How to help fight CARB (CA Air Resources Board)?

Always found it interesting that CARB can over-rule the EPA on certain things, since they (CARB) were created first.

 

The problem is they are not an elected group. There are a bunch of tree huggers that were appointed to come up with these rules with no recourse on their actions.

Got to try and get around that .

 

When The CTA and Lawson won the suit against CARB, any loopholes we had all went out the window. CARB got the last laugh out of everything. That tells you we can’t fight and win over the government.

Funny thing, last week of I-15 southbound in Lake Elsinore, big CARB shakedown. I got pulled in. I’m good, no worries. But the inspector told me that if I had my DPF installed before 01/25/2014 and can prove it with my receipt, he said mailed it to CARB and I have until 2023. So when I ask someone who knows more about this, he said that is all gone. By 01/01/20, I’m done with my truck. He claims the inspector doesn’t know what’s going on. The CTA and Lawson suit threw everything out the window. Now to the “OP”, who is correct on this ?

I been doing my research more now cause the deadline is not to far off, as of now, I have to 2010 “my engine” by the end of the year. @Union76Gal , what’s your say on this ?

 

You and others can deal with it inside California, this is an issue with your government and your politicians, but there is a serious constitutional issue when it applies to any truck that is registered in another state (foreign truck). The federal government is the only entity in the country that can regulate interstate commerce, California or Michigan (where I am from) can not demand special equipment to access the markets of the state from a foreign truck.

The OOIDA dropped the ball on this issue, they were told what needed to be done by many of use who want a fair and level playing field and in trying to make a court case out of it, they screwed up and now have done little about it as far as I can see. They needed to present this issue as a constitutional issue, the same with the ports which the feds are also supposed to control, not the states. AND they need to ask congress and the executive branch to get involved. I found it really a problem when ELDs and HOS was more important (as I was told by an OOIDA exec) than the fundamental issue of access that is the foundation of our business and industry.

As far as the EPA is concern, they too are out of control, we don't need the DPF and other emissions controls on the trucks, just the opposite - IF the lies of climate change are not lies (not making this political), then we need that soot to keep the UV rays from increasing the temps. AND on top of all of this, there really isn't any proof that we have the same issues as European cities have had with soot causing problems. Let the public transportation vehicles be regulated, trucks are not what the problem is in the cities.

 

Probably a little late on fighting CARB now. It was like 17 years ago it all started. The good news it only took 17 years to get the emissions system working pretty good today. I remember my 2011 emissions truck and all the money spent trying to fix it and they never could.

Remember when the head person at CARB had a fake degree from some online school. They said that was the guy that they based all the emissions levels on. Once the found out he was a scam. They did not care and just keep on going with the laws.

 

Yep, I remember that. But they got what they wanted so they went with the status quo.