I just asked my neighbor about if/how a cop can enforce CARB rules on fuel cans. He said it is no different than a modified exhaust, or other non-compliant changes that don't meet carb rules. It is illegal to use a non-compliant fuel can made after 2005 in California. He said it;s no different than putting an older engine in a newer car, or how "Ricers" cars are crushed for illegal mods. Cops can enforce if they see a violation.
He told me to go to this site and it shows how CARB and the CHP are teaming up to enforce CARB rules. He stated checking trucks compliance is is no different than checking a fuel can for compliance.
I have never received a fuel can ticket, but from the posts I've seen, many have.
I'm not a cop and don't like the fuel can rules anymore than you do, but people should know what "MAY" happen.
Doug
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CA Air Resources Board Tightens Regulations, Partners with Cops
October 20, 2012 By Katy Grimes 19 Comments
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CARB's enforcement arm
CARB has now “partnered” with law enforcement to ensure compliance. The California Highway Patrol has been ordered to pull truck drivers over to run tests on their engines to see if they are complying with CARB's diesel regulations.
CARB calls this their “full commitment to compliance.” There was a great deal of talk at the meeting about enforcement and penalties.
Last month, enforcement activities were conducted at CHP inspection stations, border crossings, truck stops, roadside locations, rest stops and port facilities.
Additionally, there was a well-coordinated media campaign orchestrated by CARB. Board members and staff bragged about the 37 news stories done by television news. They even showed clips of a few news stories. These were not public service announcements.
So now we have the California Air Resources Board writing the news, and compliant media reporting it as if it is spontaneous.
The CARB board meeting ended after discussing a resolution to the Cap and Trade program to cap prices at the level of the price containment reserve.
The monthly meeting of the California Air Resources Board on Thursday was nothing more than a mutual admiration society and big tax-and-spend club. After board members shared esteem for one another and CARB staff, several members of the audience jumped in to grovel before the board, instead of showing fear of the omniscient state agency.
The self-congratulatory tone at the final board meeting before the November California Cap-and-Trade Program Greenhouse Gas Allowance Auction should have been enough to make even the most hardened bureaucrat wince, but instead, the agenda did that.
Help us!
Earlier in the week, the AB 32 Implementation Group delivered a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown advocating policies to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions to meet AB 32 goals in a manner that will protect jobs and the economy. They said they were disappointed that CARB has not made very necessary repairs to the Cap and Trade program before the November cap-and-trade auction of allowances, and asked Brown to step in to exercise his authority under AB 32.
Part of the self-congratulatory tone from CARB board members is because they have made it right up to the November Cap and Trade auction without having to address the concerns of the public, employers, taxpayers, manufacturers and other industries, who have begged them to stop the auction, or face more business closures, downsizings, and “leakage” to other states.
The Legislative Analyst's Office said the greenhouse gas auction of allowances is not necessary to achieve the mandates of AB 32, which is to reduce greenhouse gasses to 1990 levels by 2020. California is already showing greenhouse gas emissions reductions to 1992 levels. So many in business facing the very real prospective of having to buy expensive carbon credits just to keep doing business in the state are asking why the auction has to take place.
Windshield washer fluid, smog check program, and “Clean truck month” were on the agenda Thursday. These issues sound innocuous enough, but not in the hands of the Air Resources Board.
