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May 21, 2017

CLEAN AIR MANDATE * USA: Only 46% Washington's trucks comply with

* Washington - Clear air rules pose Seattle-Tacoma drayage challenge

--- The Northwest Seaport Alliance of Seattle and Tacoma is walking a fine line between meeting its clean-air objectives and ensuring there will be sufficient truck capacity beginning next year, when pre-2007 engine trucks are banned from marine terminals under the port authority’s clean-truck program... Although the harbor drayage community has known about the clean-truck mandate since 2008, the port authority said only 46 percent of the roughly 4,000 trucks that pick up and deliver containers in Seattle and Tacoma are compliant. The deadline kicks in Jan. 1, 2018... Some truckers still believe the Northwest Seaport Alliance, which is the enforcer as well as the founder of the clean-truck program, will delay implementation. The fate awaiting those truckers, many of whom are owner-operators, is uncertain at this time... 
 (Photo: Less than half the trucks serving the ports of Seattle and Tacoma are compliant with clean air rules) -- Seattle, WASH, USA - JOC, by Bill Mongelluzzo - May 19, 2017

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Aug 20, 2015

AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS * USA: Truckmakers & Trucking debates

* California - Air Quality Regulators target Nitrogen Oxide emissions reduction

-- State air quality regulators in California said proposed Phase 2 standards for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and increasing fuel efficiency for medium- and heavy-duty trucks do not go far enough... At a public hearing Aug. 18 in Long Beach, they called for reducing the existing standard on nitrogen oxide emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks to near-zero levels as part of the pending proposal... Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, said at the hearing, an earlier implementation date of the proposal “would allow for more timely options to pursue a mandatory lower nitrogen oxide engine standard nationally.” She said reducing NOx is “absolutely critical” if California is to meet its federal ozone attainment obligations. She said trucks are responsible for one-third of the state’s NOx emissions... Tom Fulks, representing the Diesel Technology Forum, based in Frederick, Maryland, said 120,429 model year 2010-2014 “clean diesel” Classes 3-8 trucks are operating in California. They have eliminated 120,000 tons of NOx and 580,000 tons of carbon dioxide and saved 1.4 billion barrels of crude oil between 2010 and 2014, he said, based on DTF’s most recent research. DTF is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness of the importance of diesel engines, fuel and technology...
Long Beach, CAL, USA - Transport Topics, by Roger W. Gilroy - 18 Aug 2015


* California - CARB calls for technology-forcing emissions limits, focus on NOx

-- The second public hearing on proposed truck fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards shaped up much like the first: Trucking industry representatives expressed qualified support for the stringency goals and implementation schedule outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), while air quality regulators and environmental groups called for tougher restrictions and a tighter timeline. And within trucking there is a divide over exactly how the engine and complete vehicle should be measured... The big four North American heavy-duty truck manufacturers (Daimler Trucks North America, Navistar, Paccar and Volvo Trucks North America) spoke with one voice Tuesday, as Dan Kieffer, director of emissions compliance for Paccar, delivered a statement on behalf of all... He also called on the agencies to adopt a “complete vehicle approach” to the regulation, as opposed to separate vehicle and engine standards... The truck manufacturers’ opposition to the engine standard goes against support from the world’s largest engine-builder, Cummins Inc. ... “The fact is that vehicle manufacturers must have the flexibility to optimize the complete vehicle design for maximum efficiency at the lowest cost and complexity. Minimizing total cost of vehicle ownership is a top priority for our customers.” says Dan Kieffer... 
 Long Beach, CAL, USA - Fleet Owner, by Kevin Jones - Aug 19, 2015

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Jan 18, 2011

CLEAN AIR * USA - CARB attacks emissions on 2 fronts

Sacramento,CAL,USA -Penton Media/Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Dec 29, 2010: -- The California Air Resources Board (CARB) gave a year-end green light to two separate efforts to reduce diesel engine exhaust pollution as well as greenhouse gases [GHGs]. In an effort to control and ultimately reduce emissions that “harm human health” and “contribute to global warming,” CARB said it was setting new standards for diesel emissions and creating a “cap-and-trade” program... On the diesel emission front, CARB passed amendments to previous diesel engine emissions control measures. The amendments will mandate particulate matter [PM] reductions from current levels by an additional 50% by 2014 and 70% by 2020... All commercial trucks serving ports, will the scope of the regulations expanded to include trucks operating outside port or rail yard properties to prevent non-compliant trucks from receiving cargo from clean trucks in those areas... (Photo from Terminal Island Truck Port: Port of Long Beach,CAL, aerial view)

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Oct 15, 2010

Clean Air Rules * USA - California: Election Results Will Not Affect Those

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)

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Dec 18, 2008

NEW TECHNOLOGY * USA - Mandates on the way for IE truckers

Air-quality regulators are counting on tough new diesel rules to protect health and clean up California skies, but truckers are worried those mandates will force some drivers out of business

San Bernardino,CA,USA -The San Bernardino Sun, by Andrew Edwards -16 Dec 2008: -- George Evans, a trucker for Southern Freight Inc., discusses new state diesel-truck regulations at the Truck Town Truck Stop in Fontana on Tuesday. Many truckers are worried about their ability to comply with the rules adopted last week by the California Air Resources Board. I don't see how we re going to operate, Evans said... "You're going to see the extinction of a lot of trucking companies," predicted Valerie Liese, president of Jack Jones Trucking in Ontario... Air Resources Board staffers consider heavy diesel trucks to be the state's biggest generator of unregulated diesel emissions. Big rigs account for 40 percent of carcinogenic emissions from mobile diesel engines, according to the board... The new policy will require truckers hauling goods in California to make a series of anti-pollution investments over the next several years. Diesel exhaust filters will be required starting in January 2011... Air Resources Board officials report that the mandates will apply to about 400,000 California-registered vehicles and more than 500,000 other trucks that haul goods in the Golden State... According to the state's analysis, new diesel regulations will cost $5.5 billion to implement and affect 170,000 California businesses... But air-quality officials say that pollution is already expensive for people who have to breathe California's air. Board staffers estimate the new rules will prevent about 9,400 premature deaths and reduce asthma cases and sick days... The predicted health benefits are valued at an estimated $48 billion to $68 billion...


* County delays requiring state's new diesel mandates

Hollister,San Benito County,CAL,USA -The Hollister Free Lance, by Colin McConville -Dec 17, 2008: -- Supervisors have put off implementing state-mandated regulations requiring diesel-powered trucks to install a mechanism that reduces pollution... Outfitting the trucks with the filters is only the first phase of the new regulations, said Supervisor Reb Monaco of the regulations set forth by the California Air Resources Board. The second calls for the replacement of all trucks without the diesel particulate filters... San Benito County, which lacks an alternative mode of transportation for goods like produce, is forced to rely heavily on diesel-powered trucks, officials contend. The scope of these regulations is not limited just to agricultural shipping. Richard Bettencourt, a dump truck broker, said it affects "everybody" - such as the construction and farming industries... "This isn't just truckers," he said... With the already grim economic outlook for the county, the added expense could spell disaster, he said... In its resolution, the county acknowledges the California Air Resources Board and this legislation it passed but also said that the state didn't consider the economic consequences for rural communities such as San Benito County. Many rural California counties include large numbers of trucks that would need new equipment installed. Another troubling piece of that scenario is how many banks will not allow loans to outfit trucks more than 10 years old...


* New CARB diesel rule: What trucks are good and for how long?

Cal,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -December 17, 2008: -- California approved two new regulations for diesel trucks this past week, and it took only a few days before rumors about the new “on-road diesel truck and bus” rule blanketed truck stops and terminals like a thick snowfall... Staff members are still nailing down details of the board’s wishes, but here’s a basic breakdown of what the new regulation means for one-truck operations: Trucks with 2003 or older model year engines will be prevented from legally entering the state on Jan. 1, 2014, unless technology is developed that allows them to meet California’s standard. Technology is not expected to be developed that would help those trucks... A truck with a 2004 model year engine and a CARB-approved diesel particulate filter would be eligible to travel into California until Jan. 1, 2017, and possibly 2018, depending on CARB staff interpretation of a last-minute change that the agency’s board made on Friday... Any one-truck operation with a 2007 model year engine or newer would meet California’s emissions regulation until January 2021... Carriers may apply to CARB for a three-day pass to allow them access for one truck to be in the state without meeting the diesel rule. The pass is good only once, annually... Another important date: In January 2011, one-truck operations entering the state will be required to register their truck information with CARB, and will be required to update it annually...

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Dec 14, 2008

Regulations * USA - Could Put Local Truckers Out Of Business

Citing the air pollution generated by thousands of trucks on its roads, the State of California has adopted the toughest diesel emission standards in the nation

Fresno, CA,USA -KMPH Fox 26, by Clint Olivier & Winston Whitehurst -14 Dec 2008: -- ... "What it will do in our situation is, we have to have every one of our trucks replaced, or else go out of business," Mike Kubar said... TKJ Trucking's Kubar says about ten valley families depend on their jobs there for survival, he says that could now be in doubt... "There are many carriers such as the previous carrier that are really on the ropes," Tim Fortier of West Fresno's CTI Trucking said... State officials say they have loan programs available to help companies replace their trucks, but Mike Kubar says it's a racket... He says the state program offers about 50 thousand dollars for trucks that cost upwards of 125k... And that means a trip to the bank for a huge loan... "Once you're in debt, once you sign that piece of paper, and if I don't have business, then we are deep trouble, he said... The new regulations start going into effect in 2010 and will phase in over a period of 13 years... The sweeping new law also applies to trucks registered in other states that drive into California...


* Air laws may jeopardize trucking industry

San Leandro,CA,USA -KGO, by Tomas Roman -14 Dec 2008: -- More than a million trucks and buses will have to have new diesel filters installed by 2010. The California Air Resources Board estimates the new regulation will cost truck fleet owners more than $5.5 billion through 2020. Truck owners are angry, saying the expensive new rule could shut them down... Ghiglione owns Rodgers trucking of San Leandro. He employs 170 workers and runs 140 trucks. he's angry that the California Air Resources Board is requiring all trucks to have these diesel exhaust filters installed starting next year... It could cost some truckers up to $40,000 each. Ghiglione's cost with his own mechanics doing the installation is estimated at $15-20,000 per truck... "I was figuring about $1.6 million to do all our trucks," said Ghiglione... "Can you afford $1.6 million?" asked ABC7's Thomas Roman... "No, not a way in the world," said Ghiglione... The new regulation would affect more than 1 million diesel trucks that do business in California and in excess of 170,000 busses...

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Dec 13, 2008

STRICTEST EMISSIONS RULES * USA - Air board adopts rules on diesel exhaust

Sacramento,CAL,USA -The San Fracisco Chronicle, by Wyatt Buchanan -December 13, 2008: -- One million diesel-exhaust-spewing big rigs on California's roads face the nation's strictest emissions restrictions under rules adopted Friday by the state air board, a move that officials say is needed to save thousands of lives but that some truck drivers fear will put them out of business... The regulations, approved one day after the California Air Resources Board's landmark vote to curb greenhouse gases, require all trucks and buses, whether or not they are registered in the state, to retrofit or replace their rigs starting in 2010... Air board officials estimate the changes will cost the trucking industry $5.5 billion, causing some truckers to plead for financial assistance. They said they will offer truck owners $1 billion in help... Board Chair Mary Nichols said the decision was necessary because the trucking industry "has an enormous impact on the lives and health of the people of the state"... Board member Dr. John Balmes said after the vote that while the change might cost the industry more than $5 billion, the savings in public health costs are estimated at as much as $50 billion... (Photo by Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle - It is estimated that retrofitting or replacing diesel rigs will cost the industry $5.5 billion; the air board plans to offer $1 billion in aid)

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