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September 9 2020
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Vol. XXXIII • No. 19
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Keeping Up-to-Date on Heavy-Duty Clean Air Regs
Alta Equipm ent Div ision Pr esident Passes Away…14
For mer Marine Runs His Biz Smar tly, Neatly…25
As both I-75 and SR 70 are designated evacuation routes, and hurricane season is upon Florida, Sacyr does have hurricane plans to follow in the event of a storm.
With the coronavirus pandemic pausing the Cleaner Trucks Initiative, the California Air Resources Board has developed rules for onroad heavy-duty vehicles and engines that may go further than the EPA’s efforts.
By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Salvage Fir m Finds Success in Ea ster n Ten n. …34
Table of Contents ................4 Recycling Section ........25-39 Attachment & Parts Section..........................43-48 Truck & Trailers Section..........................49-53 Auction Section ............72-79 Business Calendar ............73 Advertisers Index ..............78
In April, when the spread of COVID-19 initially brought a decrease in the amount of vehicle traffic to Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis directed the state’s Department of Transportation (FDOT) to take the opportunity to accelerate a series of critical road and bridge projects already under way. Following a review of transportation projects across all FDOT districts, some involved new construction, while several others were improvements to existing highways in or near Florida’s largest metropolitan areas. An example of that can be found near Bradenton, approximately 50 mi. south of Tampa, in Manatee County. On the west side of town, the FDOT and its partner contractors have been upgrading and expanding Interstate 75 and a key interchange since 2018, with the goal of finishing the enterprise in the spring of 2021. “The cost of the project is $80.8 million,” said Brian Rick, communications specialist of FDOT District 1. From south to north, the I-75 upgrades are ongoing from just north of University Parkway, along the Manatee-Sarasota county line, and continue for 6.75 mi. through the SR 70 interchange to a point south of SR 64 (Manatee Avenue on the east side of the interchange and Bradenton Arcadia Road on the west). In the spring, when the governor’s office listed the I-75 at SR 70 Interchange project among those in Florida to be fast-tracked for completion, it was described simply as a
Making Trucks Cleaner This spring, the EPA set September 2020 as the date it would issue the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI), created to control air pollution from heavy-duty engines. Though it’s now on hold due to the pandemic, and could be further delayed by the November presidential election, final rule has been set for July 2021, reported the National Law Review. The agency may issue an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking next June for reconsideration of
see UPGRADE page 68
see RULES page 52
By Eric Olson
CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Got heavy-duty trucks? Federal and state environmental agencies have your assets on their radars. Critical policy programs such as the Cleaner Trucks Initiative, and California’s Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus rule and the Advanced Clean Trucks Initiative are affecting the trucking side of the heavy construction industry despite the COVID-19 pandemic.