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Specific details on the useful minimum life can be found in the ACF Final Regulation Order Drayage Truck Requirements. In the case of any discrepancy between this document and the regulation order, the regulation language applies. 

Background

On April 28, 2023, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved for adoption the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation (ACF), which establishes requirements for drayage trucks that transport cargo to and from California’s seaports and intermodal railyards.

The ACF Regulation requires:

• All drayage trucks to be reported in the Truck Regulations Upload, Compliance, and Reporting System (TRUCRS) to operate at California seaports or intermodal railyards.
• Report non-zero-emission (ZE) drayage trucks by December 31, 2023.
• Beginning in 2024, non-ZE drayage trucks must visit a California seaport or intermodal railyard at least once each calendar year.
• Beginning in 2025:
  • Owners of non-ZE drayage trucks with engine model years that are 12 years old or older must annually report the odometer reading, engine family, and engine model year for those trucks.
  • Odometer readings must reflect the mileage as of January 1^st and be reported in TRUCRS by February 15^th.

Non-ZE trucks will be removed from drayage by March 31^st if they did not meet the annual visit requirement, OR if they have exceeded their minimum useful life threshold.

Definition

“Minimum useful life” is defined as the minimum time that a vehicle may remain in TRUCRS as a drayage truck. It is the later of the dates below:

(1) Thirteen years from the model year that the engine and emissions control system in the drayage truck was first certified for use by CARB or United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA); or

(2) The date that the truck exceeds 800,000 vehicle miles traveled or 18 years from the from the model year that the engine and emissions in the drayage truck control system of that vehicle was first certified for use by CARB or U.S. EPA (whichever is earlier). If the truck no longer has its original engine, or the model year of the original engine is not able to be determined, the model year of the truck less one year must be used to determine the dates above.

Drayage Truck Minimum Useful Life

For questions or additional information about the Drayage Truck Requirements, contact drayage@arb.ca.gov.

• *Odometer readings must reflect the mileage as of January 1^st and be reported in TRUCRS by February 15^th.