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CARB Updating Regulations for Trucking Industry<br />
New executive order could change the trucking fleet within the next decade.<br />
By CHRIS MCGLOTHLIN | Director of Technical Services, Western Agricultural Processors Association<br />
Under the proposal, seasoned agricultural trucks on the road today will no longer be allowed to operate in the state (photo by Cathy Merlo.)<br />
INFO@RST-CLEANTECH.COM<br />
In January 2021, Governor Gavin<br />
Newsom signed Executive Order<br />
N-79-20, which banned the sale of<br />
light-, medium- and heavy-duty combustion<br />
engines in the transportation<br />
sector by 2035. While 2035 is still over<br />
a decade away, his administration and<br />
representative government agencies<br />
have wasted no time in developing<br />
strategies to expedite that commitment.<br />
With the completion of the California<br />
Air Resources Board’s (CARB)<br />
Truck and Bus Regulation ending in<br />
January 2023, many seasoned agricultural<br />
trucks on the road today will<br />
no longer be allowed to operate in the<br />
state. Fleets throughout the state will<br />
be reduced and replaced with 2010 or<br />
newer heavy-duty diesel equipment.<br />
While many businesses and industries<br />
look ahead to strategize how they will<br />
be able to move goods and products<br />
in the near future, CARB has already<br />
begun developing and workshopping<br />
new regulations pertaining to the 2010<br />
and newer equipment.<br />
Advanced Clean Truck Regulation<br />
The first significant regulation to<br />
impact the trucking industry begins<br />
20 West Coast Nut <strong>Dec</strong>ember 2021
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