CARB Plans Retrofit Funding For Trucks
By Sean Kilcarr
(CARB) plans to allocate more than 75% of some $1 billion in public bond funding to reduce pollution from diesel-powered commercial trucks. The remaining 25%is earmarked for diesel emission reductions from ships, harbor craft and locomotives.
The agency said it's proposing an initial $25 million in diesel pollution reduction projects for the South Coast, Central Valley, San Francisco and San Diego air districts, mostly for truck retrofit and replacements. The plan will be voted at the group’s next hearing on Jan. 24. If approved, the $25 million would replace some 345 trucks and retrofit a further 650, according to the agency's calculations.
"This strategy puts the lion's share of the dollars where they're needed most: on trucks traveling from the state’s ports and along our major transportation corridors," said CARB chairman Mary Nichols. "Within months of passing a new regulation aimed at cleaning up port trucks we are following through with much-needed funding to help drivers retrofit and replace older, dirty engines." Read the full story.
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