Intermodal Conference Update: Information on Tomorrow's CARB Workshop to Discuss a Potential Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Fleet Regulation

Please see the below workshop notice from the Air Resources Board. While the Ports of LA/LB consider updates to the Clean Trucks Program, CTA has also been tracking CARB’s work to update the Statewide Drayage Truck Regulation to potentially require the purchase of zero-emission trucks. Tomorrow's workshop will be the first public forum where CARB staff discusses their initial plans to update the Drayage Truck Regulation. CARB may take changes to the rule to the Board as early as 2022. We highly encourage your participation in this workshop.

Regards,

Alex Cherin
Executive Director, CTA Intermodal Conference

Public Workshop to Discuss a Potential
Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Fleet Regulation

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to participate in a kickoff workshop for a proposed regulation that would achieve a zero emission truck and bus fleet by 2045 everywhere feasible and significantly earlier for certain market segments such as last mile delivery and drayage applications. The initial focus would be on larger fleets with vehicles that are suitable for early electrification and large entities that hire them. The purpose is to solicit feedback on regulatory concepts to accelerate the number of medium and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle purchases to achieve a full transition to zero-emission vehicles in California as soon as possible.

The workshop will be held at the following time and place:

DATE: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (PST)
LOCATION: South Coast AQMD (SCAQMD) Headquarters Auditorium 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765

This meeting will also be available online for those unable to attend at the SCAQMD website.

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Meeting materials will be made available in advance of the workshop meeting on the program website. Please review meeting materials and be prepared to provide feedback at the meeting.

MORE INFORMATION

At this meeting, staff will be discussing potential avenues and methods to explore different regulatory frameworks like fleet purchase requirements, ideas such as requiring larger entities to hire fleets that use zero-emission trucks, or establishing zero-emission zones where only fleets with zero-emission trucks could operate. Staff will be seeking feedback on specific truck applications, market segments, and timelines where truck electrification can be achieved. This effort would complement the zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer sales requirement as proposed in the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulation. For more information on the proposed ACT regulation, please visit the ACT website.

Background
Achieving California’s long-term air quality, climate, and public health goals will require a transition from the conventional combustion technologies to zero-emission everywhere feasible and near-zero-emission powered by clean, low-carbon renewable fuels everywhere else. Promoting the development and use of zero-emission trucks will contribute to the goals set in the Sustainable Freight Action Plan and will help achieve emission reductions as outlined in the State Implementation Plan, Senate Bill (SB) 350 (de León, Chapter 547, Statutes of 2015), Assembly Bill 32 (Nuñez, Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006), and SB 32 (Pavley, Chapter 249, Statutes of 2016). This effort is part of a broader strategy to increase clean, affordable transportation options such as zero-emission technologies, innovative methods to improve goods movement, and efficiency of transportation systems in California.