Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Epa

[6naline01]

What with the current administration release new standards regarding new regulations on diesel trucks witch includes ours how is it going to effect us? I wonder

 

[KATOOM]

Without a doubt.....this will be getting worse.

 

[Tuesdak]

Well you need to help vote some people out of office over there. Write your other lawmakers and tell them to back it off esp. with the Carbon Dioxide BS. As it is Commiefornia is worse than the EPA requiring retrofits for commercial diesels to meet newer emissions standards than they were originally sold with. You can join OOIDA and support their lawsuit against CARB who can suddenly decide to make YOU retrofit YOUR diesel just because they can. I'd be afraid of CARB as they show the EPA what the ignorant public will tolerate.

http://www.ooida.com/CourtActions/summary.asp?CaseNo=45&CaseTitle=CARB

OOIDA contends that the CARB regulation violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution and that only Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce. The Commerce Clause prohibits state laws and regulations that discriminate against interstate commerce or unduly burden interstate commerce. OOIDA is seeking an injunction, saying the regulation is unconstitutional and discriminates against out-of-state truckers.

OOIDA says that CARB regulations have caused, and will continue to cause, irreparable harm to truckers who have been shut out of the California market because of the costs of compliance.

The CARB regulation requires 1996-2006 model year trucks more than 14,000 pounds to be replaced or retrofitted with particulate matter filters and prohibits older trucks that have not been replaced or retrofitted from operating on public roads in California. The rule was effective Jan. 1, 2012.

 

[KATOOM]

Good information.

 

[KBurgoyne]

The CARB regulation requires 1996-2006 model year trucks more than 14,000 pounds to be replaced or retrofitted with particulate matter filters and prohibits older trucks that have not been replaced or retrofitted from operating on public roads in California. The rule was effective Jan. 1, 2012.

It is already outright illegal to force new regulations on any products made before the regulations were in place. It violates the Ex Pos Facto principle of the constitution. That pesky Constitution has never mattered to the politicians anyway. Don't expect results anytime soon. The state is so backed up on lawsuits that justice usually dies in limbo waiting for its day in court.