tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82160959162397186152024-03-14T02:55:10.404-07:00Vehicle Import and Car Importing FAQThe whos , hows, and whys of vehicle import and export all over the world.Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.comBlogger357125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-20245345866819532772024-01-10T13:08:00.000-08:002024-01-10T13:11:54.823-08:00Cummins reaches $372 million settlement with CARB<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0hDWFOEeX7_Ypv-SKd2XkOD4RsklrsFRW62hirWnwwlREmK1ebGPtU16fPmDmKyvYg-qXnI5CjE3fhBma2cxxz6BNoNJwsjoqESJyRadHemask17kyDJ6IND-Se0-leZUCAvONbD3v-_k2XV1vW-VuxAYJ8vSL8NnVWudKlAvKxQoVNxgJY_lSeZU_1K/s600/California%20Air%20Resources%20Board.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="600" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0hDWFOEeX7_Ypv-SKd2XkOD4RsklrsFRW62hirWnwwlREmK1ebGPtU16fPmDmKyvYg-qXnI5CjE3fhBma2cxxz6BNoNJwsjoqESJyRadHemask17kyDJ6IND-Se0-leZUCAvONbD3v-_k2XV1vW-VuxAYJ8vSL8NnVWudKlAvKxQoVNxgJY_lSeZU_1K/w640-h132/California%20Air%20Resources%20Board.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #1e7aa8; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 5px;">California Attorney General Bonta and CARB announce $372 million settlement with engine manufacturer Cummins, Inc.</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb3dxRCc5G_xvUkmbHQlc4NE28PfXX4Z4CTL0ugtQe-mnWMPad_mbDox6cYDqP-BJIng8wVXg6M820TrRqTrfZlnI72Pvv8lLczhwP855MXWnMGNfwYc-koZ8Ry-bAu3UX9sxr03c4m53q3yEWOyALometDhqbrIClzddBSl9ZmNtrbXxip8zV6_g3KLP/s600/Cummins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb3dxRCc5G_xvUkmbHQlc4NE28PfXX4Z4CTL0ugtQe-mnWMPad_mbDox6cYDqP-BJIng8wVXg6M820TrRqTrfZlnI72Pvv8lLczhwP855MXWnMGNfwYc-koZ8Ry-bAu3UX9sxr03c4m53q3yEWOyALometDhqbrIClzddBSl9ZmNtrbXxip8zV6_g3KLP/s320/Cummins.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>SACRAMENTO –</strong> Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) today announced a settlement with engine manufacturer Cummins, Inc. of Indiana for using illegal defeat devices to bypass vehicle emissions control equipment in diesel vehicles. The state will receive $164 million in penalties and more than $175 million for mitigation, and the company has agreed to correct the affected engines at no cost to vehicle owners.</p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The case involves approximately 97,000 engines in California and nearly 1 million vehicles nationwide. CARB discovered the defeat device violations in model years 2013 to 2018 Ram 2500 and 3500 trucks with the 6.7-liter diesel engine manufactured by Cummins through advanced testing methods and protocols developed to detect defeat devices – software programs that alter or shut down a vehicle’s emissions control system under normal driving operation – in the wake of the 2015 Volkswagen diesel case. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) partnered on the investigation, which revealed additional violations in 2019 to 2023 model year Ram 2500 and 3500 trucks.</p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“Cummins knowingly harmed people’s health and our environment when they skirted state emissions tests and requirements,” said Attorney General Bonta. “Today’s settlement sends a clear message: If you break the law, we will hold you accountable. I want to thank our federal and state partners for their collective work on this settlement that will safeguard public health and protect consumers across the country.”</p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“The collaboration between California and its federal partners makes it clear that companies will be held accountable for violating essential environmental laws that are in place to provide the clean air that communities across California and the nation want and deserve,” said CARB Executive Officer Dr. Steven Cliff. “California’s air quality regulations protect public health and are backed by a world-class emissions testing laboratory that ensures CARB's enforcement efforts are rigorously supported with data and science, which CARB was happy to contribute to this landmark case.” </p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“Today’s agreement, which includes the largest-ever Clean Air Act civil penalty, stands as notice to manufacturers that they must comply with our nation’s laws, which protect human health and the health of our environment,” said Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “We appreciate the work of our partners, the EPA and the State of California, in helping us reach this significant settlement.”</p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“Cummins installed illegal defeat devices on more than 600,000 RAM pickup trucks, which exposed overburdened communities across America to harmful air pollution,” said Assistant Administrator David M. Uhlmann of EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. “This record-breaking Clean Air Act penalty demonstrates that EPA is committed to holding polluters accountable and ensuring that companies pay a steep price when they break the law.” </p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Using defeat devices results in excess emissions from the vehicle. Only under certain, specific conditions is the software that alters the operation of the emissions control system (known as an ‘auxiliary emission control device’) permitted, typically to protect the engine. However, it must be disclosed to regulators as part of the engine’s certification. In this case, Cummins did not disclose the existence of the auxiliary emission control devices. In addition, the Cummins software changed the engine’s performance to meet rigorous emission standards during certification testing in the lab but shut down the emission control equipment during real-world driving.</p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The Cummins engines involved in the case emitted smog-forming oxides of nitrogen (NOx) that were above the legal limit. This pollution contributes to the formation of ozone and particulate matter and can aggravate health problems such as asthma and cardio-pulmonary disease. More than 10 million Californians live in areas with poor air quality, which aggravates health problems such as asthma and cardio-pulmonary disease and leads to significant public healthcare costs.</p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The settlement resolves two cases: one nationwide and one specific to California. The total settlement is more than $2 billion and includes a $1.675 billion federal penalty, the largest ever for a Clean Air Act case. California receives approximately $164 million from the consent decree in the nationwide case.</p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The partial consent decree of the California case pays the state about $175 million dollars for mitigation in addition to $33 million to the California Attorney General for the company’s environmental violations and for unfair business practices. The state’s share of both consent decrees is over $372 million dollars.</p></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-52792017635926864002023-12-19T13:31:00.000-08:002023-12-19T13:31:46.553-08:00EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraFFknZxoR9xE1TbrC9vIH3WlUymfe4GTPCAF1ejLF8MvNP_P3lvJbBdaAR2YEg9cLXzb20onPKnun9SUie_QBNQ0CKLsFMAXh9M37HEOUNKqwQ1b8wlxZT6QoRcsCm5rQvNkkfDvWDmWfPhTdFrrU9pd6ftbIWRDs-D_5CLQgtHSI715fwR_Pr_pumpc/s225/EPA%20Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraFFknZxoR9xE1TbrC9vIH3WlUymfe4GTPCAF1ejLF8MvNP_P3lvJbBdaAR2YEg9cLXzb20onPKnun9SUie_QBNQ0CKLsFMAXh9M37HEOUNKqwQ1b8wlxZT6QoRcsCm5rQvNkkfDvWDmWfPhTdFrrU9pd6ftbIWRDs-D_5CLQgtHSI715fwR_Pr_pumpc/s1600/EPA%20Logo.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">SAN FRANCISCO</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"> (December 18, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into settlements with nine companies or individuals regarding claims of violation of the Clean Air Act. The companies and individuals, all based in California or Hawaii, violated the legal ban on importing into the U.S. any motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine, nonroad engine or equipment that does not conform to EPA emission standards and requirements. Uncertified vehicles and engines can emit harmful air pollutants at 30% or more above allowable standards.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">"The illegal importing of vehicles and engines circumvents controls put in place to protect us all – and our environment -- from hazardous air pollution,”<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"> said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Martha Guzman</span>. "These settlements will serve to prevent pollution from unlawful vehicles and engines, helping to improve air quality and prevent asthma and other respiratory and health harms.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">Since 2008, there has been a steady flow of illegally imported uncertified motorcycles, equipment containing small gasoline-powered engines (e.g., generators, mowers, chainsaws, etc.), and recreational vehicles. EPA is working with U.S. Customs to stop such illegal vehicles and engines at ports of entry and require exportation or destruction.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">The EPA’s expedited settlement agreement (ESA) policy for the Clean Air Act Vehicle and Engine Import program is an efficient, standardized process to resolve violations by first-time violators in matters with lower penalties.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">Details of the nine agreements:</span></span></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 3ch; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.25em; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On June 27, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with PACCAR Inc. for importing one heavy-duty diesel engine at the Port of Calexico, located on the US-Mexico border. The company paid a penalty of $4,545 and, as required, returned the uncertified engine to Mexico. This enforcement initiative was funded by a US-Mexico-Canada Agreement grant to prevent illegal imports from entering the United States through the Southern Border. </span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.25em; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On June 27, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with Dar-Yih David Wu, Shenzhen Senlinyun Technology Co. Ltd. for importing 50 gasoline sweepers at the Port of Los Angeles. The company paid a $2,500 penalty and, as required, exported the uncertified equipment to a country other than Canada or Mexico.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.25em; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On July 21, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with One Dreamworks Inc. for importing 480 chainsaws and 30 hedge trimmers at the Port of Los Angeles. The company paid a penalty of $8,018 and, as required, destroyed the uncertified equipment.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.25em; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On August 15, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with E-Speed Inc. for importing 40 dirt bikes at the Port of Los Angeles. E-Speed paid a penalty of $3,200 and, as required, destroyed the uncertified equipment.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.25em; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On September 19, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with Golden Dragon Farm Inc. for importing one piece of diesel-powered farming equipment at the Port of Honolulu. The company paid a penalty of $800 and forfeited the equipment to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for destruction.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.25em; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On September 25, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with Springbrook SGC LLC for importing two highway vehicles at the Port of Los Angeles. The company paid a penalty of $300 and, as required, destroyed the uncertified vehicles.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.25em; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On October 31, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with Eddie Hardister for importing one gasoline plate vibrating machine engine at the Port of Honolulu. Eddie Hardister paid a penalty of $140 and forfeited the engine to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for destruction.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.25em; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On November 1, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with KCK Builders LLC for importing one gasoline forklift at the Port of Honolulu. The company paid a penalty of $2,860 and forfeited the engine to U.S Customs and Border Protection.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: unset; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">On November 1, 2023, EPA ratified an ESA with Pro Motion Racing Productions Inc. for importing 92 gasoline engines intended to be used in uncertified, ridable scooters into the Port of Los Angeles. The company paid a penalty of $2,583 and U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilitated the re-export of the engines.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">The denial of entry into the United States of these uncertified engines resulted in the prevention of 21,495 pounds of hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, 736 pounds of particulate matter, and 51,139 pounds of carbon monoxide. 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color: #1e7aa8; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 5px;">CARB settles with major producer Briggs and Stratton for small off-road engine emissions violations</h1><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – The California Air Resources Board reached a settlement agreement with Briggs and Stratton LLC of Milwaukee, Wisc., a major producer of engines for outdoor power equipment, for $117,314 for the company’s violations of the Small Off-Road Engine (SORE) Regulation. The regulation limits emissions of oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons from spark-ignited, small off-road engines, including those found in landscape equipment, small power tools, and portable generators.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">CARB staff conducted compliance testing of some Briggs and Stratton engines sold in California and found that certain model year 2018 engines did not meet the evaporative emissions limit and, therefore, failed testing. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“Small off-road engine manufacturers that skirt California’s clean air regulations will be held accountable to protect our air and public health,” said CARB Executive Officer Dr. Steven Cliff. “These engines can be a significant culprit of evaporative emissions, and due to the sheer number of them in the state, it is critical that they meet and comply with established standards. Going forward, zero-emissions equipment will make small-engine air pollution a thing of the past.”</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Briggs and Stratton’s settlement includes a $58,657 civil penalty that will contribute to California’s Air Pollution Control Fund and $58,657 to be split between two Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs), which are community-based projects funded by penalties received during the settlement of enforcement actions. The two projects that will receive funding are tree planting at Malaga Recreation Park with Tree Fresno and a community-based monitoring and assessment program in Fresno with Central California Environmental Justice Network.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Additionally, the settlement agreement includes a voluntary disclosure by Briggs and Stratton that the company had mislabeled certain model year 2020–2022 SOREs sold in California. </p><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Small off-road engines are a major source of pollution in California, surpassing light-duty passenger cars as a source of smog-forming emissions in 2021. This includes the emissions of raw fuel that continue to evaporate from engines, lawn mowers and other equipment even when they are powered off. To address this major source of smog-forming emissions, CARB passed a new <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3cyLmFyYi5jYS5nb3YvbmV3cy9jYXJiLWFwcHJvdmVzLXVwZGF0ZWQtcmVndWxhdGlvbnMtcmVxdWlyaW5nLW1vc3QtbmV3LXNtYWxsLXJvYWQtZW5naW5lcy1iZS16ZXJvLWVtaXNzaW9uLTIwMjQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMTEyOS44NjMzODEzMSJ9.c6uw709K2wEY0NZXq_MjykDZgHQW80wC2wu6pl5KdUQ/s/741211798/br/231852973446-l&source=gmail&ust=1701373722664000&usg=AOvVaw00DG8ABYoOR8eH4bTr99Y-" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3cyLmFyYi5jYS5nb3YvbmV3cy9jYXJiLWFwcHJvdmVzLXVwZGF0ZWQtcmVndWxhdGlvbnMtcmVxdWlyaW5nLW1vc3QtbmV3LXNtYWxsLXJvYWQtZW5naW5lcy1iZS16ZXJvLWVtaXNzaW9uLTIwMjQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMTEyOS44NjMzODEzMSJ9.c6uw709K2wEY0NZXq_MjykDZgHQW80wC2wu6pl5KdUQ/s/741211798/br/231852973446-l" style="color: #1e7aa8;" target="_blank">regulation</a> in 2021 to transition SORE to zero-emission technologies. This will help California meet its required federal clean air standards, clean the air, and significantly reduce harmful emissions for those who routinely work with SORE equipment. </p></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-47428577631921406062023-09-13T16:17:00.002-07:002023-09-13T16:20:15.442-07:00CARB settles with American Honda Motor Corp., Inc. for nearly $8 million for violations of small off-road engine air quality regulation<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWicQui6BJyXQ5RNlyR6Qh6GjRPDEAqsWGNTJjl23t4eLdkzb3gbbcL-PUgsA13Frc1qRkdqSXbY0_bFscnJ3anjdDZahOQCgDFyzRlUr-mFyoxvBgwZnwBKabFZb68ZW4UTKTlsOGvtPC0A1440cs3QuBPu2ASxlIlHfBUesq7EAxyzrYEo1q-H76rD8/s924/Honda%20generator.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="924" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWicQui6BJyXQ5RNlyR6Qh6GjRPDEAqsWGNTJjl23t4eLdkzb3gbbcL-PUgsA13Frc1qRkdqSXbY0_bFscnJ3anjdDZahOQCgDFyzRlUr-mFyoxvBgwZnwBKabFZb68ZW4UTKTlsOGvtPC0A1440cs3QuBPu2ASxlIlHfBUesq7EAxyzrYEo1q-H76rD8/s320/Honda%20generator.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><p></p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #36a393; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><em>$2.2 million to fund projects to improve air quality in the Inland Empire, Stanislaus County, Pasadena and Oakland</em></h2><div><em><br /></em></div>
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(Honda) of Torrance for $7.9 million for violations of CARB’s small off-road engine (SORE) air quality regulations. This is the third SORE enforcement action against Honda in the past four years.</p><p style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">In 2021, CARB testing revealed multiple SORE families – mostly small generator engines – did not meet the carbon canister capacity requirements under CARB’s evaporative emission standards and SORE regulations. The carbon canister absorbs excess gasoline vapors from the fuel tank. To address this, Honda requested and was granted a variance which allowed the units to be sold contingent upon meeting specific criteria outlined in the variance. Honda failed to meet the terms, leading to the revocation of the variance. All units sold under the variance were then non-compliant with California regulations and, thus, illegal. </p><p style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">SORE are a major source of pollution in California, surpassing light-duty passenger cars as a source of smog-forming emissions in 2021. This includes the emissions of raw fuel that continue to evaporate from engines, lawn mowers and other equipment even when they are powered off. To address this major source of smog-forming emissions, CARB passed a new <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3cyLmFyYi5jYS5nb3YvbmV3cy9jYXJiLWFwcHJvdmVzLXVwZGF0ZWQtcmVndWxhdGlvbnMtcmVxdWlyaW5nLW1vc3QtbmV3LXNtYWxsLXJvYWQtZW5naW5lcy1iZS16ZXJvLWVtaXNzaW9uLTIwMjQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMDkxMy44MjU1NTMxMSJ9.NvTmMwpgt_OlFHhpXcPZb0cB2gpjvf0p6GrTlByqEsM/s/741211798/br/225874491720-l&source=gmail&ust=1694731261016000&usg=AOvVaw1tx36_R6ZNzC8TrIeX6v2o" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3cyLmFyYi5jYS5nb3YvbmV3cy9jYXJiLWFwcHJvdmVzLXVwZGF0ZWQtcmVndWxhdGlvbnMtcmVxdWlyaW5nLW1vc3QtbmV3LXNtYWxsLXJvYWQtZW5naW5lcy1iZS16ZXJvLWVtaXNzaW9uLTIwMjQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMDkxMy44MjU1NTMxMSJ9.NvTmMwpgt_OlFHhpXcPZb0cB2gpjvf0p6GrTlByqEsM/s/741211798/br/225874491720-l" style="color: #1e7aa8;" target="_blank">regulation</a> in 2021 to transition SORE to zero-emission technologies. This will help California meet its required federal clean air standards, clean the air and significantly reduce harmful emissions for those who work all day with SORE equipment. </p><p style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“Air quality regulations protect the health of California’s communities, and we have a rigorous enforcement program to ensure they are being met,” said CARB’s Executive Officer Dr. Steven Cliff. “The scope of the settlement makes it clear that reaching zero emissions is a priority that everyone will be held accountable to meet.”</p><p style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Honda cooperated with CARB to resolve all allegations of violating SORE and Evaporative Emissions Regulations. Honda’s settlement includes a $5,694,452 civil penalty that will go to CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve the state’s air quality. The remaining $2,273,967 will fund the following Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEP):</p><ul style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">New Voices Are Rising: Envisioning Resilience Hubs in the Community (Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment, Pasadena), $42,675</li><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 15px;">Inland Empire Environmental Health and Education Connections (El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center), $2,114,484</li><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: 15px;">Asthma Impact Model Stanislaus County (Central California Asthma Collaborative), $79,077</li><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 15px;">Side Street Projects – Woodworking Bus (Side Street Projects, Oakland), $37,730</li></ul><p style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Previously, CARB settled cases with Honda in 2020 and 2021 for nearly <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3cyLmFyYi5jYS5nb3YvbmV3cy9hbWVyaWNhbi1ob25kYS1tb3Rvci1jby1pbmMtcGF5LTE5LW1pbGxpb24tcGVuYWx0aWVzLXNtYWxsLWVuZ2luZS1lbWlzc2lvbnMtdmlvbGF0aW9ucz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMwOTEzLjgyNTU1MzExIn0.IoEH4xolj1LPjPyvaaFO3f5jtbdvNeOEAFEC38vEoB0/s/741211798/br/225874491720-l&source=gmail&ust=1694731261016000&usg=AOvVaw2Xj9gfipQZtGNKrrLQLP66" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3cyLmFyYi5jYS5nb3YvbmV3cy9hbWVyaWNhbi1ob25kYS1tb3Rvci1jby1pbmMtcGF5LTE5LW1pbGxpb24tcGVuYWx0aWVzLXNtYWxsLWVuZ2luZS1lbWlzc2lvbnMtdmlvbGF0aW9ucz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMwOTEzLjgyNTU1MzExIn0.IoEH4xolj1LPjPyvaaFO3f5jtbdvNeOEAFEC38vEoB0/s/741211798/br/225874491720-l" style="color: #1e7aa8;" target="_blank">$2 million</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3cyLmFyYi5jYS5nb3YvbmV3cy9jYXJiLXNldHRsZXMtYW1lcmljYW4taG9uZGEtbW90b3ItY29ycG9yYXRpb24taW5jLW5lYXJseS03LW1pbGxpb24tdmlvbGF0aW9ucy1haXItcXVhbGl0eT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMwOTEzLjgyNTU1MzExIn0.QmOhpR8BRrrerjU_EeIK_Mvc3Gpu8jYfyIykRS1vUdY/s/741211798/br/225874491720-l&source=gmail&ust=1694731261016000&usg=AOvVaw06rSs0QlD5THLZ-FhibvFX" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3cyLmFyYi5jYS5nb3YvbmV3cy9jYXJiLXNldHRsZXMtYW1lcmljYW4taG9uZGEtbW90b3ItY29ycG9yYXRpb24taW5jLW5lYXJseS03LW1pbGxpb24tdmlvbGF0aW9ucy1haXItcXVhbGl0eT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMwOTEzLjgyNTU1MzExIn0.QmOhpR8BRrrerjU_EeIK_Mvc3Gpu8jYfyIykRS1vUdY/s/741211798/br/225874491720-l" style="color: #1e7aa8;" target="_blank">$7 million</a>, respectively, for other violations of the SORE regulations</p><p style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><b><a href="https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/american-honda-motor-co-inc-settlement-0?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank">More information - </a></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-10890911449362085902023-08-01T13:17:00.004-07:002023-08-01T13:17:50.865-07:00R33: GTS-t Oxygen Sensors and Interchange<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1312&_nkw=Bosch+13420&_sacat=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21Re_D6-e6FRj9R-pfNgPekIVd2FFmX8J2PRdnZBMuS330BepvtfUKuVBzebsKKPUx2WqZ8OBJwb43yARZXP41js3yLmR6Wt7mmzHQb67T3jWiL7TYJsIrt9F9CDBo6p7U0kOcpV2B_6fbPpR_d2e08eSq8cCireft7L-OENPvty0rXN8SUIFZ3yfZl7n/w640-h640/Bosch%2013420.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>R33 GTS-t Oxygen Sensors</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313&_nkw=22690-83T10&_sacat=0" target="_blank">22690-83T10</a> (R25det, R33, WC34,C34)</li><li><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=Bosch+13420&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=22690-83T10&_osacat=0" target="_blank">Bosch 13420</a> (18mm, flat connector, short wire- 8 ")</li><li><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=Denso+234-3096&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=Bosch+13420&_osacat=0" target="_blank">Denso 234-3096</a> (18mm, flat connector, short wire-10.5")</li><li><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=NTK+24519&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=Denso+234-3096&_osacat=0" target="_blank">NTK 24519</a> (18mm, flat connector, short wire- 10.5")</li></ul><div><a href="https://www.gtrusablog.com/2019/02/oxygen-sensors-r32-vs-r33-o2-sensors.html" target="_blank">R32 GT-R vs R33 GT-R oxygen sensors</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-21119104046179426042023-05-25T13:07:00.000-07:002023-05-25T13:07:28.061-07:00CARB passes new amendments to phase out toxic hexavalent chromium<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeie9ywgYaQHRVHrcCvzVhDlgYq5CdjVUd7zpUNiRYovXzcl5Qsi8p2QSQWb77wDofzhcYedug18HQ3PpTUfpq0PUU2i_tOm4xrgBmKZ7l9lN8VOZGXC83_39Zw8Cze4Llyw-_36Po2cI-iBFlKZrNydh8yTY-lLHxEfMqYtMcYYFt3heEEBIBTgfjQ/s1280/90433_48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeie9ywgYaQHRVHrcCvzVhDlgYq5CdjVUd7zpUNiRYovXzcl5Qsi8p2QSQWb77wDofzhcYedug18HQ3PpTUfpq0PUU2i_tOm4xrgBmKZ7l9lN8VOZGXC83_39Zw8Cze4Llyw-_36Po2cI-iBFlKZrNydh8yTY-lLHxEfMqYtMcYYFt3heEEBIBTgfjQ/w640-h426/90433_48.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #36a393; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><em>Hexavalent chromium is the 2<sup>nd</sup> most potent carcinogen identified by CARB</em></h2><div><p align="start" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>RIVERSIDE</strong> – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today passed updates to its rules on airborne toxics that will phase out the use of hexavalent chromium by chrome plating and chromic anodizing facilities, starting with its use for decorative purposes, where safer alternatives are now available.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Hexavalent chromium is a carcinogen that is the second most potent toxic air contaminant identified by the state, and it is 500 times more toxic than diesel exhaust. The process that chrome platers use for both decorative and functional purposes on metal products creates emissions that pose health risks for residents living near the facilities, which are often disadvantaged communities that face other environmental and air pollution burdens. The new update to the 2007 Airborne Toxic Control Measure gives decorative platers a choice between a 2027 or 2030 deadline to transition to less toxic options that are currently available, and in 2039 for functional platers, where alternatives are still being developed.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">"Many of the communities that house chrome plating facilities are also next to other polluting industries and heavily trafficked freeways and trucking routes, and any step we can take to protect their health and improve their air quality is important,” said CARB Chair Liane Randolph. “Decorative chrome platers now have options to transition to less toxic alternatives without sacrificing quality or function, and we are eager to continue working with those who are currently developing ways to transition to safer options for functional purposes.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Under changes made to the rule, decorative chrome platers, which work on products such as kitchen appliances or car bumpers, will have two paths to transition away from hexavalent chromium: those who opt to meet the 2027 deadline will have first access to financial incentive programs to assist with the transition to trivalent chromium, while those who opt to wait until 2030 to phase out hexavalent chromium will need to implement building enclosure requirements by 2026 to reduce fugitive emissions and may have less grant funding available for their transition. Furthermore, the amendments require that businesses meet best practice measures, such as spill prevention and enhanced cleanup of hexavalent chromium, by 2024.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Functional chrome plating facilities, which include hard chrome plating and chromic acid anodizing that are used for products such as aircraft parts, will be required to implement building enclosure requirements and best practice measures by 2024 to reduce fugitive emissions. In 2032 and 2036, CARB will conduct technology reviews to assess the development of alternative technologies available prior to the phase-out of hexavalent chromium for functional chrome plating in 2039.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">CARB estimates that there are more than 110 permitted facilities in California that use hexavalent chromium. Approximately 70% of the businesses are in Southern California, which is the nation’s highest concentration of chrome platers. The California Legislature has indicated plans to allocate $10 million as part of the upcoming budget process to help chrome platers with the cost of transitioning to trivalent chromium plating, a safer alternative that has been used for decorative chrome plating applications for decades.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Identified by CARB as a Toxic Air Contaminant in 1986, hexavalent chromium is a known human carcinogen with no known safe level of exposure. Inhalation of hexavalent chromium in the workplace causes lung and nasal cancers, respiratory irritation, nasal and skin ulcerations and lesions, perforation of the nasal septum and allergic reactions including dermatitis and asthma.</p></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-37206833276270587382022-12-09T14:01:00.002-08:002022-12-09T14:01:19.296-08:00CARB settles with Malibu Boats, LLC for nearly $500,000 for violations of air quality regulations<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE38SR6RNVh7_8ZBBqj7Ds9lUBVeP7Wd5vh0H9znVEkOMFBffzneBnIEUxCWlCL3OG11TwnhydorfoWTYd_8_yNv-QH047_qln7iBBtQZdIT886AvKW_VkQ5IzyxegzIVdnOh21A-8pDkI4FwLVGdG5jnmGbbUIr21WXnSiqPvn_IzOt1JMjpbnaD3hA/s736/Malibu%20Boats%20ARB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="736" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE38SR6RNVh7_8ZBBqj7Ds9lUBVeP7Wd5vh0H9znVEkOMFBffzneBnIEUxCWlCL3OG11TwnhydorfoWTYd_8_yNv-QH047_qln7iBBtQZdIT886AvKW_VkQ5IzyxegzIVdnOh21A-8pDkI4FwLVGdG5jnmGbbUIr21WXnSiqPvn_IzOt1JMjpbnaD3hA/w640-h366/Malibu%20Boats%20ARB.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CARB settles with Malibu Boats, LLC for nearly $500,000 for violations of air quality regulations</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><em style="color: #36a393; font-family: helvetica;">Nearly $250,000 to fund a Supplemental Environmental Project in Placer County to improve air filtration systems in local schools</em></p><p><em style="color: #36a393; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></em></p><p align="start" class="m_2821600130517581324gd_p" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – Malibu Boats, LLC (Malibu) of Loudon, Tenn., has agreed to a <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjEyMDkuNjc5ODQ1NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L3NpdGVzL2RlZmF1bHQvZmlsZXMvMjAyMi0wOS9tYWxpYnVfYm9hdHNfTExDX3NhLnBkZj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.cJd-mlOq1iQJWtIa0teCLVtQNagNL9FNMbD2t1bz2do/s/741211798/br/150058209532-l&source=gmail&ust=1670709221060000&usg=AOvVaw1EaHjNrVmK0VsRNN7pKdg-" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjEyMDkuNjc5ODQ1NTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L3NpdGVzL2RlZmF1bHQvZmlsZXMvMjAyMi0wOS9tYWxpYnVfYm9hdHNfTExDX3NhLnBkZj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.cJd-mlOq1iQJWtIa0teCLVtQNagNL9FNMbD2t1bz2do/s/741211798/br/150058209532-l" style="color: #1e7aa8; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">settlement</a> of $496,500 for violating California air quality regulations.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The California Air Resources Board's (CARB) investigation found that Malibu failed to pass the engine durability test and sold uncertified spark-ignition marine engines as specified under the Spark-Ignition Marine Engine Regulation. The company tried to certify its engines to a voluntary emissions standard that was the cleanest standard available and received a conditional executive order that allowed it to begin selling vessels prior to the completion of certification tests. However, the engines failed to meet all certification standards.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“California’s emissions regulations are in place to clean our air and protect public health. All violations impact those efforts. CARB staff are dedicated to identifying and investigating violations to help reduce the state’s air pollution and the number of illnesses caused by poor air quality,” said CARB Interim Enforcement Division Chief Heather Quiros.</p><p align="start" class="m_2821600130517581324gd_p" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Malibu was fully cooperative in resolving the matter. The company’s settlement includes a $248,250 civil penalty that will go to CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California's air quality. The remaining $248,250 will fund a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) in Placer County to improve air filtration systems in local schools to reduce children’s exposure to particulate matter.</p>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-45929161267111692272022-11-15T16:01:00.001-08:002022-11-15T16:01:43.586-08:00Independent Commercial Importers - EPA<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://toprankglobal.jp/stockdetail/35286/2005%20Mitsubishi%20LANCER%20EVOLUTION%20WAGON" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWNwb22N5-F1gf0WBal6oXc0VbM8vtov_BNY1QKGbDA5uGVPScyAqjuud-5o_uZrzSHH_pBP99Or8T37lBl_cuqnJayEH1ve6Hv-jZyGqi0916sCdC-2FF1EPsT9k6P0vYZ2MgBiJLCerB9ggFfsk_janiYd1kOeCMqCbpwWGWf9PhQqMHJLTDF2ddg/w640-h426/IMG_20221110_071955_495.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://toprankglobal.jp/stockdetail/35286/2005%20Mitsubishi%20LANCER%20EVOLUTION%20WAGON" target="_blank">This 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Wagon would require NHTSA and EPA approval to be legally imported</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px;"><a href="https://www.epa.gov/importing-vehicles-and-engines/independent-commercial-importers-icis" target="_blank">Independent Commercial Importers (ICIs)</a> are entities that have obtained EPA credentials to legally import vehicles into the United States.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px;">As of May 2022 there are three ICI in the US. Those three have been around for more than 20 years each. G&K, JK, and Wallace Labs. G&K is also a California Direct Import certified lab</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P1014WP9.pdf" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1076" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ10MTtjaDTK-FBJUH3VrOdwnP075s7tvq2sJLetc11ZMACTwTYPJ0ilGMDTmruzDbw1y_ISninyZcl075Sn1urc-IybwMrT83xgXQ-u9s0H855ZKufKKnoCszc3U47NLhExarrwBByWkRp_V3Vx9S4CvnVHp8b9i4JXCvObxfpKA5CljDGLccMJDt4g/w640-h388/ICI%20May%202022%20EPA.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">Individuals who wish to import a vehicle that does not conform to United States emission standards or qualify for an exemption must engage an ICI to modify, test, and certify the vehicle so that it does.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; transition-duration: 200ms; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);">It is important to understand that ICI import authority is generally limited to specific vehicle makes and models. Before making your import arrangements, you should contact your ICI to confirm that it is qualified to import your particular vehicle. Furthermore, ICI designation does not automatically confer approval of the ICI’s treatment of an imported vehicle. EPA will carefully scrutinize the ICI’s test documentation and other information concerning the quality of modifications to a given vehicle to determine whether it meets all the applicable EPA requirements under the imports regulations.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: "Source Sans Pro Web", "Noto Sans Arabic", "Noto Sans BN homepage", "Noto Sans GU homepage", "Noto Sans KR homepage", "Noto Sans SC homepage", "Noto Sans BN", "Noto Sans GU", "Noto Sans KR", "Noto Sans SC", "Noto Sans TC", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans; font-size: 16.96px;"><br /></span></p>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-13410115620156311912022-11-07T09:09:00.007-08:002022-11-07T09:09:57.360-08:00Point-of-sale vouchers now available for small business landscape professionals to purchase discounted zero-emission lawn mowers, blowers, other equipment<p> <b>New funding category provides more than $27 million for small business landscape professionals</b></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEica0tKaK48kxKvUFsiT4mY1DANIBIwu66ZP0N_HJxylV8-yf9xQ1tiYm2pwShoWEQYFgd10ztKkK6EJ-PsISYFxpv9IfruypzWIRX6_CHk878GdB_PRj1hTp2IHMFfz4ut8zqQVOeBtIk7Q1D2kd9w8wPhu0JxwETapmVWNiFiRqoVmn8IT59K9d4LzA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="342" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEica0tKaK48kxKvUFsiT4mY1DANIBIwu66ZP0N_HJxylV8-yf9xQ1tiYm2pwShoWEQYFgd10ztKkK6EJ-PsISYFxpv9IfruypzWIRX6_CHk878GdB_PRj1hTp2IHMFfz4ut8zqQVOeBtIk7Q1D2kd9w8wPhu0JxwETapmVWNiFiRqoVmn8IT59K9d4LzA" width="305" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>PASADENA – Qualified small business landscape professionals starting today can purchase discounted zero-emission lawn mowers, blowers and other landscape equipment through a new category of funding offered through the California Air Resources Board’s Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE). Administered by CALSTART, the CORE program’s new funding category has an allocation of more than $27 million of voucher funds for professional landscape services operated by small businesses or sole proprietors.</p><p><br /></p><p>CALSTART administers the CORE program and its new funding category for CARB. CARB first announced this new funding opportunity in October. </p><p><br /></p><p>“Professional landscapers often operate on very tight profit margins and can find it challenging to upgrade to new technology,” said Jacob Whitson, CALSTART’s lead project manager, “CORE’s new landscape voucher incentives will allow them to more easily adopt zero-emission professional equipment for their businesses, while in turn encouraging manufacturers to expand their offerings in this market.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Now widely available, this new cleaner, quieter equipment eliminates exposure to harmful fumes for the professionals operating these machines, and for anyone nearby,” said Sydney Vergis, chief of CARB’s Mobile Source Control Division. “The CORE project incentive funds will help get more zero-emission equipment into the hands of landscape professionals — while also helping California meet its clean air and climate goals.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Equipment purchasers can request vouchers for the following types of landscape equipment starting today, November 7, 2022:</p><p><br /></p><p>Edgers</p><p>Hedgers </p><p>String trimmers </p><p>Chainsaws </p><p>Pole saws</p><p>Vacuums</p><p>Handheld leaf blowers</p><p>Backpack leaf blowers </p><p>Walk-behind mowers </p><p>Ride-on/Stand-ride mowers </p><p>Batteries</p><p>Chargers</p><p>Power management equipment </p><p>CORE’s website features both a list of approved zero-emission landscape service equipment manufacturers and a list of approved dealers throughout California and other states.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be considered for voucher eligibility, small businesses must offer landscape services that help repair, install, or subcontract the development of landscape systems and facilities for public and private gardens and other areas that are designed to aesthetically, architecturally, horticulturally, or functionally improve the grounds within or surrounding a structure or a tract or plot of land. Additionally, the business must be independently owned and operated with a principal office located in California. Finally, the company must have 100 or fewer employees and average annual gross receipts of $15 million or less over the previous three years.</p><p><br /></p><p>To promote broad application of CORE funding, $10 million of the total funding allocation will be set aside for 180 calendar days to ensure microbusinesses have access to participate. The remaining $17 million will be set aside for small businesses.</p><p><br /></p><p>To submit a voucher request, vehicle purchasers must select eligible equipment from the equipment catalog and contact an approved dealer to submit a voucher request. The dealer will submit the voucher request to the Voucher Processing Center and the vehicle purchaser will receive the CORE incentive at the point of sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another $125 million in heavy-duty voucher funds have been allocated for construction and agriculture equipment categories supported by CORE, including: terminal tractors, truck- and trailer-mounted transport refrigeration units, large forklifts and cargo-handling equipment, mobile power units, airport ground-support equipment, commercial harbor craft and railcar movers and switcher locomotives. The first round of CORE resulted in over 460 vouchers for vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment totaling over $62 million, with terminal tractors being the most requested equipment type. The second round of CORE launched in July of 2022 and saw high demand. Currently, there is funding available. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMDcuNjYyOTg4MjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NhbGlmb3JuaWFjb3JlLm9yZy90aWNrZXIvP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.YLf5SbbZplFS7CCMBddlK3CEOIC91ZSyrCSZS003jy8/s/741211798/br/147591623752-l" target="_blank">More Information</a></p>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-15269626651671833332022-09-08T05:36:00.005-07:002022-09-08T05:36:57.386-07:00California Gas Cars and The Last Chase<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="309" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X4eQsgudVhY" width="424" youtube-src-id="X4eQsgudVhY"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>The last chase was a science fiction film from 1981 that is going to start to bear more in common with reality by 2035 than us gas powered dinosaurs will want to admit. </p><blockquote><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The film stars Lee Majors, Burgess Meredith and Chris Makepeace in a futuristic scenario about a former racing driver who reassembles his old Porsche and drives to California in a world where cars and motor vehicles of all kinds have been outlawed by the powers that be.</span></p></blockquote>
The actual "ban" on new vehicles that aren't <a href="https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/california-moves-accelerate-100-new-zero-emission-vehicle-sales-2035" target="_blank">zero emissions doesn't go into effect until 2035</a>. California did try something similar in the late 90's early 2000 range, but the technology just wasn't there to do it.
<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdwwam8vMfkmUkOIlFVTJ7xNOp2WNVEAeP8mIuhNXw_z4od7WVmL0SjPhfYvFRShAmXfrbUTIAG4Z5IEKCzppOsT_yoe3zdj0aNjWR6bILABJT2bltrUdnQzqNzFCiavn2jUrNmAiTkomDetaYak4mdK3zQntq8L8pwGm-Mik0mKK11Nptc_17YwG7fw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="4096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdwwam8vMfkmUkOIlFVTJ7xNOp2WNVEAeP8mIuhNXw_z4od7WVmL0SjPhfYvFRShAmXfrbUTIAG4Z5IEKCzppOsT_yoe3zdj0aNjWR6bILABJT2bltrUdnQzqNzFCiavn2jUrNmAiTkomDetaYak4mdK3zQntq8L8pwGm-Mik0mKK11Nptc_17YwG7fw=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2d333d; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;">Sales of new ZEVs and PHEVs will start with 35% that year, build to 68% in 2030, and reach 100% in 2035.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-09-06/can-california-deliver-on-its-zero-emission-car-goal" target="_blank">LA Times - record on big climate promises mixed</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px;"></span><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px;">And it’s not only personal vehicles that will need the stations, but also the heavy-duty trucks that transport goods throughout the state every day. The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have the goal of being serviced exclusively by zero-emission trucks by 2035, but they have a long way to go: Only 35 of the 22,000 trucks that serve the port complex are “electric,” “battery electric” or “hydrogen fuel cell,” according to data from their </span><a class="link" href="https://kentico.portoflosangeles.org/getmedia/452bad8c-4e16-490f-bab6-155b061866bb/POLA-Monthly-Gate-Move-Analysis" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px;" target="_blank">clean truck program</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px;">.</span></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9jfUI-S41TOMzpKkFC90CoSKI67UX8qMWzmYBzJocXf8ifkruQJGvRx2GFo3h5oaNF0hKi-ciiqLkKye7aEAzoBKbwV1r-IqY8rzXg0wU5xTS_V5TMaXXHRa7Kdl6twavlYCOpp6mYks0evBDNX1lgcF0SOk-DAz2HRtBJaFjdSGpHN48QN2ezPiIKQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9jfUI-S41TOMzpKkFC90CoSKI67UX8qMWzmYBzJocXf8ifkruQJGvRx2GFo3h5oaNF0hKi-ciiqLkKye7aEAzoBKbwV1r-IqY8rzXg0wU5xTS_V5TMaXXHRa7Kdl6twavlYCOpp6mYks0evBDNX1lgcF0SOk-DAz2HRtBJaFjdSGpHN48QN2ezPiIKQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are many pieces to this puzzle. Its easy to make the mandates, harder to make it all work. My biggest concern is the grid. Getting solar/batteries in place to meet demand. The actual grid, and money to build that just won't exist. So everything will need to be more decentralized. </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px;">“If you’re talking about California trying to move its emissions from gasoline cars into EVs, you’re talking about probably doubling the amount of electricity demand on the grid,” said Meng, of UC Santa Barbara. “Where’s that going to come from? You could imagine large utility-scale solar in places like Kern County, but with the laws as they’re written now, it’s very hard for Kern County to get property tax benefits from a solar farm than it could from oil drilling.”</span></p></blockquote><p> With statements like this, they are coming to take your gas powered cars away. Not today, not tomorrow, but they are</p><blockquote><h3 aria-level="2" role="heading" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2d333d; font-family: Montserrat, Georgia, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.54rem; font-weight: 400; hyphens: none; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Stringent Standards for Conventional Cars</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2d333d; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 11px; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="background-color: white;">As with the original Advanced Clean Cars rules, ACC II includes updated regulations for light- and medium-duty internal combustion engine vehicles as well, to mitigate the air quality impacts from conventional vehicles. These low-emission vehicle standards help deliver real-world emission benefits that complement more significant emission reductions gained by wider ZEV deployment. This will prevent potential emission backsliding by removing ZEVs from the emissions baseline used to calculate new vehicle fleet-average emissions. </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">The regulation also reduces the allowable exhaust emissions under more real-world driving conditions and emissions caused by evaporation. </span></span></p></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px;"></span></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-79035834639330391172022-06-07T12:40:00.001-07:002022-06-07T12:40:34.357-07:00Hondash - The ultimate tool to monitor your Honda<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/153040153712?hash=item23a1e76c70:g:BH0AAOSwnb9gwN8f" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEFC9IAOUzgVqLrr1eYUTilRzDIuED-D6uMNhSdjeHqq660I0m-om3Iy-zTXG9ODAUmwzOl-GUYu235X36hY_kzn_FZoP5DUEaeYB40wkqYvVrAN4urYESD7urwr-AMUEc3AQ2DG06-yWQLjWSZYZqtqGFsV2hplitf3VXepZMjKMgvBK969oxhGPAQ/w640-h480/20220531_112551.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/153040153712?hash=item23a1e76c70:g:BH0AAOSwnb9gwN8f" target="_blank">Hondash bluetooth dongle plugged into the Honda diagnostic port</a></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Working on older vehicles, or vehicles not originally sold in the US, means that you have to have some specific scan tools to read the ECU (computer). In the case of Hondas, I was having an issue with high emissions on a car. From first look at it it seemed like the <a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/63276/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=24169" target="_blank">oxygen sensor</a> might have been bad. </p><p>The hydrocarbons on the car using my <a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=5+gas+analyzer&_sacat=34998&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=24169&_osacat=63276" target="_blank">Snap On 5 gas analyzer</a> were something like 10 times higher than the maximum I like to see. </p><p>I found this <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/153040153712?hash=item23a1e76c70:g:BH0AAOSwnb9gwN8f" target="_blank">Hondas</a>h dongle that was available and wanted to give it a try. Its a tiny little connector, so small that I added a bit of blue tape, so I don't forget/lose it in a car. Since I am in and out of cars, moving things around a lot, I need as much help as possible not to forget something. </p><p>Downloaded the App from the Google Play store, when the dongle arrived. It connected right up easily, and I was able to observe the fuel trims, and oxygen sensor output. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NJTOjPENm6VBgEvx4ehcuyGRZ9fivKOdo2IQspKkCfavTpL9UphTnhII0fif_sNlJ7kaI45VPknfmmIMtb3uRwZlRGWprCqb8mZY8pqdLH5jXnjrTKUd9vwyPLCsEOfZtERxzb_Avr7zFklCygX9XM9hbnAJk8PLj6clMc1igL_nTW-Q9rdKRVINBw/s4032/20220531_112546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NJTOjPENm6VBgEvx4ehcuyGRZ9fivKOdo2IQspKkCfavTpL9UphTnhII0fif_sNlJ7kaI45VPknfmmIMtb3uRwZlRGWprCqb8mZY8pqdLH5jXnjrTKUd9vwyPLCsEOfZtERxzb_Avr7zFklCygX9XM9hbnAJk8PLj6clMc1igL_nTW-Q9rdKRVINBw/w640-h480/20220531_112546.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added the blue tape, so I didn't lose the Hondash</td></tr></tbody></table><p>With it obvious the ECU was correcting 30% or its maximum amount, it was just dumping fuel. With the Hondash I could see it was most likely this as the cause of the issue. We swapped the 02 sensor, and then checked again. This time hydrocarbons, nox, and AFR were all exactly where they should be. Fuel trims were in the 3% range, and not static at 30%. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9B86O2vlOtKme-kEHzZ8k6jzOFruWTIrFsAWzlx66NtDzNZj7GVkYAyjHhg3oqSfZH4BeWt-jIOvF_kQuo-C8Mc2h6zSBuqx2Ebm9NBMGB-jkDytj_u5ase3i3AGm0OO64oI9yUUhDuGUmqi4F_kF_XhIQGZ_SqkJFW0qObDgV9fS5011ITfzALi8A/s4032/20220531_112249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9B86O2vlOtKme-kEHzZ8k6jzOFruWTIrFsAWzlx66NtDzNZj7GVkYAyjHhg3oqSfZH4BeWt-jIOvF_kQuo-C8Mc2h6zSBuqx2Ebm9NBMGB-jkDytj_u5ase3i3AGm0OO64oI9yUUhDuGUmqi4F_kF_XhIQGZ_SqkJFW0qObDgV9fS5011ITfzALi8A/w480-h640/20220531_112249.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocOf8kpBDpYhCaKhX5V3cIT0O3CXGm-LXU5bFRuPdn0dp4nm6R_xS6B2LXkp23N8R-XdU_H6vRRmYkbNULDoAMbQ6tqBsUppzDfywUWQPCIaneWWyXAohXQsDvwKG0FF-X7W997m725vCTu2vcjJ3SBmWF5XsKmnMFidXe1g-Pl04ij1UT2A29_nNag/s2400/Screenshot_20220531-112202_Hondash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocOf8kpBDpYhCaKhX5V3cIT0O3CXGm-LXU5bFRuPdn0dp4nm6R_xS6B2LXkp23N8R-XdU_H6vRRmYkbNULDoAMbQ6tqBsUppzDfywUWQPCIaneWWyXAohXQsDvwKG0FF-X7W997m725vCTu2vcjJ3SBmWF5XsKmnMFidXe1g-Pl04ij1UT2A29_nNag/w288-h640/Screenshot_20220531-112202_Hondash.jpg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Short term fuel trim with graph from Hondash</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="371" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yreGPLia1Rs" width="571" youtube-src-id="yreGPLia1Rs"></iframe><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmef099oEbiNGGdhmbCx4T9WerPfHoPtO-H6yes1h0LOPcgcZomPEi15pPFEu8XDsQw9pjR-spVq9bm4IKxbiBzS3kI0lo8wZkhpxtw773DjxsAaaTdYUohZnk-QVGapGAdSfmw704KICNKIhEzgdjFCmpWKOvc8p-xQ9eMtln_xLs5IfOS_NAwHCVQ/s4032/20220531_112137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmef099oEbiNGGdhmbCx4T9WerPfHoPtO-H6yes1h0LOPcgcZomPEi15pPFEu8XDsQw9pjR-spVq9bm4IKxbiBzS3kI0lo8wZkhpxtw773DjxsAaaTdYUohZnk-QVGapGAdSfmw704KICNKIhEzgdjFCmpWKOvc8p-xQ9eMtln_xLs5IfOS_NAwHCVQ/w480-h640/20220531_112137.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UbriA6DandcftFNPH2AwxHJ5H_3_ZpjKstE_uIHNbA0Q1WHDCyucVOllMbDRDPLqeIAYT6RoSCWb-g1b9GA5WwqO-et2jEBTqZ90XUJxGxVZfJ9W6Ux36n6YJ0FoUodoKzFVANmT5jbjpltrHRoPt1Igw4n5Z_NvvCQMBzZDnGr4Rtv59GZ0EMD9Fg/s4032/20220531_112128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UbriA6DandcftFNPH2AwxHJ5H_3_ZpjKstE_uIHNbA0Q1WHDCyucVOllMbDRDPLqeIAYT6RoSCWb-g1b9GA5WwqO-et2jEBTqZ90XUJxGxVZfJ9W6Ux36n6YJ0FoUodoKzFVANmT5jbjpltrHRoPt1Igw4n5Z_NvvCQMBzZDnGr4Rtv59GZ0EMD9Fg/w480-h640/20220531_112128.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>If you have an older Honda, and want to monitor your ECU, the <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/153040153712?hash=item23a1e76c70:g:BH0AAOSwnb9gwN8f" target="_blank">Hondash</a> is a great inexpensive option. Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-67818727252418263942022-05-11T12:55:00.000-07:002022-05-11T12:55:12.112-07:00 Honda OBD1 Live Data Scanner Reading<p> Honda OBD1 Live Data Scanner Reading</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dh1jWHnzoAw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.hondash.net/p/obd-bluetooth-scanner-for-3-pin-dlc.html">https://www.hondash.net/p/obd-bluetooth-scanner-for-3-pin-dlc.html</a></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-81336569895776537922022-05-10T16:31:00.005-07:002022-05-10T16:31:56.474-07:00CARB releases ambitious draft climate action plan to slash use of fossil fuels and reach carbon neutrality by 2045<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNS3N7WcMPMWs05d1lAe9zZzociQodSvXGJN5k6Ry5csyjl8cH2WmuoYwWE4rbQJbGFL2KhISQHAS9IOg5KTMu7WQVGkowcuoZ4OVJpDJuqLppx9mQJtZqOeiNMOXmepJofkD_PJ6mvjeEIE-0FJi093NsycfUo5folxpMG6mpalb0B5G24lJLy6kBWA/s600/California%20Air%20Resources%20Board.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="600" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNS3N7WcMPMWs05d1lAe9zZzociQodSvXGJN5k6Ry5csyjl8cH2WmuoYwWE4rbQJbGFL2KhISQHAS9IOg5KTMu7WQVGkowcuoZ4OVJpDJuqLppx9mQJtZqOeiNMOXmepJofkD_PJ6mvjeEIE-0FJi093NsycfUo5folxpMG6mpalb0B5G24lJLy6kBWA/w640-h132/California%20Air%20Resources%20Board.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><h2 align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #36a393; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Draft of 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan charts rapid timeline to cut pollution and engage every sector of the world’s fifth largest economy</span></em></h2><div><em><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></em></div><div><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-4737746945051241308main-table" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-4737746945051241308main-table" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-4737746945051241308main-body" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="100%"><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>SACRAMENTO – </strong>The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today released a draft plan that, when final, will guide the state’s transition to a clean energy economy, drastically reduce the use of fossil fuels, achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 or sooner, and significantly clean the state’s air especially in disadvantaged communities disproportionately burdened by persistent pollution.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan is the third update to the state’s initial 2008 Scoping Plan. It identifies a technologically feasible, cost-effective and equity-focused path to achieve carbon neutrality over the next two decades while also assessing the progress the State is making towards reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Release of the draft plan triggers a formal 45-day public comment period. During the 45-day public comment period, the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee may provide additional input on the draft plan. The Board will consider the plan in June and may then provide direction to staff, with an additional period of public comment and engagement prior to the second meeting of the Board in the fall to consider adopting a final draft of the plan.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“The draft Scoping Plan sets out an ambitious vision that advances equity and addresses the existential crisis of our generation with guidance for the concrete steps and actions needed to actually make it work,” said CARB Executive Officer Richard Corey. “When final, it will serve as the actionable plan for a more sustainable California for our children and a model for other industrialized economies around the world as they consider how to make their transition to a clean energy economy that provides health benefits and economic opportunity.”</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">California is the fifth largest economy on the planet and the draft plan covers every sector. The most significant aspect of the draft plan is the aggressive pace and scale it calls for to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels wherever they are currently used in California. It achieves this goal by building on and accelerating successful approaches to carbon reduction including regulations, incentives, and carbon pricing that have been in place for a decade and a half. At the center of this shift away from fossil fuels is an accelerated transition to zero-emission transportation, phasing out the use of fossil gas used to heat homes and buildings, and providing communities with sustainable options for walking, biking, and public transit so that people do not have to rely on cars. Action in the transportation sector will be buttressed by an acceleration of adding more clean, affordable, and reliable renewable energy to displace fossil-fuel fired electricity generation and scaling up new options such as hydrogen and renewable gas for hard-to-electrify end uses.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">This accelerated shift away from petroleum will make California more energy secure, less impacted by volatile global oil price fluctuations, and will deliver significant health benefits to all Californians, especially those in low-income communities of color that are most impacted by air pollution from truck and car traffic and freight delivery.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Achieving California’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2045 or sooner will also require re-envisioning our forests, farmlands and rangelands to ensure that they play as robust a role as possible in reducing emissions and incorporating and storing more carbon. This focus will establish healthier forests that are more resistant to wildfires, and increased health benefits from reduced exposure to wildfire smoke. The plan also makes clear that in order to succeed in balancing remaining carbon output with carbon storage, California will need to go beyond the capacity of our natural and working lands and deploy additional methods of capturing carbon dioxide that include pulling it from industrial smokestacks or drawing it out of the atmosphere itself and then safely and permanently storing it.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">These efforts place a priority on ensuring that all these efforts provide benefits to frontline communities most heavily burdened by persistent pollution and who will disproportionately bear the impacts of a warming planet.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan was developed by the California Air Resources Board in an unprecedented process of collaboration and coordination with multiple state agencies. That broad-based coordination lays the foundation for a whole of government approach to future implementation. Development of the plan also included robust public engagement including over a dozen workshops, webinars or public meetings over the past year.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">In addition, the draft plan was shaped by recommendations from the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee to ensure that environmental justice and frontline communities are front and center in the state’s efforts to address the climate emergency. The EJAC held 18 meetings and there are some five dozen recommendations of the committee referenced throughout the draft plan. Ongoing collaboration with the EJAC will be essential to ensure that the final plan is as robust as possible.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The draft Scoping Plan evaluated four potential scenarios for achieving carbon neutrality, all of which will also achieve the 2030 goal of reducing GHG emissions 40% below 1990 levels. Two of those scenarios would achieve carbon neutrality by 2035; the other two by 2045. Through extensive modeling to determine future policy impacts on health and the economy CARB staff concluded that Scenario 3 provided the most economically and technologically feasible route to carbon neutrality, including providing equity-based solutions focused on affordability and job preservation. Scenario 3 aligns with all applicable statues and Executive Orders while deploying a broad portfolio of existing and emerging fossil fuel alternatives and clean technologies. It also provides a feasible timeline to develop the infrastructure and technology needed, especially the rapid build-out of renewable energy, and a lower overall cost of implementation with minimal impact on the economy. It will achieve an approximately 90% reduction in petroleum usage by 2045, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050, another state target.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The draft Scoping Plan also reviews California’s existing climate programs, such as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Cap-and-Trade and the Renewables Portfolio Standard, among others. The draft Plan explains how these programs have been changed since the last Scoping Plan in 2017 and outlines other programs and actions needed to achieve a low-carbon economy.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> </p><h3 align="center" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 25px 0px; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MTAuNTc2OTgyMjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L3NpdGVzL2RlZmF1bHQvZmlsZXMvMjAyMi0wNS8yMDIyLWRyYWZ0LXNwLnBkZj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.TrIZLCiZFlP8ksmmJvTnoU3jX0plOuPMd_kRliStAOk/s/741211798/br/131081155673-l&source=gmail&ust=1652295718621000&usg=AOvVaw3CqZuPJlbWiWfln0ODO4BT" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MTAuNTc2OTgyMjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L3NpdGVzL2RlZmF1bHQvZmlsZXMvMjAyMi0wNS8yMDIyLWRyYWZ0LXNwLnBkZj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.TrIZLCiZFlP8ksmmJvTnoU3jX0plOuPMd_kRliStAOk/s/741211798/br/131081155673-l" rel="noopener" style="background-color: #36a393; 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border-color: rgb(54, 163, 147); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 12px 25px; color: white; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">More Information</a></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="m_-4737746945051241308bottom-body-bg" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-4737746945051241308main-table" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-4737746945051241308bottom-body" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px;" width="100%"><div class="m_-4737746945051241308govd_hr" style="line-height: 1; padding: 5px;"><div class="m_-4737746945051241308govd_hr_inner" style="line-height: 1;"><hr /></div></div><h3 align="start" class="m_-4737746945051241308gd_p" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 21.294px; margin: 15px 0px;">Contacts</h3><p align="start" class="m_-4737746945051241308gd_p" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="mailto:stanley.young@arb.ca.gov" rel="noopener" style="color: #208bbe; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Stanley Young</a></span><br /><a href="mailto:comms@arb.ca.gov" rel="noopener" style="color: #208bbe; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Office of Communications</a><br /><a href="tel:+1-916-956-9409" style="color: #208bbe; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">(916) 956-9409</a></p><p align="start" class="m_-4737746945051241308gd_p" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="mailto:dave.clegern@arb.ca.gov" rel="noopener" style="color: #208bbe; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Dave Clegern</a><br /><a href="mailto:comms@arb.ca.gov" rel="noopener" style="color: #208bbe; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Office of Communications</a><br /><a href="tel:+1-916-717-9652" style="color: #208bbe; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">(916) 717-9652</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-90319385856243125672022-03-21T11:59:00.001-07:002022-03-21T11:59:09.065-07:00Toprank's JDM car delivery to Iwakuni. Chaser JZX100 and Silvia S14 with Y plates<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlzdVJOMEnEfTdRd6NEzriV2k4AKAybMH0vJfeNQhxh6zD9cEvLigX1T--oji7fB_3n2ism0iWJ083LPmZcZZzVP0q3rz-HyRo6kiFli0jYmlRwNQGxlnkxtX8n90t-wnM1Mltwshd7f0Uv6c7iJlr3s35n6SHEJCcJEccRdpsiN8APZth5AyFHDNp4g=s855" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Toprank's JDM car delivery to Iwakuni. Chaser JZX100 and Silvia S14 with Y plates" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="855" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlzdVJOMEnEfTdRd6NEzriV2k4AKAybMH0vJfeNQhxh6zD9cEvLigX1T--oji7fB_3n2ism0iWJ083LPmZcZZzVP0q3rz-HyRo6kiFli0jYmlRwNQGxlnkxtX8n90t-wnM1Mltwshd7f0Uv6c7iJlr3s35n6SHEJCcJEccRdpsiN8APZth5AyFHDNp4g=w640-h362" title="Toprank's JDM car delivery to Iwakuni. Chaser JZX100 and Silvia S14 with Y plates" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toprank's JDM car delivery to Iwakuni. Chaser JZX100 and Silvia S14 with Y plates</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IhkfMC_lx3c" width="544" youtube-src-id="IhkfMC_lx3c"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote><p>We went to Iwakuni from Tokyo to deliver 2 JDM cars to our customers based at MCAS Iwakuni.</p><p>Andrew explains why he chose to buy the Chaser JZX100 and why buying from Toprank was the best choice for him. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pride for Quality: Japan based car dealer and exporter based in Tokyo,Toprank Global has in stock, or will locate and ship your dream car from and to anywhere in the world. Local laws vary, please contact us for more information. Call Toprank Global at (+81) 3-6222-8388 or trade@toprank.jp</p><p><br /></p><p> From Toprank Stock <a href="https://toprankglobal.jp/stock/">https://toprankglobal.jp/stock/</a></p><p> From Japanese Auto Auction <a href="https://toprankglobal.jp/auction/">https://toprankglobal.jp/auction/</a></p><p> By Request <a href="https://toprankglobal.jp/request/">https://toprankglobal.jp/request/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/toprank_cars_global/">https://www.instagram.com/toprank_cars_global/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Like us on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/topranktrading/">https://www.facebook.com/topranktrading/</a></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Toprank Japan <a href="https://toprank.jp/">https://toprank.jp/</a></p><p>Toprank Suginami <a href="https://toprank.jp/stock/suginami">https://toprank.jp/stock/suginami</a></p><p>Toprank Funabashi https://toprank.jp/stock/funabashisec...</p><p>Toprank ATB https://toprank.jp/stock/atb</p><p>Torpank Japan Instagram https://www.instagram.com/toprank_japan/</p><p>Toprank Japan Facebook https://www.facebook.com/toprank.jp</p><p>Toprank Japan Line https://toprank.jp/line/</p></blockquote><p></p>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-85852962618737009852022-03-17T06:11:00.001-07:002022-03-17T06:11:55.663-07:00HS7 Rev 02-2020 <p> </p><iframe allow="autoplay" height="480" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fGl-ubUhm4ff26I-pfAvH1Ar_AIn_q80/preview" width="640"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Importation of Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment Subject to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety, Bumper and Theft Protection Standards Revised 2-2020</div><div><br /></div><div>In order to legally import a vehicle to the United States, you have to declare the vehicle with US Customs and Border Patrol, which includes filling out a NHTSA form HS7, and EPA form 3520-1. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkc1URmNujtdR5d56C8AAmj2WHEdstxvozbrHPwlJ4JHaXq68R2CvJwVJH1DAEl_3R8PLviKAssc6cs6Stn2G4chk2xKc7qLdbPqG1rARDzJiyPpl3Ut4z5mLPLYO3jDXf6Ax1ueQIYhpNKusllnbXVrpCzdhhAsabLnLRHpByMuqIhLr74Xdj6W5Dow=s749" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="453" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkc1URmNujtdR5d56C8AAmj2WHEdstxvozbrHPwlJ4JHaXq68R2CvJwVJH1DAEl_3R8PLviKAssc6cs6Stn2G4chk2xKc7qLdbPqG1rARDzJiyPpl3Ut4z5mLPLYO3jDXf6Ax1ueQIYhpNKusllnbXVrpCzdhhAsabLnLRHpByMuqIhLr74Xdj6W5Dow=w388-h640" width="388" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HS7 rev 9 2-2020</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The ways to properly declare a car with the NHTSA and US Customs and Border Patrol<div><br /></div><div>Permanent means the vehicle is a "consumption" entry or allowed in the US forever. The importer will also need to fill in a 3520-1. Tariff/ tax will be due. Temporary means some certain amount of time, which is normally a year, then must be exported or destroyed. Most temporary imports have a bond of 150% of the value of the vehicle. <br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Box 1. Permanent</b> import over 25 years old</div><div><b>Box 2A. Permanent</b> the vehicle conforms with standards.</div><div><b>Box 2B. Permanent</b> the vehicle conforms to Canadian standards, needs a manufacturers letter. </div><div><b>Box 3. Permanent</b> the vehicle can be brought into compliance. The important part being can be. It doesn't mean the car can be imported without bringing it up to standards. An RI must import, the vehicle must be bonded. </div><div><b>Box 4. Temporary</b> the vehicle is imported for export.</div><div><b>Box 5. Temporary</b> the vehicle is imported by a NON RESIDENT for up to a year, then will be exported. </div><div><b>Box 6. Temporary</b> the vehicle is imported by a diplomat for personal use. Will not be sold in the US, and when leaving the country will be exported. </div><div><b>Box 7. Temporary</b> the vehicle is imported for research, investigation, demonstrations or training, or competitive racing events. NHTSA permission letter is required. </div><div><b>Box 8. Permanent</b> the vehicle was not manufactured primarily for use on the roads, aka race car. </div><div><b>Box 9. Temporary</b> the vehicle is incomplete.</div><div><b>Box 10. Permanent</b> the vehicle is eligible under Show or Display. NHTSA permission letter required. </div><div><b>Box 11. Permanent</b> The equipment is subject to 40 CFR 541 and marked as such</div><div><b>Box 12. Temporary</b> the vehicle is owned by a member of the armed forces of a FOREIGN country on assignment in the US. The vehicle will not be sold, and will be exported at the conclusion of tour of duty. </div><div><b>Box 13. Permanent</b> when brought into compliance, otherwise temporary the vehicle is imported by an RI in order to work on a petition. The vehicle may have to be exported or destroyed if not brought into compliance. Requires NHTSA permission letter. <br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-32988273517043917692022-02-16T15:07:00.000-08:002022-02-16T15:07:01.610-08:00New Jersey Letter of Non Compliance for a Modified Diesel Truck<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw--HF3Waf_JeqpVZ1NQHM9XPC2Gi-eOjok9P5EDBwtD5ePPfRawujuVmS92sMv1CiqycaZoYtO41C6IVPIYSWarMwdTGQXE5s7-QpRUcTwnKJuXB2J07wrP-8mT62J1hh--K9fsxJDiQg-KVC2fFc9EQc3nLiDqQn_U17wMAGcMpMYYUP1p46HLH2aQ=s1509" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw--HF3Waf_JeqpVZ1NQHM9XPC2Gi-eOjok9P5EDBwtD5ePPfRawujuVmS92sMv1CiqycaZoYtO41C6IVPIYSWarMwdTGQXE5s7-QpRUcTwnKJuXB2J07wrP-8mT62J1hh--K9fsxJDiQg-KVC2fFc9EQc3nLiDqQn_U17wMAGcMpMYYUP1p46HLH2aQ=w544-h640" width="544" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This is a fairly interesting notice. Supposedly on a modified diesel truck. This person got this letter notifying them that they are not allowed to offer for sale a vehicle that has been altered from the design of the original vehicle manufacturer. Things are getting interesting. </p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="673" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwheeling.thielman%2Fposts%2F3161101597550302&show_text=true&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-69168134765199544512022-02-02T15:24:00.000-08:002022-02-02T15:24:04.246-08:00CARB settles with Dynojet Research, Inc. and Dynatek Ignitions, Inc. for $2.1 million for aftermarket parts violations<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=dynojet&_sacat=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="700" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcWmqySV5DlTH-XM3kZnQI_SfkKZtDaYXJ_8fTTUJ38Cw1ABLEQEa1V-LCoUseL0ClnVXbOrN5D4yL2_oe62E_sc3Gp_gSFGRJiWBSFpxvIRHEvk0T1UiT7-R0qFSjZ58GJHghvA9AuTPe7wDfAMDYdMLmQO204AjO2elUZR_ZB9JPRkta1-F3wXtAmA=w640-h330" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><strong style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;">SACRAMENTO</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;">– The California Air Resources Board (CARB) reached a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAyMDIuNTI4MDE0MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L2R5bm9qZXQtcmVzZWFyY2gtaW5jLWFuZC1keW5hdGVrLWlnbml0aW9ucy1pbmMtc2V0dGxlbWVudD91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.ICKRbMnS6ll7T2Gb-nVMNA9ctndUujtr6-avrmgTRIU/s/741211798/br/126047545054-l&source=gmail&ust=1643929729427000&usg=AOvVaw0EavKslzLVgvzBsbHR576s" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAyMDIuNTI4MDE0MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L2R5bm9qZXQtcmVzZWFyY2gtaW5jLWFuZC1keW5hdGVrLWlnbml0aW9ucy1pbmMtc2V0dGxlbWVudD91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.ICKRbMnS6ll7T2Gb-nVMNA9ctndUujtr6-avrmgTRIU/s/741211798/br/126047545054-l" style="color: #1e7aa8; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">settlement agreement</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;">with Dynojet Research, Inc. (also doing business as Dynatek Ignitions, Inc.) of North Las Vegas, Nevada for $2.1 million for violations of CARB’s air quality regulations.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">This is the second enforcement action against Dynojet. In 2007, CARB <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAyMDIuNTI4MDE0MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L2R5bm9qZXQtcmVzZWFyY2gtaW5jLXNldHRsZW1lbnQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.qRo6nkkID88y93EGmMFVCXXQgNOx89c3wcKilqVhAGg/s/741211798/br/126047545054-l&source=gmail&ust=1643929729427000&usg=AOvVaw1OI2Ljglz4FxkODC7A91Pq" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAyMDIuNTI4MDE0MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L2R5bm9qZXQtcmVzZWFyY2gtaW5jLXNldHRsZW1lbnQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.qRo6nkkID88y93EGmMFVCXXQgNOx89c3wcKilqVhAGg/s/741211798/br/126047545054-l" style="color: #1e7aa8; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">settled with the company</a> for $1 million for selling non-exempt aftermarket vehicle parts in California that violated the state’s air quality regulations.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The latest violations were discovered in part thanks to CARB’s relationship with the U.S. EPA. Investigators there expressed concerns about Dynojet’s aftermarket device, the <a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=dynojet&_sacat=0" target="_blank">Power Commander</a>, that is intended to alter emissions control technologies on vehicles and motorcycles by reprogramming the original equipment manufacturer’s software calibrations. While Dynojet received approval for exemptions of several add-on or modified parts from their product lines, the company also offered products such as the Power Commander and Dynatek Ignition System that have not received exemptions from CARB and failed to meet California’s regulations.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“This case demonstrates that flagrant disregard for California’s air quality regulations will not be tolerated and will be discovered through CARB’s thorough investigative work,” said CARB Executive Officer Richard W. Corey. “CARB appreciates the cooperative efforts of the California Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. EPA for their help bringing this case to light and stopping the company from selling aftermarket parts that are designed to undo the benefits of emissions control devices and compromise the quality of the air we breathe.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">CARB’s settlement was the result of a collaborative effort with the California Attorney General’s Office. CARB referred the case to the Attorney General’s Office for resolution assistance after being unable to directly negotiate a settlement with Dynojet. This resulted in a formal complaint by the Attorney General culminating in a stipulated judgment by the County of Los Angeles Superior Court.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The $2.1 million settlement amount will go to CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California's air quality.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=dynojet&_sacat=0" target="_blank">Dynojet</a></p>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-67569691788553676752021-12-09T15:41:00.003-08:002022-02-02T15:26:58.250-08:00CARB approves updated regulations requiring most new small off-road engines be zero emission by 2024<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=50cc+honda&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=dynojet&_osacat=0" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmKHwPcxi9Hm-wOBxl0_Up8DWYXw6YELc_wxOvvr5Et3TyCh2T2fks34XpkbwQWdyYmseOO7nlpIsozRVkFwXvlbzAUl5LG716N5MvorECJno4splqo3ixrTvtUxL3sFkoYHeHPcIVmAjoy5L5A4GaRdPUniaJxkZHi58OQYO1ZfyrkRQMP689TA4Qjw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=50cc+honda&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=dynojet&_osacat=0" target="_blank">50cc Honda engine on a Kids Kart</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><h2 align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #36a393; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><em>Equipment includes leaf blowers, lawn mowers; $30 million in incentive funds available to help small businesses acquire zero-emission models</em></h2><div><em><br /></em></div><div><p align="start" class="m_-1476022384952487487gd_p" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>SACRAMENTO – </strong> The California Air Resources Board today approved a measure that will require most newly manufactured small off-road engines such as those found in leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other equipment be <a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=electric+garden+tools&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=50cc+honda&_osacat=0" target="_blank">zero emission starting in 2024</a>. <a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=electric+generators&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=electric+garden+tools&_osacat=0" target="_blank">Portable generators</a>, including those in recreational vehicles, would be required to meet more stringent standards in 2024 and meet zero-emission standards starting in 2028.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The new requirement, an amendment to CARB’s existing small off-road engine regulations first adopted in 1990, applies to manufacturers and will impact new equipment (Model Year 2024 and later) only. Californians can continue to operate their current CARB-compliant gasoline-powered SORE equipment; there will be no “ban” on using older models or used equipment purchased in the future. Older models on store shelves can also be purchased even if they are gasoline-powered.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Today’s move by CARB aligns with Governor Gavin Newsom’s <a aria-describedby="audioeye_pdf_message" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDkuNTAwNTU5MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb3YuY2EuZ292L3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDIwLzA5LzkuMjMuMjAtRU8tTi03OS0yMC1DbGltYXRlLnBkZj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.6HaQhwCMNMDKfq-qvy7KDZGe7Hs74RoedDrlpRD5QfU/s/741211798/br/122725565089-l&source=gmail&ust=1639179260641000&usg=AOvVaw1MN8bJonY9dTrfhoQfvtz8" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDkuNTAwNTU5MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb3YuY2EuZ292L3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDIwLzA5LzkuMjMuMjAtRU8tTi03OS0yMC1DbGltYXRlLnBkZj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.6HaQhwCMNMDKfq-qvy7KDZGe7Hs74RoedDrlpRD5QfU/s/741211798/br/122725565089-l" style="color: #1e7aa8; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Executive Order</a> signed in September 2020 that moves the state closer to a zero-emission future. It also provides significant emissions reductions of smog-forming pollution needed for California to achieve stringent federal air quality standards in the future.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“Today’s action by the Board addresses these small but highly polluting engines. It is a significant step towards improving air quality in the state, and will definitely help us meet stringent federal air quality standards,” said CARB Chair Liane Randolph. “It will also essentially eliminate exposure to harmful fumes for equipment operators and anyone nearby.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Despite their small size, these engines are highly polluting. The volume of smog-forming emissions from this type of equipment has surpassed emissions from light-duty passenger cars and is projected to be nearly twice those of passenger cars by 2031. Today, a commercial operator using one backpack leaf blower for one hour generates the same smog-forming emissions as a car driving 1100 miles. These regulations will reduce emissions of smog-forming emissions by 72 tons per day.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The amended regulation will set SORE emission standards to zero in two phases:</p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 7px;"><strong>First</strong>, for model year (MY) 2024 and all subsequent model years, emission standards will be zero. These emission standards of zero will apply to engines used in all equipment types produced for sale in California, except generators and large pressure washers. Emission standards for generators and large pressure washers will be more stringent than the existing standards by 40-90 percent starting in MY 2024, but not zero.</li><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 7px;">The <strong>second </strong>phase will be implemented starting in MY 2028, when the emission standards for generators and large pressure washers will be zero.</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Zero-emission equipment in the SORE sector is widely available. It is quieter, cleaner, has less vibration, and has greatly improved over the last few years. Since 2018, CARB has operated the Zero-Emission Equipment Roadshow, which loans the equipment free of cost for 3 weeks to municipalities and other entities that express interest. There are approximately fifty pieces of professional equipment from eight manufacturers included in the Roadshow. The Roadshow has been to 25 organizations throughout the state. Many users who may have complained about early models have become enthusiastic supporters (examples include the Los Angeles Unified School District, UC Irvine, Santa Barbara Parks and Rec, Capitol Park in Sacramento, and more).</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Incentive funds will be available to commercial purchasers of new zero-emission equipment through CARB's Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE), which was created to accelerate deployment of cleaner off-road technologies<strong>. </strong>The Legislature has allocated $30 million to be dedicated to sole proprietors and other small landscaping businesses in California to help them purchase zero-emission small off-road equipment, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers and string trimmers.</p></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-27648446557979439722021-12-06T12:20:00.001-08:002021-12-06T12:20:07.092-08:00CARB settles with American Honda Motor Corporation, Inc. for nearly $7 million for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines<p> </p><h2 align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #36a393; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">$3 million to fund projects to improve air quality in Oakland and Fresno schools and provide air quality education to students in Contra Costa and San Diego counties</h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyr35QwBaiJNl8bH5WgmbiXQ23zZrQVeM_57yQOpwmdXVnhV9QvKtWbz0XGq_N14j_jAYJtLx4izbNejEuYsRspNZF1pRM_Hm5Yf7XFcc7vfUD0qHX4HaBuw8pDMNzMdFCVUpT6mcxq8wY3uDMNgMrZuE9_nZkwx5cPZe2Gxf5oiPXKSUQi_xNAjbzZg=s590" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="590" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyr35QwBaiJNl8bH5WgmbiXQ23zZrQVeM_57yQOpwmdXVnhV9QvKtWbz0XGq_N14j_jAYJtLx4izbNejEuYsRspNZF1pRM_Hm5Yf7XFcc7vfUD0qHX4HaBuw8pDMNzMdFCVUpT6mcxq8wY3uDMNgMrZuE9_nZkwx5cPZe2Gxf5oiPXKSUQi_xNAjbzZg=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) reached a settlement <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDYuNDk4NjEzMDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L2FtZXJpY2FuLWhvbmRhLW1vdG9yLWNvLWluYy10b3JyYW5jZS0yMDIxLXNldHRsZW1lbnQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.jRAPlgOo54hrbH2QCV3DxsfylxFpHl_4Ug1Ot_HvnOM/s/741211798/br/122403040472-l&source=gmail&ust=1638907896891000&usg=AOvVaw1lwJvHTHUjsnPxK3Dd9d67" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDYuNDk4NjEzMDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L2FtZXJpY2FuLWhvbmRhLW1vdG9yLWNvLWluYy10b3JyYW5jZS0yMDIxLXNldHRsZW1lbnQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.jRAPlgOo54hrbH2QCV3DxsfylxFpHl_4Ug1Ot_HvnOM/s/741211798/br/122403040472-l" rel="noopener" style="color: #1e7aa8; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">agreement</a> with American Honda Motor Corporation, Inc. (Honda) of Torrance, California for $6.9 million for violations of CARB’s air quality regulations. This is the second enforcement action against Honda in the past two years.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">In 2019, CARB testing revealed several small off-road engine (SORE) products did not meet CARB evaporative emission standards. These standards control the amount of raw fuel that is allowed to evaporate from these engines, which are typically used in lawn and garden equipment like lawn mowers and pressure washers. Honda’s engines failed to meet the 24-hour evaporative standards determined by testing engines while cycling from typical night-to-day temperatures found in California. Honda failed these tests demonstrating evaporative emissions of gasoline above the legal limit. Honda also failed to follow Small Off-Road Engine Evaporative Emission Control System Certification Procedures.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Small off-road engines are a major source of pollution in California. In California in 2021, these small engines surpassed light-duty passenger cars as a source of smog-forming emissions. This includes the emissions of raw fuel that continue to evaporate from these engines, lawn mowers and other equipment even when they are powered off. To address this major source of smog-forming emissions, CARB will consider a <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDYuNDk4NjEzMDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L21hMTIwOTIxP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.Eqz4XAmiZB_euMEJBZngvMu0QyN-WvpPAHBNth-5CaQ/s/741211798/br/122403040472-l&source=gmail&ust=1638907896891000&usg=AOvVaw2ly67bpgaAI9uQ-hBGFXxm" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDYuNDk4NjEzMDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L21hMTIwOTIxP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.Eqz4XAmiZB_euMEJBZngvMu0QyN-WvpPAHBNth-5CaQ/s/741211798/br/122403040472-l" style="color: #1e7aa8; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">regulation</a> on Dec. 9 to transition these small off-road engines to zero-emission technologies. This will help California meet its required federal clean air standards, clean the air and significantly reduce harmful emissions for those who work all day with these small off-road engines. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“This case reinforces the importance of CARB’s testing and investigative work,” said CARB Executive Officer Richard W. Corey. “The scope of this violation and impact to California’s air pollution challenge is significant -- more than 150,000 small off-road engines used without proper certification that also failed to meet California’s evaporative emissions standards. The excess raw fuel from these engines goes directly into the air where it becomes a fundamental building block of ozone and smog. The case also underscores the need to transition to clean equipment that does not rely on burning fuel.”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-0ezuThSUpS8SUr5MR0xKM0lWE4Fqii7B07ND-ClrF8gSuQjmeiUgKeD-LbZikWqHDXzgs6cJ27wFK1dfEU3-zdtkRGlU8mhMxurCa31GMnqJVYwi3-StCm82sOMneC79kqwromsaxbW8iQwlMmE_7VrXMbtgSmH9EFf1H7dMK1IlS38WlTpYBJLRiQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-0ezuThSUpS8SUr5MR0xKM0lWE4Fqii7B07ND-ClrF8gSuQjmeiUgKeD-LbZikWqHDXzgs6cJ27wFK1dfEU3-zdtkRGlU8mhMxurCa31GMnqJVYwi3-StCm82sOMneC79kqwromsaxbW8iQwlMmE_7VrXMbtgSmH9EFf1H7dMK1IlS38WlTpYBJLRiQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">In addition to the penalty and as a condition of settlement, Honda is required to submit and implement a corporate compliance plan to fulfill all CARB regulations going forward. Honda will also forfeit about 80,000 banked emissions credits they have accumulated under the program as part of the settlement.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Honda cooperated with CARB to resolve all allegations of violating SORE and Evaporative Emissions Regulations. Honda’s settlement includes a $3.9 million civil penalty that will go to CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California's air quality. The remaining $3 million will fund several Supplemental Environment Projects (SEP), including installation of air filtration systems in Oakland schools, an air quality education program for students in Contra Costa and San Diego counties, and an HVAC replacement project to improve the air quality and efficiency of air conditioning and filtration systems in West Fresno elementary schools.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Previously, in April 2020, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDYuNDk4NjEzMDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L25ld3MvYW1lcmljYW4taG9uZGEtbW90b3ItY28taW5jLXBheS0xOS1taWxsaW9uLXBlbmFsdGllcy1zbWFsbC1lbmdpbmUtZW1pc3Npb25zLXZpb2xhdGlvbnM_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.NhMmx89e4JZBkdNrPfahG_5FhefRWT5BJCrF5AzZbuI/s/741211798/br/122403040472-l&source=gmail&ust=1638907896891000&usg=AOvVaw29q7U0h-H1Vn4iWhHMP7_8" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEyMDYuNDk4NjEzMDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L25ld3MvYW1lcmljYW4taG9uZGEtbW90b3ItY28taW5jLXBheS0xOS1taWxsaW9uLXBlbmFsdGllcy1zbWFsbC1lbmdpbmUtZW1pc3Npb25zLXZpb2xhdGlvbnM_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.NhMmx89e4JZBkdNrPfahG_5FhefRWT5BJCrF5AzZbuI/s/741211798/br/122403040472-l" style="color: #1e7aa8; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">CARB settled with Honda for nearly $2 million</a> for exceeding the certified evaporative model emission limit under the SORE regulations.</p></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-27295906662010491242021-09-09T16:03:00.001-07:002021-09-09T16:03:04.545-07:00White River Marine Group pays $203,500 for violating CARB regulations<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfFCypWXa40/YTqSgpTNzJI/AAAAAAAFsdI/KY0isRnM8jwWbeLNKy6MFyLu5tMIBC7DACLcBGAsYHQ/s590/White%2BRiver%2BMarine%2BARB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="590" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfFCypWXa40/YTqSgpTNzJI/AAAAAAAFsdI/KY0isRnM8jwWbeLNKy6MFyLu5tMIBC7DACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/White%2BRiver%2BMarine%2BARB.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White River Marine Group pays $203,500 for violating CARB regulations</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><h2 align="left" style="background-color: white; color: #36a393; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><em>Company cited for selling boats with uncertified evaporative emissions systems</em></h2><div><em><br /></em></div><div><p align="start" class="m_-3963472583795580984gd_p" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – White River Marine Group, a manufacturer of fishing and recreational boats, has paid $203,500 in penalties for violating state anti-pollution laws relating to marine watercraft.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The Missouri-based company was cited for selling boats with uncertified evaporative emissions systems and missing labels. The penalty was the highest issued by CARB since evaporative emissions requirements for recreational marine watercraft were adopted in 2018. The regulation applies to model year 2018 or later recreational marine watercraft, recreational marine engines, and/or any of its evaporative emissions control system components.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“CARB regulations exist to protect the public from harmful air pollution,” said CARB Executive Officer Richard W. Corey. “We certify evaporative emissions systems to ensure that gasoline emissions do not escape into the atmosphere when engines are in use, and also when they are not. Manufacturers who circumvent these rules have to be held accountable and come into compliance if they want to continue selling their merchandise in California.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Engines that leak evaporative emissions put benzene and other hydrocarbons into the atmosphere, where they become pre-cursors to smog and can exacerbate respiratory and other health conditions.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">CARB field inspectors discovered the noncompliant watercraft in 2018 during routine inspection visits to three dealerships in Rancho Cucamonga, Manteca and Rocklin. The inspection and investigation found 40 noncompliant vessels, and seven vessels missing Hang Tags (which include safety information and show that the engines are CARB certified), that were offered for sale.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Representatives from White River Marine were fully cooperative and took immediate corrective action, obtained CARB certification, submitted the requested documentation and put together a compliance plan to avoid future violations.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">All monies collected were deposited into the Air Pollution Control Fund.</p></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-1583393192088982092021-07-28T10:08:00.002-07:002021-07-28T10:08:29.971-07:00Latest state Greenhouse Gas Inventory shows emissions continue to drop below 2020 target<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OKeOjuDGUbE/Wte4we0LICI/AAAAAAAERLU/OP2D7eMuse0n68CJTeaWNUz_47RhOXKbQCPcBGAYYCw/s600/California%2BAir%2BResources%2BBoard.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="600" height="132" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OKeOjuDGUbE/Wte4we0LICI/AAAAAAAERLU/OP2D7eMuse0n68CJTeaWNUz_47RhOXKbQCPcBGAYYCw/w640-h132/California%2BAir%2BResources%2BBoard.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Transportation emissions fall for second year in a row, electricity emissions down again</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-1965665487171328684main-table" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-1965665487171328684main-table" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-1965665487171328684main-body" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="100%"><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong>SACRAMENTO – </strong>The California Air Resources Board today released greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory data for 2019, showing further reductions below the AB 32 emissions reduction target. That target, a return to 1990 GHG levels, was achieved by the state four years ahead of schedule in 2016.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The numbers in the new inventory demonstrate that emissions continue to fall, from 425 million metric tons in 2018 to 418 million metric tons in 2019.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“This inventory is good news but much larger reductions are needed to reach the ambitious 2030 target — an additional 40 percent reduction below the original 2020 limit,” said CARB Chair Liane M. Randolph. “We are now once again witnessing massive wildfires and recurring heat waves while large parts of our state are suffering from extreme drought. This is a clear call to redouble our efforts to protect those communities already hard hit by pollution and climate change, and to move with all possible speed to achieve carbon neutrality by midcentury as quickly as possible.”</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The 2019 GHG Inventory is further evidence that California’s leadership in setting ambitious climate targets, paired with enforceable and comprehensive actions, is delivering real reductions. Some examples:</p><ul><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 7px;">Per capita GHG emissions in California have dropped from a 2001 peak of 14.0 metric tons per person to 10.5 metric tons per person in 2019, a 25 percent decrease and about half the national average for per capita emissions.</li><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 7px;">Overall trends demonstrate that the carbon intensity of California’s economy is declining. Economic carbon intensity measures the amount of carbon emitted per million dollars of production. From 2000 to 2019, the carbon intensity of California’s economy decreased by 45 percent — even while the state’s GDP increased by 63 percent.</li></ul><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr" style="line-height: 1; padding: 8px 0px;"><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr_inner" style="line-height: 1;"><hr /></div></div><img alt="GDP, Population Growth, GHG Per Capita Emissions" class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_template_image CToWUd a6T" height="332" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/HZH1Wgy4uuxzymSUTGwo4Wsb-QDIMo__PBVJ0S6wfTXJkJlw4thkFhRkhaqz2aU46GfdMvaWneb7heHb9il7PsES7bgIASury01q6aTxaRiERKRTiuEnrGkaIwrfucD0SBErJU3kXVvcwzlI7U-nAAnYSR4ghDs4N5v3T6fh7-tvkZ4BTFsg8672yetfvN99OmQb-lI=s0-d-e1-ft#https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/CARB/2021/07/4776242/3666802/figure-2a-ghg-inventory-2019-title_crop.png" style="border: none; cursor: pointer; height: auto !important; line-height: 1; outline: none; width: 590px;" tabindex="0" width="590" /><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr" style="line-height: 1; padding: 8px 0px;"><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr_inner" style="line-height: 1;"><hr /></div></div><p style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">Transportation emissions declined again in 2019, in part because of a 61 percent increase in the use of renewable diesel fuel under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. As a result, biodiesel and renewable diesel made up 27 percent of all on-road diesel sold in the state, displacing nearly 900 million gallons of fossil fuel-derived diesel. That constitutes a reduction of 17 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019.</span></p><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr" style="line-height: 1; padding: 8px 0px;"><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr_inner" style="line-height: 1;"><hr /></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="m_-1965665487171328684bottom-body-bg" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-1965665487171328684main-table" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-1965665487171328684bottom-body" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 0px;" width="100%"><img alt="On-road diesel" class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_template_image CToWUd a6T" height="337" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/H02HP3s-gf-Lf78uEwSY-jHyP-ZErxRI-F9iQbnF-evkI92tWCPmTUxfR6UQkCnkTSlQVfYMLHXA0cRRLIbQKm4CEI3O5k5fNgfxMMwZVx8-wU5iIhn4FZsliBQnkoGoDLe6zBfHJZEBF7Txko03PxuiRdNuqjL-CF17WtWFk_WsJ3wm3k3WYSc=s0-d-e1-ft#https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/CARB/2021/07/4776269/3666803/figure-7-on-road-diesel_crop.png" style="border: none; cursor: pointer; height: auto !important; line-height: 1; outline: none; width: 600px;" tabindex="0" width="600" /><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr" style="line-height: 1; padding: 5px;"><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr_inner" style="line-height: 1;"><hr /></div></div><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">While progress around deployment of cleaner vehicle technology and fuels was significant, increases in per capita vehicle miles travelled (VMT) in passenger cars continued to rise slightly.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Some other details from the 2019 GHG Inventory:</p><ul><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 7px;">Emissions from residential and commercial buildings increased again, with emissions due in part to increases in natural gas use. Progress around building decarbonization is necessary to ensure all sector emissions will achieve the SB 32 target</li><li style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 7px;">Electric power emissions again declined as utilities continue to make progress towards achieving their SB 350 targets coupled with the increased availability of hydropower in 2019.</li></ul><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr" style="line-height: 1; padding: 5px;"><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr_inner" style="line-height: 1;"><hr /></div></div><img alt="Electric Power Emissions" class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_template_image CToWUd a6T" height="337" src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Z_abtPwf0iaemikGY1fiPkqqlTrtsW-LeZ3bSxhH7drmTE9D6VrOpp8ltfsRYiGu-apdD2WFL7fkPVxTHg_MH8Dne5pV0ulmNHN7eWZOyuOzdVSSvy4R3yBXGOVJLlUgbLJaeZ98vCrsV2XuChrINvPl-IkcdnmjhvivfjJ8OHZw4Y5Gh9AvGOtGOQbvivcIyBD59CLFa0FS=s0-d-e1-ft#https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/CARB/2021/07/4776273/3666804/figure-8-electric-power-emissions-2019_crop.png" style="border: none; cursor: pointer; height: auto !important; line-height: 1; outline: none; width: 600px;" tabindex="0" width="600" /><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr" style="line-height: 1; padding: 5px;"><div class="m_-1965665487171328684govd_hr_inner" style="line-height: 1;"><hr /></div></div><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">California will require much deeper GHG emissions reductions to reach its 2030 target of 40 percent below 1990 levels, and carbon neutrality no later than 2045, or sooner. At the Governor’s request, CARB will evaluate pathways for the state to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035, including strategies to reduce fossil fuel demand and supply and phase out extraction in the state, while the Public Utilities Commission will work to establish a more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions planning target for utilities. Governor Newsom also has directed the Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management Division to initiate the rulemaking process to halt the issuance of new hydrologic fracking permits by 2024, and requested that CARB analyze pathways to phase out oil extraction across the state by no later than 2045.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Following the direction of SB 32, many of the key programs that helped achieve the 2020 target early doubled in stringency beginning this year. Starting in 2021 the Renewables Portfolio Standard increased from 33 percent renewable electricity in 2020 to 60 percent by 2030. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard increased the reduction of the carbon-intensity of vehicle fuels from 10 percent in 2020 to 20 percent by 2030. And the cap-and-trade regulation doubled in stringency from a 2 percent decline in available allowances each year to a 4 percent decline each year for this decade.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Additional existing and new programs will increase reductions further. These include rules to cut emissions from climate super pollutants such as methane and hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants. There are also new regulations to further push electrification to achieve 100 percent zero-emission passenger car sales in 2035 and 100 percent zero-emission trucks and big-rigs by 2045 in line with Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-79-20. Additional regulations address diesel off-road and cargo-handling equipment used in ports and railyards. A new regulation under development is the first in the country to require the electrification of vehicles used by ride sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. These on- and off-road programs — especially the rapid introduction of zero-emission trucks at ports and railyards — also will reduce air pollutants and air toxics that afflict the state’s most disadvantaged communities.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">State agencies also are collaborating to develop programs in response to the Governor’s <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjguNDM4MDc0NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb3YuY2EuZ292LzIwMjAvMTAvMDcvZ292ZXJub3ItbmV3c29tLWxhdW5jaGVzLWlubm92YXRpdmUtc3RyYXRlZ2llcy10by11c2UtY2FsaWZvcm5pYS1sYW5kLXRvLWZpZ2h0LWNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWNvbnNlcnZlLWJpb2RpdmVyc2l0eS1hbmQtYm9vc3QtY2xpbWF0ZS1yZXNpbGllbmNlLz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.n2joZXP_O46KLh7OYIwBuieZOr2PX-Il3N43YsaJkT0/s/741211798/br/110033593619-l&source=gmail&ust=1627578130597000&usg=AFQjCNH0vte0jq2XsNx9BukMe-cjL7veQg" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjguNDM4MDc0NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb3YuY2EuZ292LzIwMjAvMTAvMDcvZ292ZXJub3ItbmV3c29tLWxhdW5jaGVzLWlubm92YXRpdmUtc3RyYXRlZ2llcy10by11c2UtY2FsaWZvcm5pYS1sYW5kLXRvLWZpZ2h0LWNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWNvbnNlcnZlLWJpb2RpdmVyc2l0eS1hbmQtYm9vc3QtY2xpbWF0ZS1yZXNpbGllbmNlLz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.n2joZXP_O46KLh7OYIwBuieZOr2PX-Il3N43YsaJkT0/s/741211798/br/110033593619-l" style="color: #208bbe; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">executive order</a> on biodiversity and climate resilience, to restore California’s forests to their natural state as carbon sinks, while making plans to make better use of carbon storage in soil and croplands and protect biodiversity.</p><p align="start" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The Scoping Plan outlining the progress towards achieving the 2030 goal and a path to achieve carbon neutrality beyond that is currently in development. 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border-color: rgb(54, 163, 147); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 6px 12px; color: white; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">GHG Inventory</a></h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.1; margin: 15px 0px; text-align: center;"> </h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.1; margin: 15px 0px; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjguNDM4MDc0NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3My5hcmIuY2EuZ292L2NjL2ludmVudG9yeS9wdWJzL3JlcG9ydHMvMjAwMF8yMDE5L2doZ19pbnZlbnRvcnlfdHJlbmRzXzAwLTE5LnBkZj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.ipW4Bq-aPP5KsjpqSbwgJ1wyuYuzbZ00pYlBIdD7Z88/s/741211798/br/110033593619-l&source=gmail&ust=1627578130597000&usg=AFQjCNE9xGzvKoAOWMs1BFAoH7th0TC3Fw" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjguNDM4MDc0NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3My5hcmIuY2EuZ292L2NjL2ludmVudG9yeS9wdWJzL3JlcG9ydHMvMjAwMF8yMDE5L2doZ19pbnZlbnRvcnlfdHJlbmRzXzAwLTE5LnBkZj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.ipW4Bq-aPP5KsjpqSbwgJ1wyuYuzbZ00pYlBIdD7Z88/s/741211798/br/110033593619-l" rel="noopener" style="background-color: #36a393; border-color: rgb(54, 163, 147); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 6px 12px; color: white; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">GHG Trends Document</a></h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.1; margin: 15px 0px; text-align: center;"> </h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.1; margin: 15px 0px; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjguNDM4MDc0NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L291ci13b3JrL3Byb2dyYW1zL2doZy1pbnZlbnRvcnktcHJvZ3JhbT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.TcQQ-rw-BUEni0LSEXK_x2EVWRFjqfJqZZUBV1eEHXw/s/741211798/br/110033593619-l&source=gmail&ust=1627578130597000&usg=AFQjCNH1VhyPNbvQ0t_LGFKMahU8Iwcufg" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA3MjguNDM4MDc0NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L291ci13b3JrL3Byb2dyYW1zL2doZy1pbnZlbnRvcnktcHJvZ3JhbT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.TcQQ-rw-BUEni0LSEXK_x2EVWRFjqfJqZZUBV1eEHXw/s/741211798/br/110033593619-l" rel="noopener" style="background-color: #36a393; border-color: rgb(54, 163, 147); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 6px 12px; color: white; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">More Information</a></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-42899355584128348642021-05-19T06:38:00.010-07:002021-05-19T06:38:53.967-07:00RPM ACT REINTRODUCED FOR 2021—ACT NOW!<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.votervoice.net/SEMA/campaigns/45394/respond" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="850" height="278" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-14dA9E3OCNI/YKUUrUTnSyI/AAAAAAAFj68/frzMaMzhLqgiDQ2U1Wz3jkQKHlHjevGOACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h278/RPM%2BAct%2BSEMA%2BSave%2Bour%2BRacecars.PNG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.votervoice.net/SEMA/campaigns/45394/respond" target="_blank">RPM ACT REINTRODUCED FOR 2021—ACT NOW!</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our voices have been heard! After receiving more than one million letters from enthusiasts like you, the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act) has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2021-2022 session of Congress! </p><p>The RPM Act must be enacted into law to guarantee your right to modify street cars, trucks, and motorcycles into dedicated race vehicles, and ensure that industry can offer parts that enable racers to compete.</p><p>Now is not the time to take our feet off the gas. Even if you’ve previously contacted your lawmakers about the RPM Act, we need your voice once again now that the bill has officially returned for consideration in 2021! Tell your U.S. Representative to do their part to finally save racing from government threat by supporting and passing the RPM Act, H.R. 3281, into law this year.</p><p><a href="https://www.votervoice.net/SEMA/campaigns/45394/respond">https://www.votervoice.net/SEMA/campaigns/45394/respond</a></p><p><br /></p>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-47143360784345898892021-04-30T11:50:00.005-07:002021-04-30T11:50:38.576-07:00CARB fines manufacturer of rubber coating $170,000 for air quality violations<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-alL7CTm1DLM/YIxRY6LrNhI/AAAAAAAFjWc/pIZS9rD84jEquylrCF4Wl-hQkSyMY3quwCLcBGAsYHQ/s392/Plasti%2Bdip.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="392" height="195" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-alL7CTm1DLM/YIxRY6LrNhI/AAAAAAAFjWc/pIZS9rD84jEquylrCF4Wl-hQkSyMY3quwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h195/Plasti%2Bdip.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><strong style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong><p></p><p><strong style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></p><p><strong style="color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;">SACRAMENTO – </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Today the California Air Resources Board announced a settlement of $170,000 with Plasti Dip International, Incorporated (Plasti Dip) for violating California’s Consumer Products Regulations, specifically related to aerosol coatings.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Plasti Dip is located in Blaine, Minnesota and is the manufacturer of a multi-purpose rubber coating sold nationwide, including in auto and hardware stores throughout California.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“CARB is continuously working to ensure that products sold to consumers in California meet the standards for smog-causing chemicals,” CARB Executive Officer Richard Corey said. “These violations impact air quality and public health.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Aerosol coatings like Plasti Dip products dispense product ingredients by means of a propellant. They are packaged in a disposable aerosol container for hand-held application, or for use in specialized equipment such as ground traffic and other marking applications. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">CARB adopted its <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA0MzAuMzk3NDYyOTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L291ci13b3JrL3Byb2dyYW1zL2NvYXRpbmdzL2NvbnN1bWVyLXByb2R1Y3RzLXByb2dyYW0tYWVyb3NvbC1jb2F0aW5ncy1hY3Rpdml0eT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.SvmfCRdPPlUak1OMwJTXQ6gjAXRarhWihnGAqpDr9BY/s/741211798/br/105677139674-l&source=gmail&ust=1619891936667000&usg=AFQjCNGUiTpJ7uvEvZvMR1ZvazRMukuESg" href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA0MzAuMzk3NDYyOTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3Mi5hcmIuY2EuZ292L291ci13b3JrL3Byb2dyYW1zL2NvYXRpbmdzL2NvbnN1bWVyLXByb2R1Y3RzLXByb2dyYW0tYWVyb3NvbC1jb2F0aW5ncy1hY3Rpdml0eT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.SvmfCRdPPlUak1OMwJTXQ6gjAXRarhWihnGAqpDr9BY/s/741211798/br/105677139674-l" style="color: #1e7aa8; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Aerosol Coating Products Regulation</a> to reduce reactive organic compounds (ROC) from aerosol coating products by limiting product reactivity. Reactivity refers to ROC’s potential to undergo a chemical reaction to form ground-level ozone. ROCs are an important precursor, or component in the formation of ground level ozone, a major part of California's smog problem. Any person or company selling or manufacturing aerosol coating products for use in California must comply with the standards in the Aerosol Coating Products Regulation, including the reactivity limits, as well as labeling, reporting, dating, and other administrative requirements.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Plasti Dip violated the Aerosol Coating Products Regulation by selling, for use in California, Plasti Dip Metalizer, Plasti Dip Classic Muscle, and Plasti Dip Glossifier, all of which exceeded the allowed reactivity limit.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e50; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">To meet the terms of its settlement agreement, Plasti Dip modified its products to meet CARB’s regulatory requirements. They will also pay a settlement amount of $170,000 to the Air Pollution Control Fund.</p>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-9059606154076996602021-04-23T10:20:00.002-07:002021-04-23T10:20:24.839-07:00SAN Sues to Protect Off-Roading at Oceano Dunes<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EadSeRq7e1M/YIMBUmixPrI/AAAAAAAFi_o/7dRtfee8A_Ez6zEsPMOFY_bgUHTKGgfCACLcBGAsYHQ/s1140/Oceano%2BBeach%2BSEMA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1140" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EadSeRq7e1M/YIMBUmixPrI/AAAAAAAFi_o/7dRtfee8A_Ez6zEsPMOFY_bgUHTKGgfCACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Oceano%2BBeach%2BSEMA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oceano Dunes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><span align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The fight to protect off-roading at California’s Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA) continues! Last month, the California Coastal Commission unanimously <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://click.message.sema.org/?qs%3D6f32ca8110cf33139a10fd6a99f129fcfe1aebbb22e3993dcb9755343755b077328d9ba39551ec520295e6bf906e50e1a4bde4e6ab7059bc&source=gmail&ust=1619282356217000&usg=AFQjCNH4-y-5GSg2YBtuArFaBeQeeK2moQ" href="https://click.message.sema.org/?qs=6f32ca8110cf33139a10fd6a99f129fcfe1aebbb22e3993dcb9755343755b077328d9ba39551ec520295e6bf906e50e1a4bde4e6ab7059bc" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="voted to abolish OHV access">voted to abolish OHV access</a> to Oceano Dunes within three years despite fierce opposition from the <a href="https://www.semasan.com/" target="_blank">SEMA Action Network (SAN)</a> and the off-roading community. The decision left the SAN no choice but to file a lawsuit.<br /><br />The lawsuit asks the court to throw out the Commission’s decision to eliminate OHV access to Oceano Dunes. Since 1974, Oceano Dunes SVRA has been a state-designated OHV park managed and operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The SVRA comprises 3,500 acres of which less than 1,350 acres of dunes and 3.5 miles of beach provide open riding access for OHVs.<br /><br />Oceano Dunes SVRA provides the only opportunity for motorized recreation at a state park along California’s Pacific coast. OHV recreation is an important contributor to the local economy. While bringing pleasure to thousands of enthusiasts, the money spent at area stores, motels, restaurants, and gas stations support jobs and generate tax revenue.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Thank you again to all who have supported this important fight! Stay tuned for further updates.</b></span></p><p><span align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Learn more about <a href="https://www.semasan.com/" target="_blank">SEMA Action Network</a></span></p><p><span align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216095916239718615.post-77757866230520115192021-04-17T05:52:00.007-07:002022-03-25T06:55:22.550-07:003520-1 EPA Form for Importing Vehicles : Updated February 2021<p> New EPA form 3520-1. Updated February 2021. OMB 2060-0717 Approval expires June 30,2023</p><p><br /></p><p>The new form has changed some verbiage on Code E. New verbiage</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TImAyCA8YM/YHrZBLgKywI/AAAAAAAFh8I/txY2m7stXvwygFW2sfcQdTEVymDsSbPlACLcBGAsYHQ/s750/3520-1%2BCode%2BE%2BFeb%2B2021.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="3520-1 Code E. Vehicles over 21 years old" border="0" data-original-height="80" data-original-width="750" height="68" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TImAyCA8YM/YHrZBLgKywI/AAAAAAAFh8I/txY2m7stXvwygFW2sfcQdTEVymDsSbPlACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h68/3520-1%2BCode%2BE%2BFeb%2B2021.PNG" title="3520-1 Code E. Vehicles over 21 years old" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3520-1 Code E. Vehicles over 21 years old</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><b>Code E</b> - vehicles at least 21 years old (calendar year of manufacture subtracted from year of importation) and in original unmodified configuration is either exempted or excluded from EPA emission requirements, depending on age. Vehicles at least 21 years old with replacement engines are not eligible for this exemption unless the replacement engine is the same model as originally installed, or an engine with any aftertreatment from a certified vehicle no older than the one being imported. Customs may require proof of age. </p><p><br /></p>
<iframe height="480" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ti-nYhifdNf_bx6aSD4X2CEv9mXeL7Mm/preview" width="640"></iframe><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">US Conforming and "identical vehicles</h3><div><b>Code B</b> - US certified unmodified vehicle with a US emissions label</div><div><b>Code F</b> - US certified, catalyst restoration - US certified, except needs some work to be brought back into full compliance</div><div><b>Code EE</b> - identical in all material respects to a US certified version - either a Canadian certified vehicle, or a vehicle that was sold in another country, and has a letter from the manufactures US representative. </div><div><b>Code FF</b> - Canadian "identical" models imported for resale or lease</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">EPA Exempted Vehicles</h3><div><br /></div><div><b>Code M</b> - miscellaneous exemption either Canadian that is emigrating to the US, inheritance, or EPA hardship letter. </div><div><b>Code E</b>- vehicles at least 21 years old are either exempted or excluded. </div><div><b>Code L</b> -racing vehicle 40CFR85.1511(e) with EPA approval letter</div><div><b>Code U</b> - 2005 or older motorcycle, scooter, or moped with engine displacement less than 50 cc and rated speed greater than 5000 rpm.</div><div><b>Code W</b> - non chassis mounted engine to be used in a car or truck, that is covered by an EPA certificate of conformity</div><div><b>Code Y</b> - unregulated fuel. Earlier than 1991 other than gas or diesel. 1991-1996 other than gas, diesel, or methanol. 1997 and later operates on fuel other than gas, diesel, methanol or ethanol, or compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquid petroleum gas (LPG). This does not apply to 2004 or later vehicles.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Temporary Imports</h3><div><br /></div><div><b>Code G</b> - imported for repair or alteration. Bond required. EPA approval letter required</div><div><b>Code I</b> - imported for testing. May not be registered or licensed for road use. Bond required. EPA approval letter required</div><div><b>Code K</b> - imported for display. May not be registered or licensed for road use. Bond required. EPA approval letter required</div><div><b>Code N</b> - imported by FOREIGN service member or government official. </div><div><b>Code O</b> - imported by a NON RESIDENT for personal use for up to a year. EPA approval letter required</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Independent commercial importer (ICI) imports</h3><div><br /></div><div><b>Code A</b> - Imported by ICI for modifications under a valid EPA certificate of conformity</div><div><b>Code C</b>- Imported by ICI for modifications and testing, must be at least 6 years old</div><div><b>Code J</b> - Imported by ICI for pre-certification testing</div><div><b>Code Z</b> -Imported by ICI for modifications to be identical to an OEM version</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">OEM imports</h3><div><br /></div><div><b>Code H</b> - imported, owned, and controlled by an OEM in accordance with 40CFR85.1706</div><div><b>Code Q</b> - imported, owned, and controlled by an OEM for storage pending EPA certificate of conformity</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UeXQDsOzeks/YHrZ2PnwpVI/AAAAAAAFiBo/GZEqAkVa5UAHWRpp20DU-gvilBXDR_qwACLcBGAsYHQ/s841/EPA%2B3520-1%2B2-2021%2Bpage%2B1.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="EPA form 3520-1. Updated February 2021. OMB 2060-0717 Approval expires June 30,2023" border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="652" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UeXQDsOzeks/YHrZ2PnwpVI/AAAAAAAFiBo/GZEqAkVa5UAHWRpp20DU-gvilBXDR_qwACLcBGAsYHQ/w496-h640/EPA%2B3520-1%2B2-2021%2Bpage%2B1.PNG" title="EPA form 3520-1. Updated February 2021. OMB 2060-0717 Approval expires June 30,2023" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">EPA form 3520-1. Updated February 2021. OMB 2060-0717 Approval expires June 30,2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0gSavQhfv4s/YHrZ2OLKkvI/AAAAAAAFiBs/2r_lMq2p6zswTa4ExIldtBlrHyyx4T7ggCLcBGAsYHQ/s842/EPA%2B3520-1%2B2-2021%2Bpage%2B2.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="EPA form 3520-1. Updated February 2021. OMB 2060-0717 Approval expires June 30,2023" border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="651" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0gSavQhfv4s/YHrZ2OLKkvI/AAAAAAAFiBs/2r_lMq2p6zswTa4ExIldtBlrHyyx4T7ggCLcBGAsYHQ/w494-h640/EPA%2B3520-1%2B2-2021%2Bpage%2B2.PNG" title="EPA form 3520-1. Updated February 2021. OMB 2060-0717 Approval expires June 30,2023" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EPA form 3520-1. Updated February 2021. OMB 2060-0717 Approval expires June 30,2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><a href="https://www.epa.gov/importing-vehicles-and-engines/epa-standard-form-3520-1-declaration-form-importation-motor-vehicles" target="_blank">EPA website</a></div>Sean Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764446879030639598noreply@blogger.com0