Trucks traveling to California ports must be entered into the Drayage Truck Registry by Sept. 30. In keeping with the state Air Resources Board’s “Drayage Truck Regulation,” all drayage trucks conducting business at the state’s ports and intermodal rail yards must be registered. Extensions are available for trucks with 1994-2003 engine technology, but again, those must be filed by or postmarked the same date. The goal of the registry is to track and verify a truck’s compliance.

CARB Announces Drayage Registration Deadline for Ports, Rail Yards

Trucks visiting California ports must register in the Drayage Truck Registry by Sept. 30.

A Phase 1 compliance extension application must be filed with the California Air Resources Board or postmarked by Sept. 30. This extension is available to trucks with 1994-2003 model year engines for which there is no verified CARB-approved Level 3 control technology.

Registration and truck labels are free of charge; labels are optional.

In 2008, CARB’s Drayage Truck Regulation became law, which included mandatory registration of all drayage trucks doing business at California’s ports and intermodal rail yards.

The registry’s objective is to provide a recordkeeping system to track compliance and provide access for motor carriers to verify a truck’s regulatory compliance status.

More information is available at the CARB Drayage Truck Information line at: (888) 247-4821, www.arb.ca.gov/drayagetruck or by emailing CARB at drayage@arb.ca.gov.

Also, a fact sheet on the regulation is at www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/porttruck/dtrfactsheet.pdf.

[source - etrucker.com]