Citing new state data showing California's off-road diesel equipment operators will be well below new emissions targets for years to come, AGC called on state officials to immediately order at least a two-year delay for their new off-road "diesel retrofit" rule in an emergency petition filed Monday. The delay is needed to avoid unnecessary losses and layoffs within the state's hard hit construction industry while the California Air Resources Board continues to review its diesel rules.
AGC originally petitioned the Board to amend the rule in December 2008. At the board's request, AGC voluntarily deferred action on that original petition pending further research board staff said it needed to conduct. Since that research will continue beyond the rule's implementation date, the AGC decided to file today's emergency petition for interim relief.
Read the press release here. The news was covered by the San Diego Daily Transcript.For more information, contact Brian Turmail at (703) 837-5364 or turmailb@agc.org.