1 California Air Resources Board Mobile Source Regulation Overview Mobile Source Control Division 2 Areas of the State not meeting Federal Air Quality Standards 8-Hour Ozone PM2.5 Annual Unclassified/Attainment Nonattainment 15 areas violate the standard 2 areas violate the standard Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure • 70% of known cancer risk from all air toxics • Trucks and buses largest source of diesel PM • Diesel Risk Reduction Plan adopted in 2000 – Risk reduction goals by 2010 and 2020 – Stringent New Engine Standards – Cleaner Diesel Fuel (< 15 ppm sulfur) – Ensure In-Use Emissions Performance – Aggressive Reductions from In-Use Engines In-Use Diesel Regulatory Activity • Urban Buses (2000) • Garbage Trucks (2003) • School Bus Idling (2003) • Stationary Engines (2004) • TRUs (2004) • Truck and Bus Idling (2004) • Portable Engines (2004) • Transit Fleet Vehicles (2005) • Public Fleets & Utilities (2005) • Cargo Handling Equipment at Ports and Rail Yards (2005) • Port Trucks (2007) • Off-Road Vehicles (2007) • Truck and Bus Regulation (2008) • Off-Road Agricultural Vehicles (Planned for 2011) Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies • Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies Requirement Review – Urban Bus – Transit Fleet Vehicles • Fleet based requirements, not BACT • Required Reporting by January 31st Urban Bus Compliance Deadlines Fuel Path 1/1/2007 1/1/2008 1/1/2009 Diesel 85% or meet .01g/bhp-hr standard - - Alternative Fuel 60% - 85% or meet .01g/bhp-hr standard • PM Reduction from January 1, 2002 Baseline • As of October 1, 2002: NOx Fleet average not to exceed 4.8g/bhp-hr
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Areas of the State not meeting Diesel Particulate Matter ...SWCV BACT Options • Repower –0.01 g/bhp-hr PM Standard • Alternative-Fuel Engine Retrofit with Highest Level Diesel
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• Solid Waste Collection Vehicles – 1960 - 2006 Model Year Diesel Engines
– Greater than 14,000 lbs. GVWR
– Collects residential and commercial waste
for a fee
– Not based on body type, but how it is used
Fleet Rule for Solid Waste
Collection Vehicles
• Apply BACT to each engine
• Model year specific implementation schedule
• Keep records and label each vehicle
• Remain in compliance
SWCV Implementation Schedule
Group Engine Model- Years Percentage to use BACT
Compliance Deadline
1 1988 - 2002 10%
25% 50% 100%
2004 2005 2006 2007
2a 1960 – 1987
(Total Fleet < 15)
15%
40% 60% 80% 100%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2b 1960 – 1987
(Total Fleet > 15)
25%
50% 75% 100%
2005 2006 2007 2008
3 2003 – 2006 50%
100%
2009 2010
SWCV BACT Options
• Repower
– 0.01 g/bhp-hr PM Standard
• Alternative-Fuel Engine
• Retrofit with Highest Level Diesel Emission Control
Strategy (DECS)
• Retire Vehicle
– Sell out-of-state
– Scrap
– Back-up (less than 1000 miles per year)
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Compliance Extensions Available
• Available under certain circumstances
– Early Implementation
– No verified DECS available
– Dual-fuel or bi-fuel engine
– Engine one year from retirement
– Experimental DECS
Solid Waste Collection Vehicle
Record Keeping Requirements
• Fleet vehicle records
– Information on each vehicle
– Hard copy or computer records
• Vehicle labeling
– Install durable and legible labels
– On driver door jamb or location known to driver
• Compliance statement
– Statement certifying that engines are in compliance
– Signed by agency agent and dated
Fleet Rule For
Public Agencies and Utilities
• Vehicles owned, leased, or operated by a
municipality or utility
• Diesel vehicles over 14,000 GVWR
• All heavy-duty engines*
• 1960 to 2006 model-year engines*
*Approved changes to Public Fleet Rule to include all heavy-duty engines and
2007-2009 engines that do not meet the 0.01g/bhp-hr engine emission
standard.
Who is Covered?
• A municipality is a city, county, city and county, special district, or a public agency State of California, any department, division, public corporation, or public agency of this State or two or more entities acting jointly, or the duly constituted body of an Indian reservation or Rancheria
• A utility is a privately owned company that provides the same or similar services for water, natural gas, or electricity as a public utility operated by a municipality
– Not Telecommunications
Vehicles Exempt From Rule
• Emergency vehicles
• Off-road vehicles
• School buses
• Vehicles subject to Fleet Rule for Transit
Agencies, Fleet Rule for Solid Waste
Collection Vehicles, Truck and Bus Rule
(federal vehicles)
Key Elements of the Fleet Rule for Public
Agencies and Utilities
• Apply BACT to each engine
• Model year specific implementation schedule
• Keep records and label each vehicle
• Remain in compliance
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Implementation Schedule for All Fleets Group Engine Model-
Years
Percentage of
Group to use
BACT
Compliance Deadline
as of December 31
1a 1960 - 1987 20%
60%
100%
2007
2009
2011
2 1988 - 2002 20%
60%
100%
2007
2009
2011
3 2003 – 2006
(Includes all dual-
fuel and bi-fuel
engines)
50%
100%
2009
2010
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2007 and newer
certified above
0.01g/bhp-hr std.
100 % 2012
a An owner may not use a Level 1 technology as BACT on Group 1 engines
PAU BACT Options
• Repower
– 0.01 g/bhp-hr PM Standard
• Alternative-Fuel Engine
• Retrofit with Highest Level Diesel Emission Control