Associated General Contractors of America Supports CARB Proposal to Delay Requirements for Reducing Emissions

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The proposed changes call for the Board to delay its emissions standards for off-road diesel equipment until 2014, to ease the annual burden employers have to bear, and to give contractors greater flexibility in determining how to comply. The proposed changes also call for the Board to give contractors credit for the efforts they have already made to reduce emissions and to reward contractors for voluntarily reducing emissions before 2014. However, the proposed changes would also extend the rule further into the future.

The changes will provide needed relief for an industry that has lost four out of every 10 jobs since the economic downturn began, and still lowers emissions below the levels that the board originally sought to achieve.