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Did you order compliance technology for your model year 2008
transport refrigeration unit (TRU) by the purchase order
deadline, but delivery or installation will be delayed past the
December 31, 2015 deadline?. 

December 31st is the compliance extension application deadline
for TRUs.  So, if you qualify for an extension, be sure to submit
your application with attached supporting documentation to ARB by
the December 31st deadline.

To qualify for the compliance extension, you must have purchased
compliance technology by the purchase order deadline.  The TRU
Regulation’s purchase order deadlines are as follows:

•	For reefer trailer, TRU unit replacements and TRU engine
replacements:  August 31st -- four months ahead of the compliance
deadline; and

•	For verified diesel particulate filter retrofits:  October 31st
-- two months ahead of the compliance deadline.

For model year 2008 engines/TRUs, owners must make a good-faith
effort to comply by the end of 2015.  If in-use compliance cannot
be achieved by December 31, 2015, due to delays in delivery or
installation, owners may apply for a compliance extension.  The
compliance extension application, with attached supporting
documentation showing purchase order date was on or before the
above applicable deadlines, must be received at ARB by December
31, 2015.

Call the TRU Help Line to answer a few preliminary questions to
ensure you qualify and request a compliance extension application
at:  1-888-878-2826 or call 1-916-327-8737.

For general information about the TRU Regulation, the TRU Website
is at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/tru/tru.htm

The ARBER registration website is at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/arber/arber.htm

ARBER Registration Help pages are at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/arber/trureg/trureg.htm

TRU Advisories are listed at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/tru/advisories.htm

Background:  TRUs are refrigeration systems powered by integral
diesel internal combustion engines designed to control the
environment of temperature-sensitive products that are
transported in trucks, semi-trailers, shipping containers, and
railcars.  The emissions from these units are a source of
unhealthful air pollutants including particulate matter, toxic
air contaminants, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and
hydrocarbons, that all pose a potential threat to both public
health and the environment. These units often congregate in large
numbers at California distribution centers, grocery stores, and
other facilities where they run for extended periods of time to
ensure their perishable contents remain cold or frozen. These
distribution and loading facilities are often in close proximity
to schools, hospitals, and residential neighborhoods.  In 2004,
the TRU Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) was adopted by the
Board to reduce diesel particulate matter emissions from TRUs and
TRU gen set engines.  Amendments were adopted by the Board in
November 2010 and October 2011.



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