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. Visit DTCC’s web site at www.drivecleanca.org for up-to-date information about this rule and to sign up for email updates!

 

  

Attention Contractors!

The CARB hearing to adopt the proposed changes to the off-road regulation is right around the corner and we need your help.

On July 23rd and 24th, 2009 the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will consider amendments to the off-road diesel-fueled equipment regulation that could have an impact on your fleet. 

The upcoming amendments will incorporate legislatively directed changes to the regulation resulting from the approval of AB 8 2X in February this year.  The bill provides credit toward regulatory compliance for contractors and fleet owners who have reduced their overall fleet horsepower and experienced reduced activity as a result of the downturn in the economy. You too may benefit from these proposed changes.

CARB has released the proposed amendments to the off-road regulation which can be viewed here. Don’t hesitate to let CARB know what you think of the proposed amendments. CIAQC is currently reviewing the proposed changes in the staff report and will share its perspective shortly.

Sign up today to receive timely email updates about this and other important air quality issues affecting the construction industry!

 

  
 

Get Informed

For years CIAQC has worked diligently to insist that air quality regulations impacting contractors are both technologically and economically feasible.  There is no avoiding this regulation, but working together we can make sure that CARB hears from of the construction industry.

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.

 

Get Involved

Make sure you have up-to-date information on crucial policy decisions that will impact YOUR BUSINESS.

Sign-up for regular email updates from CIAQC and the Coalition To Build A Cleaner California today!
 

Today’s Headlines


Losses of factory jobs in California blamed on regulation

A report to be issued today by the Milken Institute attributes the departure of 79,000 manufacturing jobs between 2003 and 2007 to onerous regulations and high taxes.

The El Monte factory stopped operating just a few weeks ago, but already it feels abandoned, an appropriate setting for a "Terminator" movie.

The dusty clock on the wall is frozen at 7:00. Below it, the deep pits that once held molten steel are now empty, and the parts created there wait in hundreds of boxes to be shipped off across the country or turned into scrap.

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Port of Oakland votes to ban dirty diesel trucks

People living near the Port of Oakland may soon breathe easier after the Port Commission on Tuesday voted to ban trucks that burn dirty diesel fuel.

The ban, part of a $15.2 million comprehensive truck management program for the port that takes effect Jan. 1, 2010, restricts truck models older than 1994, as well as models from 1994 to 2006 not equipped with soot filters. Later-model trucks have much cleaner emissions technology than those of previous years.

The proposal passed 5-1, with Commissioner Anthony Batarse the lone vote in opposition.

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Greenhouse emissions bill faces contentious summer of debate

WASHINGTON – Congress will return today ready to engage in a historic debate on whether the country should shift to cleaner and more efficient use of energy and reduce the heat-trapping gases building up in the atmosphere.

Before leaving for Memorial Day, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill that would set the country's first mandatory limits on greenhouse gases, promote renewable energy and increase the efficiency of buildings, appliances and vehicles.

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