From John Howard, Managing Editor of Capitol Weekly:
“A classic dispute before the Air Resources Board, pitting environmentalists against builders over a multibillion-dollar plan to cut diesel pollution, has gone beyond the confines of the ARB and is spilling over into the state budget and the highest levels of the Schwarzenegger administration.
“Environmentalists have successfully pushed into the 2007-08 Senate budget version a provision that requires builders, with some exceptions, who win new infrastructure-construction contracts to use specially approved exhaust filters to block harmful diesel emissions. The language could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars–directly from the pockets of equipment owners.”
Read the full article here: http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1529
moreThe California Air Resources Board met in full session at the San Diego Marriott Del Mar on May 25, 2007 for a full information hearing on the final Off Road Diesel Emissions Regulation slated to take effect March 1, 2008. ARB staff presented their proposed rule and hear dozens of speakers from the construction industry and environmental groups. The Board delayed making a decision on the rule until its Sacramento hearing on July 27, 2007. In the meantime, the Portable Equipment Registration Program is in full effect with heavy fines for violators and off road equipment owners are urged to get a full fleet analysis in order to begin planning for compliance costs and strategies needed once the final off road rule is in effect.
For more information go to www.cleanairconstruction.org.
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