NOTICE OF CONTINUATION 

TITLE 13. CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXHAUST 

EMISSION STANDARDS FOR 2007-2009 MODEL-YEAR HEAVY DUTY URBAN 

BUS ENGINES AND THE FLEET RULE FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES 

The Air Resources Board (the Board or ARB) will conduct a continuation of a public 

hearing at the time and place noted below to consider adoption of amendments to the 

statewide exhaust emission standards and test procedures for urban bus engines and 

vehicles and to the ARB fleet rule for transit agencies. This amendment, along with 

specific changes in the Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies addressing transit vehicles in 

the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), was described in the 

Notice for the September 15, 2005 rulemaking hearing. At the September 15-16, 2005 

hearing, only modifications addressing amendments affecting the SCAQMD transit fleet 

will be heard by the Board. 

DATE: October 20, 2005 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

PLACE: California Environmental Protection Agency 

 Air Resources Board 

 Byron Sher Auditorium, Second Floor 

1001 I Street 

 Sacramento, California 95814 

This item will be considered at a two-day meeting of the Board, which will commence at 

9:00 a.m., October 20, 2005, and may continue at 8:30 a.m., October 21, 2005. This 

item may not be considered until October 21, 2005. Please consult the agenda for the 

meeting, which will be available at least 10 days before October 20, 2005, to determine 

the day on which this item will be considered. 

If you have a disability-related accommodation need, please go to 

http://www.arb.ca.gov/html/ada/ada.htm for assistance or contact the ADA Coordinator at 

(916) 323-4916. If you are a person who needs assistance in a language other than 

English, please contact the Bilingual Coordinator at (916) 324-5049. TTY/TDD/Speechto-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service. 

BACKGROUND 

Staff has identified two policy decisions to be considered by the Board. They are: 

• The appropriate emission standards for new 2007 and later model-year urban 

bus engines, and the potential amendment of ARB’s transit fleet rule to require 

the use of alternative fuel transit buses statewide; and 

• The need for Board adoption of a fleet rule requiring the use of alternative fuel 

buses by the six “diesel path” transit agencies within SCAQMD. 
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The second policy decision, which affects transit agencies in the SCAQMD only, will be 

considered by the Board at the September 15-16, 2005 hearing. The first policy 

decision affects transit agencies throughout the state, and will be considered by the 

Board at the October 20-21, 2005 hearing. 

THE CONTINUED HEARING

The continued hearing will be conducted as described in the original notice, except that 

written submissions must be addressed to and received by the Clerk of the Board as 

described below. All comments submitted for the September 15, 2005, hearing will 

remain part of the rulemaking record. The original notice, the ISOR and all subsequent 

regulatory documents, including the FSOR, when completed, are available on the ARB 

Internet site for this rulemaking at www.arb.ca.gov/regact/sctransit/sctransit.htm and 

are available as described in the original notice. 

SUBMITTAL OF COMMENTS

The public may present comments relating to this matter orally or in writing at the 

hearing, and in writing or by e-mail before the hearing. To be considered by the 

Board, written submissions not physically submitted at the hearing must be received no 

later than 12:00 noon, October 19, 2005, and addressed to the following: 

Postal mail is to be sent to: 

 Clerk of the Board 

 Air Resources Board 

 1001 I Street, 23rd Floor 

 Sacramento, California 95814 

Electronic mail is to be sent to: sctransit@listserv.arb.ca.gov and received at the ARB 

no later than 12:00 noon, October 19, 2005. 

Facsimile transmissions are to be transmitted to the Clerk of the Board at 

(916) 322-3928 and received at the ARB no later than 12:00 noon, October 19, 2005. 

The Board requests but does not require that 30 copies of any written statement be 

submitted and that all written statements be filed at least 10 days prior to the hearing 

so that ARB staff and Board Members have time to fully consider each comment. The 

Board encourages members of the public to bring to the attention of staff in advance of 

the hearing any suggestions for modification of the proposed regulatory action. 
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Inquiries concerning the substance of the proposed regulation may be directed to the 

designated agency contact persons, Ms. Kathleen Mead by email at 

kmead@arb.ca.gov or by phone at (916) 324-9550, or to Ms. Annette Hebert by email 

at ahebert@arb.ca.gov or by phone at (626) 575-6973.

 CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

 /s/

 Catherine Witherspoon 

 Executive Officer 

Date: September 9, 2005

The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy 

consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs see our Web –site at 

www.arb.ca.gov.