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Assemblywoman Grove's bill to require the California Air Resources Board's cap and trade auction to comply with important transparency laws is now scheduled to be heard in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee this Wednesday.

Cleaire's assets are up for bidding and auction per San Diego County Superior Court.

Court date is scheduled for 

April 16, 2013 at 8:30AM in Department C-66

San Diego County Superior Court

330 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101

 See Letter from Counsel (54.43 kB 2013-04-10 16:05:48)

Excise Tax Rate Change Effective July 1, 2013 

The California gas tax is going up to 39.5-cents per gallon, an increase of 3.5 cents per gallon, but the State Board of Equalization (BOE) says the rate hike really won’t increase prices.

The motor fuel tax on on-road diesel remains at 10-cents per gallon, same as last year.

By Anthony J. Sadar, March 25, 2013

Here are 10 winning reasons for continued climate-change hysterics:

By Wayne Lusvardi
calwatchdog.com Dec. 5, 2012

On Tuesday, Nov. 4 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court came close to almost laughing out of court a lawsuit brought by environmentalists against the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) wanted the Flood Control District to crack down on each of the 1,400 rainwater pollution dischargers into the San Gabriel and Los Angeles Rivers.

By William Creeley

After 35 years of employment, and many years of disagreement over research on air pollution and its implications for environmental regulations, Dr. James E. Enstrom, assisted by the American Center for Law and Justice, filed a federal lawsuit against various University of California and UCLA administrators in June 2012.

Enstrom’s complaint alleged that UCLA had refused to reappoint him after he engaged in successful whistleblowing against a member of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
Last week, a federal district court issued an encouraging ruling in Enstrom’s case. On March 18, United States District Judge Jesus G. Bernal signed an order denying some defendants’ motions to dismiss Enstrom’s First Amendment retaliation claims.

CARB Verification Expansion includes EGR and Caterpillar ACERT Engines

Contact:
Tom Swenson
Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls, LLC
916-689-0248

November 26, 2012

For Immediate Release

San Diego, CA – Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls announced today that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved an expansion of the previously verified Vista® diesel particulate filter to cover a broad range of 1993 and newer model year engines. In particular, the verified control group include later model EGR and Caterpillar
ACERT engines.

Effective November 15, 2012, the CARB verification expansion allows the Vista to be installed on 1993 through 2010 model year engines from 2.7 to 13 liters having a power range of 100 to 450 Horsepower.

January 1, 2013 is compliance deadline for owners of 2000-2004 model year engines

A California Air Resources Board announcement released today (read it here) reminds truck owners of the next significant step in the Truck and Bus Regulation.

Last Updated November 5, 2012

This summary describes how to obtain a certificate of reporting and how brokers, motor carriers, contractors, public agencies, developers, and others must verify the fleets they hire or dispatch are in compliance with the Truck and Bus regulation. The regulation does not apply to state and local government vehicles, most solid waste collection trucks, drayage trucks that transport marine cargo, and public transit buses because they are already subject to other regulations.

Orange County Register - On-Line

A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was to hear arguments today in San Francisco in a legal challenge to a California regulation that imposes a low-carbon standard for transportation fuels within the state. 

Orange County Register - On-Line

A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was to hear arguments today in San Francisco in a legal challenge to a California regulation that imposes a low-carbon standard for transportation fuels within the state. 

By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press –  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a case seeking to stop California's first-in-the-nation mandate requiring fuel producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, federal justices on Tuesday focused their questions on whether the law discriminates against out-of-state businesses.

 By Rob Neenan - President/CEO, California League of Food Processors

The recent statement by a California Air Resources Board (CARB) spokesman that not charging major California employers a billion dollars a year or more for emissions allowances would be a “windfall” for the businesses was breathtaking in its audacity.

ANET ZIMMERMAN

BY JANET ZIMMERMAN The Press Enterprise

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Published: 05 September 2012 05:08 PM

A state plan to rank communities by the cumulative effects of pollution on residents has raised objections among local business leaders, who say it would kill job development in areas identified as disadvantaged.

The proposed California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool would use existing environmental, health and socioeconomic data to score areas by ZIP code. It would take into consideration such factors as ozone pollution, traffic density, pesticide use, the number of hazardous waste dumps and cleanup sites, cancer and asthma rates, and the number of seniors and children.

Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District tells CARB to - “Back-Off”

In a letter dated July 5, 2012 (received 7-12-12) and sent to various top-ranking individuals at CARB, the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD) Board asked CARB to reconsider its diesel rules and the adverse financial effect on small-businesses and government agencies all for no meaningful improvement in district air quality. The letter, signed by Theodore Schade, Air Pollution Control Officer for the district stated, “Diesel emissions are not a meaningful component of the air quality problems we face.” Diesel emissions account for less than 5% of the total PM2.5 inventory in California that CARB is controlling through draconian regulations focused at diesel truck and equipment owners.

Lorraine Yapps Cohen

California Air Resources Board (CARB) met on Thursday, May 24. On the agenda was discussion toward deciding where and how to spend the billions raised from cap-and-trade carbon trading in the state.

At the public meeting was Betty Plowman, who attended the meeting to present a letter on behalf of the industries that CARB calls polluters. The letter describes CARB’s threats to these industries, induced by the Board’s regulations that are, in turn, based on junk science. The letter’s signatories indicate intention to seek reparations for the regulated class under CARB’s repression in California.

This notice is a reminder of several new labeling requirements for in-use off-road diesel vehicles. By January 1, 2013, BOTH sides of all vehicles subject to the Off-Road Regulation must be labeled with the equipment identification number (EIN).

Additionally, the EIN labels on vehicles owned by captive attainment area fleets must be changed to white on a green background by January 1, 2013.  Because captive attainment area fleets are potentially subject to lesser compliance requirements than those fleets operating in surrounding areas, the labels on vehicles owned by captive attainment area fleets must be changed in order to differentiate them from other vehicles not eligible for this provision.  Captive Attainment Area Fleets are fleets or fleet portions in which all of the vehicles operate exclusively within the following counties:

By The Bakersfield Californian

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No state environmental body takes as much pride in its national and international influence as does the California Air Resources Board.

That power and influence, however, may be drawing some heat from the DC Beltway.

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-OR, requested that the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit examine two CARB truck emission rules during a hearing. In a letter to Subcommittee Chairman John J. Duncan, R-TN, DeFazio asked Duncan to schedule a hearing to examine CARB’s On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use) regulation, and the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction regulation.

SACRAMENTO - The Air Resources Board is reminding California-bound truck owners that the deadline to report information regarding their fleets has been extended to March 30, 2012.

ARB provided a two-month extension from the original January 31, 2012, reporting deadline to give fleet owners more time to submit their information before widespread enforcement of the regulation begins.