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- Associated General Contractors estimates that changes the California Air Resources Board will make in rules governing emissions from off-road diesels will save contractors as much as $9 billion.
- AGC argued that when the board proposed rules in 2007, it used data that overestimated diesel emissions by at least 340%.
- AGC said it is still not going to support the state's application to the federal EPA for approval to enforce the rules, but the organization said they now can be "fairly submitted."
From the article:
During a federal hearing ... Associated General Contractors of America lawyers said the California Air Resources Board overestimated emissions from off-road diesel construction equipment by at least 340 percent in its 2007 proposal for an off-road diesel emissions rule. ...
