Coalition to Build a Cleaner California Disappointed With CARB’s Vote To Adopt Unworkable Off-Road Diesel Construction Equipment Rule
Sacramento, CA –Mike Lewis, chair of the Coalition to Build a Cleaner California and Executive Vice President of the Construction Industry Air Quality Coalition made the following statement regarding the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) adoption of its off-road diesel equipment rule:
“The Coalition to Build a Cleaner California is disappointed CARB chose to disregard the input of construction contractors and workers by adopting an unrealistic regulation. With just a few changes, the Board had the opportunity to make this a win-win for California’s environment and economy. Instead they adopted a rule that is not viable in the real world.
“We have worked and negotiated in good faith with the Board and its staff over the course of the past several months to develop an alternative that would have made California’s construction fleet the cleanest in the world while keeping the economy moving forward.
“Unfortunately the rule adopted today will do nothing but move California’s economy backward. Jobs will be lost. Businesses will cease to exist. And the state’s infrastructure rebuilding efforts will suffer. It is a shame CARB decided to embrace a regulation that does not work in practice and will negatively impact the state.”
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