Dump Truck Owners Suing Over CARB Emission Regulations

California dump truck owners of California apparently have their own association (CDTOA) and they are apparently hauling a whole load of anger towards the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

They are calling into question the legality of CARB’s new requirement that truck and bus owners install their vehicles with diesel exhaust filters in the short-term and that they will have to replace any engines built prior to 2010 with engines that comply with their new emission guidelines.

Their lawsuit claims that CARB’s emission regulations are unconstitutional since the cost of compliance will put the majority of dump truck owners out of business.

For its part, CARB has some solid reasons for wanting the drastic changes as it claims that the regulations will reduce diesel emissions by 68% by 2014. The CDTOA isn’t having it though and points to the damage the regulations will cause including escalating construction costs and increased unemployment rates which will have a significant negative impact on the Callifornia’s economy.

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