California Advanced Clean Truck Rule Archives

California asks EPA for waiver to implement Advanced Clean Fleets rule

14 December 2023

With less than three weeks before California’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule is set to take effect, the state is seeking a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency that would end any questions about whether the state can implement it.

A waiver request for California-specific environmental regulations is generally required under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The CAA allows the state and its unique status under the act to impose environmental restrictions and mandates that go beyond...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-asks-epa-for-waiver-to-implement-advanced-clean-fleets-rule

California gets EPA waiver to move ahead with Advanced Clean Trucks rule

31 March 2023

California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, which goes hand in hand with its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule as part of a push to lower emissions from the state’s trucking sector, has been granted an expected waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The ACT was already further along the approval process than the ACF. ACT mandates numbers of zero-emission vehicles that OEMs must sell into the state as a percentage of their total fleet. ACF sets rules that mandate the percentage of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-gets-epa-waiver-to-move-ahead-with-advanced-clean-trucks-rule

Ports begin charging diesel-powered polluters to build Clean Truck Fund

2 April 2022

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday began charging diesel-powered drayage trucks $10 per unit entering and leaving the ports with proceeds going to a Clean Truck Fund that will help pay for zero-emission trucks and infrastructure.

The Clean Truck Rate is charged per 20-foot-equivalent unit hauled by a diesel truck. A typical 40-foot container would cost $20 to move. Electric trucks and certain alternative fuel vehicles are exempt.

Zero-emission trucks like the battery-electric...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ports-begin-charging-diesel-powered-polluters-to-build-clean-truck-fund

2022 may be pivotal year for California’s green rules for trucks

31 January 2022

The twin regulations that are expected to have an enormous impact on truck purchases in California — and beyond — could have their first reverberations by the end of this year.

One rule, the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) regulation, is in place. The second, the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, has not been formally introduced. But a preliminary draft of the rule has already received public comments before it starts down the road to formal introduction and final approval.

As Matt Schrap, CEO of the Harbor...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2022-may-be-pivotal-year-for-californias-green-rules-for-trucks