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The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) has delayed two
compliance deadlines for the Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU)
Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM):
. The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) has delayed
two compliance deadlines for the Transport Refrigeration Unit
(TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM):

1. The TRU registration and operator report requirements
deadline for California based TRUs has been extended until July
31, 2009 (previously delayed from January 31, 2009, until March
16, 2009).  Enforcement of the registration requirements will
begin in August 2009.

2. The deadline for meeting the Low-Emission TRU (LETRU) In-Use
Performance Standards for 2001 and older TRU engines has been
delayed until December 31, 2009, (previously delayed from
December 31, 2008, until July 16, 2009).  Enforcement of the
in-use performance standards will begin in January 2010, for all
model year 2002 and older engines.  

ARB is extending these deadlines because as the close of the
grace period approached, it became clear that several thousand
TRUs were not in position to comply by mid July.  The reasons for
this include:  lack of timely action by TRU owners, higher costs
for compliance than originally anticipated, some retrofit systems
not becoming available until May 2009, tightening of credit, and
longer lead times for delivery of systems.  Given these factors,
ARB has determined that a two phase enforcement schedule would
allow for more complete registration and provide some additional
time for pre-2002 TRUs to come into compliance in an orderly
manner.

Lead times are typically three to four months for most
compliance technologies, so orders should be placed by September
1, 2009, in order to ensure compliance by December 31, 2009.  

Additional information is available in TRU Advisory 08-15-R4 on
the TRU Website at:  http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/tru.htm








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