rumor has it that OK wrote: > Ummm - that's what Google is for -- > > On 10/27/05, Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dangit, you're no help to the company I work for......
For the lazy, here a few links I found: ############################################################ http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/jan05/features/idlehour/idlehour.html In an interesting twist, diesel auxiliary power units, or APUs, if pressed into generating power for trucker comforts by the California regulation, could end up producing more particulates than their big diesel brothers, since the small units are essentially unregulated. A CARB regulation may exempt new trucks that meet the stricter standards from the idling restrictions. ############################################################## http://www.heavydutytrucking.com/2005/06/098a0506.asp Meanwhile, a recently formed industry group, the Idle Elimination Manufacturers Assn., promotes the buying and using of such equipment and supports legislative efforts to subsidize its use. For example, the current federal highway funding bill includes a provision giving APU owners a 250-pound exemption from the 80,000-pound weight limit, said Rex Greer, president of Pony Pack Manufacturing and an IEMA member. But he is not optimistic about the exemption surviving the congressional vetting process. ################################################################# http://fleet.cygnus.proteus.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=50 Ninety-four and a half million dollars—that's how much money has been earmarked for the proliferation of idle-reduction technology for heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. government's newly-enacted energy bill. .... Lawrence points out that in addition to financial subsidies, the bill also allows for a 400 pound weight exemption for the installation of idle-reduction technologies. ############################################################### And finally, the new law. It looks like the law itself is not yet available from Thomas, but the text of the bill as it past is available. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00006: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:6:./temp/~c109TABw5z:: ********** Public law 109-58, Subtitle D, SEC. 756. REDUCTION OF ENGINE IDLING (c) Vehicle Weight Exemption- Section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended-- (12) HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES- `(A) IN GENERAL- Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions because of engine idling, the maximum gross vehicle weight limit and the axle weight limit for any heavy-duty vehicle equipped with an idle reduction technology shall be increased by a quantity necessary to compensate for the additional weight of the idle reduction system. `(B) MAXIMUM WEIGHT INCREASE- The weight increase under subparagraph (A) shall be not greater than 400 pounds. `(C) PROOF- On request by a regulatory agency or law enforcement agency, the vehicle operator shall provide proof (through demonstration or certification) that-- `(i) the idle reduction technology is fully functional at all times; and `(ii) the 400-pound gross weight increase is not used for any purpose other than the use of idle reduction technology described in subparagraph (A).'.
