CIAQC Joins Forces With DTCC!

Driving Toward a Cleaner California

CIAQC has partnered with Driving Toward a Cleaner California (DTCC), to represent you as CARB develops its truck and bus replacement rule. Take action today to:

 

Coalition to Build a Cleaner California

Urgent Action Needed – Today!


Let U.S. EPA Know You Demand a Hearing on CARB’s Off-Road Diesel Emission Regulation in California!

Hurry! Time is Running Out! Letters need to be received by U.S. EPA by Monday, October 20th.

Find the sample letter here.

Find the EPA Waiver Notice here.

 

 

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Get Informed

Attention! The South Coast Air Quality Management District is developing a new rule to control emissions from new or redevelopment projects. This rule would require you to reduce emissions above and beyond standards already set by the California Air Resources Board.

Click here to learn more about this proposal.

 

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Today’s Headlines


Voice: Worrying about new regulation

By GABRIELA QUIROZ, General manager/director of Calexico Freight Lines, Thursday, October 16, 2008, The Imperial Valley Press

My family’s small trucking company, Calexico Freight Lines, has been in business since 1970. Through hard work and fortunate business opportunities, we have been hauling goods for our customers, including the world’s leading baked goods supplier, throughout California, Arizona and Mexico.

But today’s record high diesel prices and unstable economy forced us to add a fuel surcharge to our rates, as many trucking companies have had to do. Since then, we have lost over half of our business to a trucking company based in Mexico.

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CARB to vote on stiff rules Dec. 11

By Jill Dunn, etrucker.com

California will vote Dec. 11 on new regulations that will start with a phased-in schedule requiring diesel engine exhaust retrofits in 2010 and engine replacement in 2012 for trucks doing business in California.

The state Air Resources Board will have its draft proposal online Oct. 24, said Erik White, who heads CARB’s heavy diesel in-use strategies branch.

“This is the only way the state can meet the cleaner federal standards established,” White said.

The proposals will affect anyone who operates or sells a truck within the state borders, regardless of residency. All diesel trucks with a gross vehicle weight of more than 14,000 pounds and all diesel shuttle buses are affected, as are federal fleets, and privately and publicly owned school buses.

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Christian Science Monitor: California Eyes Going ‘Green’ Despite Slump

By Daniel B. Wood, October 16, 2008, Christian Science Monitor

California moved ahead this week with plans to slash greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and foster a green economy, even as some business groups questioned the costs in difficult economic times.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released Wednesday final details of its so-called “Scoping Plan,” that spells out ways to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions to meet the requirements of the state’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.

The plan combines market-based regulatory approaches, voluntary measures, and fees. Key new measures include reducing leakage of harmful air conditioning and refrigeration gases, expanding commercial recycling programs, and establishing greenhouse-reduction targets for local governments.

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