Post by Chuck on Jun 24, 2013 13:25:31 GMT -5
The California Air Resources Board has stepped up enforcement of its stringent diesel truck regulations to ensure that trucks traveling from Mexico to the state’s ports and rail yards are compliant.
CARB staff also will be looking for “dray-offs,” compliant trucks that exchange cargo with a noncompliant truck on or off port property.
“Starting last fall, CARB staff has been regularly visiting the border towns of Otay Mesa and Calexico to educate truckers and business owners in English and Spanish about how to comply with our regulations and what happens when you don’t,” said Jim Ryden, CARB’s enforcement chief.
“We have been working diligently to send a strong, consistent message that the benefits of compliance far outweigh the risks of ignoring or procrastinating when it comes to cleaning up your vehicles or participating in illegal dray-off,” he said in a statement.
By Eric Miller
Staff Reporter
CARB staff also will be looking for “dray-offs,” compliant trucks that exchange cargo with a noncompliant truck on or off port property.
“Starting last fall, CARB staff has been regularly visiting the border towns of Otay Mesa and Calexico to educate truckers and business owners in English and Spanish about how to comply with our regulations and what happens when you don’t,” said Jim Ryden, CARB’s enforcement chief.
“We have been working diligently to send a strong, consistent message that the benefits of compliance far outweigh the risks of ignoring or procrastinating when it comes to cleaning up your vehicles or participating in illegal dray-off,” he said in a statement.
By Eric Miller
Staff Reporter