The California Air Resources Board abandoned its original estimates of off–road diesel emissions, conceding that its “off–road rule” is not needed to meet ambitious goals for the off–road equipment in the construction industry. According to new estimates that the agency staff developed over the summer, off road fleets of diesel equipment will exceed the state’s emission goals for many years to come.
During the earlier rulemaking process, the board staff used the now abandoned estimates to justify an "off-road rule" that would needlessly force contractors across the state to retire, retrofit, repower or replace billions of dollars worth of construction equipment, and all at a time when California's construction industry is still losing jobs. When informed of the state's new forecasts, association officials called on the Board's members to repeal the rule "quickly and completely."
Read AGC's press release here.
The news was covered by the Sacramento Bee and Equipment World, among others.
For more information, contact Mike Kennedy at (703) 837-5335 or kennedym@agc.org.
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