California Air Resources Board

The California Air Resources Board has approved $1.2 million for new acid rain research, highlighted by some of the first projects in the country to study the effects of acidic pollution on human health. 

Three health studies will be conducted by the University of California in addition to a pair of projects to be completed by other science labs that will study tlie cost of acid rain damage on buildings and other man-made structures. The Board's action begins the second year of a 5-year, $18 million research plan to study the unique aspects of California's acid rain problem. 

SACRAMENTO – State Treasurer Fiona Ma and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced today that the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA) and CARB have successfully supported small businesses in purchasing over 40,000 cleaner trucks via the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program. With 40,000 cleaner trucks on California roadways, it is the equivalent of removing over 13 million passenger cars from the road and 182 tons per year of particulate matter.

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today announced the approval of six new members to fill vacancies on its Research Screening Committee (RSC), an 11-member committee that provides guidance on the wide range of proposed and completed research projects relevant to CARB programs.

The California Air Resources Board today approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan, a world-leading roadmap to address climate change that cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 85% and achieves carbon neutrality in 2045. The 2022 Scoping Plan provides a detailed sector-by-sector roadmap to guide the world’s fourth-largest economy away from its current dependance on petroleum and fossil gas to clean and renewable energy resources and zero-emission vehicles.

SACRAMENTO – Malibu Boats, LLC (Malibu) of Loudon, Tenn., has agreed to a settlement of $496,500 for violating California air quality regulations.

Gov. George Deukmejian today released the broad outline of a plan to reorganize his administration to create a Department of Waste Management. 

The new department would coordinate the state's efforts to manage the handling_, 1 disposal and cleanup of wastes.,, both toxic and non-toxic. The new department also will be the focal point for a coordinated effort with the private sector to develop new and more effective technology to deal effectively with wastes. 

Gordon Duffy, the Governor's Secretary of Environmental Affairs and Chairman of the Administration's Hazardous Waste Task Force, released the following statement today regarding the new Toxics Department proposal announced by Governor Deukmejian: 

The California Air Resources Board has approved for sale two aftermarket replacement catalytic converters to meet the dramatically rising public demand prompted by the state's Smog Check program, 

SACRAMENTO – Today at noon (PST), California and Quebec released the results of the 33rd joint cap-and-trade auction of carbon allowances from both jurisdictions. The final numbers include sales figures and settlement prices for 2021 and 2022 (current) and 2025 (advance) vintages.

Sacramento —The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today approved amendments to the In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation (Off-Road Regulation) aimed at further reducing emissions from the off-road sector. The amendments will require fleets to phase-out use of the oldest and highest polluting off-road diesel vehicles in California; prohibit the addition of high-emitting vehicles to a fleet; and require the use of R99 or R100 renewable diesel in off-road diesel vehicles.