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On May 16th, it is anticipated that full CARB off-road diesel regs will be approved by California’s OAL and sent to the Governor for final sign-off. In the meantime, last Friday, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) unanimously passed an even stricter program, the “SOON Program.”

 

SOON requires very large fleets (>20,000 combined diesel horsepower) to almost double their air quality compliance efforts, making mandatory adherence to the regulations in 2009. 

 

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The Southern California Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino start roughly one hour drive east of the Pacific Ocean and a 90 minute drive North of San Diego and the Mexican border. Their eastern edges border Nevada and Arizona.

 

Once there, if you go West again for about a half-hour, from Riverside, depending on traffic, you’ll reach Disneyland, the Anaheim Pond, and Angel’s Baseball stadium—Orange County.

 

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Like a bad case of the flu, California’s budget problems keep coming back. The State’s fiscal money pit keeps getting deeper each year, with politicians apparently not willing to stop the digging that seems to be on auto-pilot.

Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee columnist, writes of California’s on-going fiscal problems in his editorial today:

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Well, here’s real monkey wrench that’s been thrown into the smog debate in California. Writer Mark Grossi of the Fresno Bee reports that the agricultural bread basket of California, the 25 thousand square mile Central Valley, is the biggest air polluter of all. In his words:

 
“An astonishing fact is buried in dirty-air data: (Central) Valley trees and plants produce far more hydrocarbons than vehicles do.

 

Valley plants, trees may add to pollution by emitting tons of a key smog element.

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On April 4, 2008, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) submitted its controversial Off-Road Diesel rules for scrutiny by California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL).

 

This is the next step in the approval process. As the OAL website states:

 

“The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) ensures that agency regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public. OAL is responsible for reviewing administrative regu...Read More

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One thing about California; it has always been a land of opportunity. When the economy goes south in one sector, a bunch of other avenues for business and employment beckon.

 

Maybe it has to do with the predictable climate here—North, Central, Southern California—there are reasons it’s called the Golden State. Optimism seems always within reach. There’s always a sense that with some thought and a lot of diligence, a good living can be made here.

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All U.S. Businesses Have Access To Big Savings This Year

Are you taking advantage of the business portion of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008? You have the rest of this year to realize tremendous tax breaks on everything purchased for your business from heavy equipment to trucks, vans, and office equipment, etc.

 

Two key elements are the 50-Percent “Bonus...Read More

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How are the following issues hitting your business this year?

New CARB Regulations and Fuel Prices

The final version of California Air Resources Board off-road diesel regulations (CARB) has yet to be signed by Governor Schwarzenegger, but by 2010 fleets with over 5,000 hp must be compliant or face heavy fines. It is still unclear whether certain add-on devices for heavy equipment over 300 hp will be available, and/or viable.

 

“It’s going to be tough,” Bobeczko said. “Talk to anybody who has calculated the figures. As things exist right now, if you haven’t started re-powering, or...Read More

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What are your thoughts on how the California housing slowdown will affect your business in 2008? Two more categories will follow... 

By Loren Faulkner

 

It may not become the “perfect storm” but three “bad weather fronts” are headed toward California’s construction industry in 2008 and beyond. Bad enough to go into storm protection mode:

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