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cargo -- Informational Meetings on the Implementation and Enforcement of the 2011 Cargo Handling Equipment Regulation Amendments

Posted: 06 Aug 2015 11:33:14
Attention:  Cargo Handling Equipment Owners/Operators and
Renters/Dealers/Sellers:
The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) invites you to
attend an informational meeting on the implementation and
enforcement of the 2011 Amendments to the Mobile Cargo Handling
Equipment at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yards (CHE Regulation). 
Two meetings will be held; one in Southern California and one in
Northern California.  ARB staff will provide the same information
at each meeting.
 

The meetings will be held on the following dates and locations:
Southern California Meeting:
Date:  		August 21, 2015
Time:  	10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location:  	Air Resources Board Auditorium (AN4) 
9530 Telstar Avenue
El Monte, California

Northern California Meeting:
Date:  		August 27, 2015
Time:  	10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location:  	Elihu Harris Building, 
1515 Clay Street (Room 11) 
Oakland, California

At the meetings, ARB staff will give an overview of the April
2015 waiver granted by the Untied Stated Environmental Protection
Agency (U.S. EPA) and information on how the amendments will be
enforced.  ARB regulatory and enforcement staff will be present
at both meetings to answer your questions.  The meetings will not
be webcast.  

On September 22, 2011, the Board approved the amendments to the
CHE Regulation.  The amendments established a new opacity based
monitoring program for both yard truck and non-yard truck
equipment, and new retrofit requirements for engines meeting the
U.S. EPA Tier 4 Family Emission Limit (FEL) Alternate PM
standards.  ARB was required to request authorization from the
U.S. EPA to enforce the new requirements.  On April 29, 2015, the
U.S. EPA authorized ARB to enforce these provisions of the CHE
regulation.  

ARB will begin enforcing the amendments starting October 26,
2015.  We recently released Regulatory Advisory Number 311 which
informs owners and operators of mobile CHE at ports and
intermodal rail yards as to how ARB staff will proceed with the
enforcement of these amendments.  This advisory and others
regarding the CHE Regulation can be accessed at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/cargo/advisories.htm .  

For more information on these meetings, please contact:
Michele Houghton:	michele.houghton@arb.ca.gov 	(916) 327-5638
Kirk Rosenkranz: 	kirk.rosenkranz@arb.ca.gov 	(916) 327-7843
Cherie Rainforth 	cherie.rainforth@arb.ca.gov 	(916) 327-7213

Background:  Cargo handling equipment is used to transfer goods
or perform maintenance and repair activities and includes
equipment such as yard trucks (hostlers), rubber-tired gantry
cranes, top handlers, side handlers, forklifts, and loaders, just
to name a few.  The Regulation for Mobile Cargo Handling
Equipment at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yards was adopted in
December 2005 to reduce diesel particulate matter in communities
located near ports and intermodal rail yards.  Additional
information on the regulation is available at the following
link:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/cargo/cargo.htm .




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