CIAQC Joins Forces With DTCC! 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!
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Attention Contractors!Almost half of the California State Legislature has called on the California Air Resources Board to temporarily suspend the On-Road Truck and Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulations. “Given the multi-billion dollar cost associated with the implementation of this regulation – and the current volatile economic environment – I would urge you to delay this regulation and also allow for a stay of enforcement at least until the economy recovers, to reexamine the implementation time line in order to allow businesses the time needed to recover.” Click here to read the full letter. CARB Postpones October 28 Truck & Bus Regulation Workshop The workshop originally scheduled for October 28 to discuss the implementation status of the Truck and Bus regulation has been postponed until further notice. More » Workshop Scheduled to Discuss Possible Changes to Portable Equipment Regulation CARB will hold a public workshop on November 9, 2009 to discuss proposed amendments to the Statewide Portable Equipment Registration Program Regulation and the Airborne Toxic Control Measure for Diesel Fueled Portable Engines. More » |
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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. |
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! |
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Today’s HeadlinesSenate bill would release AQMD air permits stalled by court rulingLocal agencies are backing a state senate bill tha t would release South Coast Air Quality Management District permits for businesses and public services now on hold because of a 2008 court ruling. In November, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann I. Jones struck down two AQMD policies, one allowing the issuance of credits to power plants and another regarding its credit-tracking system.
New York Times: Environment Groups Find Less Support on CourtWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard five environmental law cases in the term that ended Monday, and environmental groups lost every time. It was, said Richard J. Lazarus, a director of the Supreme Court Institute at Georgetown University Law Center, “the worst term ever” for environmental interests. More News:
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