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Bully Dog parent company to pay $6.5M to settle alleged emissions-defeating violations in light-duty trucks
Derive Systems will pay $6.5M for violations regarding Bully Dog and SCT emissions control systems on cars and light-duty trucks. Learn more on Overdrive.
October 3, 2018
Business
EPA asked to investigate alleged improper contact between EPA staffers, Volvo on glider kit regs
This is the latest development in the ongoing debate over whether the EPA should strip Obama-era emissions regulations placed on glider kit trucks. More here.
June 27, 2018
Business
Court strikes down Calif.âs emissions regulations compliance options for owner-operators
A California Superior Court ruled last week to strike down several 2014-made amendments to the stateâs strict emissions rules. The amendments meant to give compliance flexibility to owner-operators and other small fleet owners who may have trouble affording equipment upgrades or add-ons to bring their trucks into compliance.
June 13, 2016
Business
ATD: Bill that would exempt gliders from emissions regs likely wonât pass
Debate over the Confederate flag had a bill that would have exempted glider kits from upcoming emissions regs pulled from the House floor.
July 17, 2015
Business
Calif. finalizes some exemptions, compliance alternatives to emissions regulations
CARB has finalized the compliance alternatives and extension amendments it proposed earlier this year, effectively allowing the owner-operators and small fleet owners who qualify some delays in complying with the stateâs emissions regulations.
December 10, 2014
Business
OOIDA lawsuit against Calif. emissions regs dismissed over technicality, OOIDA to appeal
OOIDAâs 2013 lawsuit again CARB over its stringent emissions regulations has been dismissed by a federal judge. OOIDA says it will appeal the decision and âsee it through.â
November 10, 2014
Business
CARB proposes delaying, changing some emissions requirements for owner-operators
Californiaâs Air Resources Board this week officially unveiled some proposed changes to its Truck & Bus Rule emissions regulations, potentially allowing owner-operators and small fleets some additional routes to compliance.
March 7, 2014
Business
Californiaâs low carbon fuel standard upheld in court
California has not violated interstate commerce laws with its regulations on fuels based on carbon production, ruled a federal appeals court Sept. 18.
September 23, 2013
Overdrive Extra
The California challenge
Operators of pre-2007 trucks who currently operate in California have some tough choices coming with CARBâs truck emissions rules â here are some ways to think about them to help navigate.
May 27, 2013
Business
California group continues court battle over emissions regs
The California Construction Trucking Association has appealed a December 2012 ruling that CCTA says was a non-decision in its nearly two-year-long case with CARBâs truck regulations.
January 23, 2013
Channel 19
Friday Channel 19 news round-up: Cross-border trucking; âdriver shortageâ; and the 1 on the 53 and the 99
Separate but not equal That separation could be diminishing when it comes to U.S. and Mexican tucking, now that a new pilot program for cross-border long haul is under way.  In the wake of the Oct. 21 border ceremony at Laredo, when the first Mexican truck crossed as part of the new cross-border pilot program, [âŚ]
October 28, 2011
Channel 19
Staring down coming CARB regs
A great story in the California-based Porterville Record highlighted the difficulties being faced by a particluar 5-truck fleet in Ducor, Calif., Andromeda Transport, owned by Dave Schwartz. Schwartz (pictured, right, with his mechanic), as he told reporter Sarah de Crescenzo, considers himself a âmodern-day environmentalistâ in his commitment to keeping his older trucks in tip-top operating [âŚ]
March 5, 2010
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