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On December 12, 2008, the Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted a
proposal that will exempt sweepers and mobile cranes (other than
rubber-tired gantry cranes) from the Cargo Handling Equipment
Regulation and place them under either the In-Use Off-Road Diesel
Vehicle Regulation or the In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle
Regulation (On-Road Truck and Bus Regulation).  Enforcement of
these changes will begin after the Office of Administrative Law
(OAL) approves the regulatory changes, which is expected to occur
some time next year.

Once the OAL approves the changes to the regulation, mobile
cranes and sweepers will be regulated as follows:
  - All two-engine cranes, off-road single-engine cranes, and
off-road single-engine sweepers will be subject to the Regulation
for In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicles (sections 2449, 2449.1,
2449.2, 2449.3, title 13, California Code of Regulations).  For
more information, visit the Regulation for In-Use Off-Road Diesel
Vehicles website: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/ordiesel/ordiesel.htm
  - All on-road sweepers and on-road single-engine cranes will
be subject to the On-Road Truck and Bus Regulation.  For more
information, visit the On-Road Truck and Bus Regulation website: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/onrdiesel.htm

Please see the table at the following website for more
information on which rule would apply to various configurations
of mobile cranes and sweepers: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/cargo/documents/cranesweeper.pdf

For additional information regarding the changes, see the ARB
Enforcement Advisory # 382 at the following website:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/advs/advs382.pdf

If you have any questions concerning this notice or the Cargo
Handling Equipment Regulation, please visit our web site at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cargo or contact Lisa Williams at
916.327.1498 or lwilliam@arb.ca.gov.