EPA Tier 1/2/3 Compliant Engines and Accessability....

[cannongeorge]

Attempting to permit heavy construction projects in California. A local air district is insisting upon a requirement that all engines (including off-road AND on-road) meet EPA Tier "1" requirements, if not Tier "2" and Tier "3. " (They are refusing to recognize CARB Portable Equipment Registration "exemption" definitions for on-road equipment, if the equipment is used at the jobsite the CARB exemption disappears. . ) I'm not sure if I can even purchase Tier "3" equipment, (in the time available) even if I wanted to...



For discussion, assume that I'll desire to avoid a Ca vs Federal legal fight, agree to automatic idle shut-off controls, daily measurement (dipping) of fuel tanks, Mandatory use of ultra low sulfur fuels, Mandatory third party monitoring of engine run time, what else is left?



I can't legally control what my mechanics/operators eat at night (beans/methane emissions); where they drive, or how many lights they leave on (although these might make some valid mitigation measures). But maybe somebody has some other ideas for me...

 

[FloridaEd]

Ya' just gotta' love those California guys... .....



If I lived there, I would buy me a 1997 12-vavle 1-ton CTD dually and drive it until I died.



I might even put an injector in the tailpipe so I could drip diesel fuel into it and make it smoke even more.....



"Any day you can drive a bureaucrat bonkers is a good day... "



Florida Ed

 

[cannongeorge]

Florida Ed: If you lived in CA, I could probably buy and give to you a brand new diesel truck - if I could find a way to claim mitigation credits for getting your 1997 12-valve 1-ton CTD dully, with tailpipe smoke injectors, off the road. Seriously, this emissions business is enough to drive anyone crazy.