Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation

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March 29, 2023

Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation


The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will conduct a public hearing at the date and time noted below to consider the Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation.

Date:                 April 27, 2023
Time:                 9:00 a.m.
Location:           California Environmental Protection Agency
                          California Air Resources Board | Byron Sher Auditorium
                          1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814
Remote:             Zoom/Webcast

This public meeting may continue at 9:00 a.m. on April 28, 2023. Please consult the public agenda, which will be posted ten days before April 27, 2023, for important details, including, but not limited to, the day in which this item will be considered and how the public can participate via Zoom.

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Background

The proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation (Proposed Regulation) was presented to the Board at the first public hearing on October 27, 2022. The Proposed Regulation would establish a 100 percent zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) sales requirement on medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturers and would require certain fleet owners to transition to zero-emissions medium- and heavy-duty vehicles from 2024 to 2042. Affected fleets include drayage truck operators, State and local government, federal government, and high priority fleets. High priority fleets are entities that own, operate, or control a total of 50 or more vehicles with a GVWR greater than 8,500 pounds or are entities with $50 million or more in gross annual revenue. The Proposed Regulation would include medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, off-road yard trucks, and light-duty mail and package delivery vehicles.

The Proposed Regulation is critical to meeting state and federal air quality standards, protecting public health, and achieving the State’s climate goals which require a transition from the conventional combustion technologies to zero-emission everywhere feasible. Promoting the development and use of zero-emission trucks will contribute to the goals set by the Governor’s Executive Order N-79-20 and the Sustainable Freight Action Plan, and will help achieve emission reductions as outlined in the State Implementation Plan, Senate Bill (SB) 350 (de León, Chapter 547, Statutes of 2015), Assembly Bill 32 (Nuñez, Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006), and SB 32 (Pavley, Chapter 249, Statutes of 2016), and Assembly Bill 1279. This effort is part of a broader strategy to increase clean, affordable transportation options such as zero-emission technologies, innovative methods to improve freight activity, and efficiency of transportation systems in California.

At the upcoming Board Hearing, the Board will consider the Final Environmental Analysis, Response to Comments, and Resolution for the Proposed Regulation. All regulatory documents are available on CARB's Rulemaking webpage.

Rulemaking Webpage