ARB's new diesel regs have you confused?

Take advantage of the free on-line interactive webcast training by the Air Resources Board (ARB) on regulations that affect diesel truck, bus, and off-road diesel vehicle owners.

This is a reminder that Course #512 will be webcast on Tuesday, Nov. 3 and will be webcast one last time on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Course #512, Diesel Regulation Overview, provides a summary of the requirements and deadlines for several regulations, and includes information about exhaust retrofits and funding opportunities.
The following are the topic that will be covered:

• Traditional Diesel Programs
• Periodic Smoke Inspection/Heavy Duty Vehicle Inspection Program
• Idling
• Engine Emission Control Labels
• Truck and Bus Regulation
• Drayage Truck Regulation
• Heavy-Duty Vehicle Green House Gas Reduction Regulation
• Transport Refrigeration Unit Regulation
• In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation
• Diesel Emission Control Strategies (diesel exhaust retrofits)
• Funding Opportunities

Also, provided as part of the course are direct phone and website contacts for follow-up questions. Registration provides you with access to the course and allows you to review it at a
later date. Sign-up now. It is free.
To get more information and register for these and future courses go to:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/training/courses.php?course=512

October Meeting Documents Now Posted

If you missed the October MCCV meeting but want to know what went on, you can visit the MCCV website and see the agenda, highlights and even the special presentation. Visit the MCCV website: www.mccv.org

October MCCV Working Committees Agenda Posted

The agenda for the Wednesday, Oct. 21 MCCV Monthly Meeting is now posted on the MCCV website: www.mccv.org. The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m.

District Proposes Policy for Addressing Greenhouse Gases under CEQA

On November 5, the San Joaquin Valley Air District's Governing Board will consider the first comprehensive regional policy on addressing and mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impacts caused by industrial, commercial, and residential development in the San Joaquin Valley. This set of guidance documents is designed to assist local permitting agencies and businesses by answering several questions related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and how to address GHGs under existing CEQA law. Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments, either now or at the board meeting which will begin at 9 AM on Thursday, Nov. 5. For more information, click here for the District’s staff report and here for the proposed policy and guidance documents.

MCCV Monthly Meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 21

The next meeting of the Manufacturers Council of the Central Valley will be Wednesday, Oct. 21 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Agenda items include a discussion on the revised draft Employer Based Trip Reduction Rule (Click Here and a special presentation entitled:
Anaerobic Digesters in Germany:
Observations and Lessons Learned

The meeting will be held at the E&J Gallo Winery in the Operations Training Room, located on Gilmore Street, just off Santa Rosa near Yosemite Boulevard.

EPA’s Energy Star Label Now Available for Four Types of Glass and Food Processing Plants

  Savings of Nearly $900 Million Possible

 

WASHINGTON - From strawberry jam jars to frozen french fries, the manufacturing plants that make several well-known container and food items in the United States can now earn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star for superior energy efficiency. The new Energy Performance Indicators (EPIs) for flat and container glass manufacturing plants and juice and frozen fried potato processing plants are the first of their kind for these industries.

 

The U.S. glass industry spends more than $2 billion annually on energy while the food processing sector spends nearly $7 billion per year. Improving the energy efficiency of these industries by just 10 percent would save nearly $900 million in energy costs and more than 150 trillion btu while reducing greenhouse gas emissions equal to those from the electricity use of more than 1 million homes for a year.

 

The new Energy Star EPIs were developed in partnership with the glass and food industries. The indicators will help companies objectively assess energy performance, set competitive goals for improvement and, over time, shift the energy performance of the entire industry.

 

More information on Energy Star Food Processing EPIs:

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=in_focus.bus_food_proc_focus

 

More information about Energy Satr Glass Manufacturing EPIs:

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=in_focus.bus_glass_manuf_focus