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AGC Member Tells EPA: Diesel Emissions Rule Risks Workers' Lives

Jon Cloud testified before EPA on California's diesel retrofit rule.

Jon Cloud testified before EPA on California's proposed diesel retrofit rule.

AGC member Jon Cloud testified before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to explain how California's plan to require construction contractors to install emissions reduction kits on their off-road diesel equipment will endanger workers and force job cuts. Cloud (J. Cloud, Inc., El Cajon, Calif.) and Guy Prescott, a representative of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union Three, asked EPA to deny or delay a decision to allow the state to proceed with its off-road rule. Read AGC's press release here. For more information, contact Brian Turmail at (703) 837-5310 or turmailb@agc.org.