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Overdrive Radio

The CARB bind: On eve of public meeting, more voices on proposed compliance alternatives

Owner-operators around the nation can voice their concerns with CARB regulations and newly proposed compliance alternatives via a Dec. 4 webcast meeting in Sacramento; further views in latest podcast.

December 3, 2013

Overdrive Radio

CARB: Operators’ voices, more on the regs in podcast part 2

This feature podcast follows the Monday, Nov. 25, installment on CARB’s 11th-hour flexibility maneuvering. Call 530-408-6423, state your name and location, and give us your view on the state’s emissions regs.

November 27, 2013

Business

CARB sued for allegedly not disclosing defects of particulate filters

A business group is suing California’s Air Resources Board over allegations it did not disclose known defects associated with the Diesel Particulate Filters required for trucks next year.

November 25, 2013

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: CARB compliance flexibility, or lack thereof, not set in stone

In the first of two podcasts on CARB’s 11th-hour flexibility maneuvering, Joe Rajkovacz of the CCTA urged operators around the nation to get involved in the process, as potential new compliance options aren’t yet set in stone.

November 25, 2013

Business

California delaying enforcement of retrofit deadline for truck owners

California will delay enforcement of the next retrofit deadline for truckers who report certain efforts toward compliance by Jan. 31.

November 22, 2013

Channel 19

Solidarity with the dispatcher, forces against CARB low-use exemption change

FirstFleet drivers band behind a dispatch/payroll office employee battling cancer. Forces at work against CARB’s low-use mileage boost?

November 14, 2013

Channel 19

A bone to the industry from an agency in the doghouse

Boosting the low-use mileage exemption just won’t be enough for some operators with CARB-noncompliant engines. For others, it doesn’t change their thoughts on the agency’s emissions regs.

November 11, 2013

Channel 19

Inside small-fleet advocacy at NASTC annual meeting

Rounding up highlights from the NASTC annual meeting: CARB politics, enforcement; speed limiter rule with retrofit requirement expected in 2014, “conditional” rating the new “unsatisfactory”…

November 9, 2013

Equipment

CARB to boost low-use mileage exemption

Good news for owner-operators and fleets in the Eastern U.S. who run to California only occasionally or can keep their in-state miles below the 5,000-7,500 range per year: The state’s upping its low-use exemption mileage.

November 8, 2013

Business

One week left for California ’06 reefer-unit extension

Orders for verified diesel emissions control strategies for transport refrigeration units operating in California, such as Level 3 diesel particulate filters, must be placed by Oct. 31.

October 25, 2013

Channel 19

Tell that to a hive hauler

Another entry in the annals of sensational headlines…

October 7, 2013

Business

Left-coast gamble: Other CARB regs and deadlines

This last portion of this series details other of CARB’s diesel equipment-focused emissions rules, interwoven with its primary truck and bus rule on powertrains.

October 2, 2013