Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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20 | Overdrive | May 2014 Logbook © 2014 CAT Scale Company Like us on Facebook. www.catscale.com 1-877-CAT-SCALE (228-7225) Weighing on a CAT Scale has never been easier! CAT Scale's new Weigh My Truck application will revolutionize how you weigh your loads. Go to www.weighmytruck.com to create your account and get the app. Find out more about the Weigh My Truck app. CAT OD half 121213_Layout 1 12/13/13 11:30 AM Page 1 Untitled-8 1 12/17/13 9:16 AM Text INFO to 205-289-3555 or visit www.ovdinfo.com CARB extends emissions deadlines The California Air Resources Board last month voted to amend some of its emissions regulations deadlines, giving new alternatives to owner-operators and small fleets that were unable financially to comply with the original rule. Final versions of the amendments will be produced within the next few months and will have a 15-day public comment period, after which CARB will put them into effect. The vote came a day after the board heard more than five hours of testimony from fleet representatives and owner-opera- tors. Key changes include: Loan denial extension: For own- ers of three or fewer trucks who were denied a loan, the board voted to allow operation of those trucks as is – without a filter – if the owners make a commitment to buy a new truck or have a particulate matter filter installed by December 2016. NOx-exempt counties exten- sion, expansion: The amend- ments include a provision to delay the PM filter retrofit deadline for trucks running only in NOx-ex- empt counties to Jan. 1, 2015; the previous deadline was Jan. 1, 2014. They also add more coun- ties to the NOx-exempt area. Expanded credits: The changes will push back three years, from 2020 to 2023, the date by which truck owners must replace an old- er truck with a 2010 or later-year model truck and engine if they installed a PM filter on a truck with an 2006 model-year engine by Jan. 1, 2014. Extended phase-in deadlines for small fleets: Truck owners with three or fewer trucks now have an extra year to bring their second truck into compliance and an ex- tra two years for their third truck. The board extended the phase-in deadlines for second and third trucks from Jan. 1, 2015, and Jan. 1, 2016, to Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 1, 2018, respectively. Low-use exemption changes: The exemption now includes trucks that travel fewer than 5,000 miles in a year total, in California or otherwise, in addition to those that run 1,000 miles or fewer in California. — James Jaillet Logbook_0514.indd 20 4/30/14 3:04 PM