento,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Oct 13, 2010: ... Heavy-duty truck and bus regulations approved in late 2008 by the California Air Resources Board will be phased in over the next 13 years. By 2023, all heavy-duty trucks operating on California roads and highways must have 2010 engines or the equivalent... Trucking companies hoping to delay or avoid investments in new, clean equipment have taken heart by a proposition on the Nov. 2 ballot that would delay implementation of a greenhouse gas regulation until unemployment in the state drops to 5.5 percent from over 12 percent today... But Clean-air regulations affecting heavy-duty trucks and 53-foot trailers in California will continue in force no matter what happens in the Nov. 2 election, so all companies shipping into or within the state should be prepared to clean up their fleets, according to industry executives...The fleet and bus rules are all-encompassing, affecting out-of-state trucks traveling into California as well as trucks registered in the state. Also, shippers or warehouses that contract for services involving non-compliant trucks will be subject to fines just as the owners of the trucks are liable. Schrapp said fines range from $300 to $10,000 per day... (Picture from cache1.asset-cache.net: LONG BEACH, CA - SEPTEMBER 08: A truck is driven near the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, the busiest port complex in the US)
* USA - Other states and the federal government have been adopting California’s Clean Air Regulations
Sacramento,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Oct 13, 2010: ... Clean-air regulations affecting heavy-duty trucks and 53-foot trailers in California will continue in force no matter what happens in the Nov. 2 election, so all companies shipping into or within the state should be prepared to clean up their fleets, according to industry executives... The CARB truck and bus rules are designed to ensure that pollution is cut from trucks that carry freight on the state’s roads and highways. In Southern California, the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-truck plan is well underway and requires that 100 percent of the trucks entering the ports by Jan. 1, 2012, are compliant... At other California ports, CARB has a different set of rules that track the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-truck plans, although with a longer timeline... Furthermore, other states and the federal government have been adopting California’s clean-air regulations, with some modifications, since the first clean-air legislation in the state 60 years ago, so similar laws will eventually affect trucking throughout the country, the speakers said... (Map from bioage.typepad.com: 11 the number of states that have adopted California's pioneering emissions standards, which include standards for carbon dioxide emissions, the main greenhouse gas. These states now include: California, Oregon, Washington, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey)Labels: "Clean Trucks" Program, clean air rules
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