Mike
Well-Known Member
With the California Air Resources Board poised to adopt a new rule to cut diesel truck pollution next week, local trucking companies Wednesday highlighted the economic burden it would impose on local businesses and an industry already feeling the squeeze from high fuel costs and the recession.
The rule would require truck owners to install pollution controls starting in 2010 and buy newer, cleaner trucks beginning in 2012. It is estimated to cost trucking companies $5 billion over the next decade.
Truck owners say the costs are too high to absorb in the short amount of time they have to comply. They’ve proposed an alternative proposal that would delay compliance timelines and allow a more gradual phase-in of cleaner trucks.
Here’s what the various sides had to say:
The rule would require truck owners to install pollution controls starting in 2010 and buy newer, cleaner trucks beginning in 2012. It is estimated to cost trucking companies $5 billion over the next decade.
Truck owners say the costs are too high to absorb in the short amount of time they have to comply. They’ve proposed an alternative proposal that would delay compliance timelines and allow a more gradual phase-in of cleaner trucks.
Here’s what the various sides had to say: