CARB Portable Equipment
CARB Reopens Portable Engine Registration Program
The California Air Resources Board reopened the statewide Portable Engine Registration Program (PERP) to some older engines by passing an emergency regulation at its meeting on December 7, 2006 in Bakersfield.
Portable equipment includes some cranes, trailer or skid mounted concrete pumps, screening and crushing operations, grinders, tree trimmers, generators, pumps, welders, etc.
CARB will now allow registration of equipment with Tier 1 and Tier 2 engines into the program. But, the Board refused to allow registration of Tier 0 engines, saying that this equipment, (pre-1998 for small engines, pre-1996 for larger ones), must be registered with local districts. It is illegal to operate this equipment without registration.
Only the South Coast Air Quality Management District (covering all of Orange and parts of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties) has refused to allow registration of Tier 0 engines.
Equipment owners are warned not to approach SCAQMD on this topic as it might result in enforcement action. For information on registering your portable equipment in the PERP visit CARB's web site at http://www.arb.ca.gov/portable/perp/perp.htm.
About The Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP)
On June 22, 2006, the Air Resources Board approved amendments to the Regulation for the Statewide Portable Equipment Registration Program. The original purpose of this rule was to allow engines and equipment to operate across the state without needing separate permits from local air districts.
The construction industry is less than happy with CARB's approach under this
new regulation. What started as a voluntary program to allow contractors
to move their portable equipment from job site to job site without getting
entangled in any number of the 35 local air district requirements has turned
into a rule that will require replacement of existing equipment with Tier 3
engines –
either now, if you were unaware of the existing rule (and most owners of portable
equipment are) or later, whenever CARB or the local district decides to tighten
the screws.
Clink here to read more about this regulation and how it impacts your business.
If you run afoul of this program, please contact us .