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• CARB Staff Updates Board on Status of RFG3 Implementation (page 2)

• CARB Hears Staff Proposal on Software Upgrade Regulation (Chip Reflash) – Lawsuits Threatened from All Sides, Trucking Industry Poised to Step Up Voluntary Upgrades (page 5)

• CARB Staff Issues Proposed Regulations for Idling Restrictions on 2007 and Later Model-Year Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Then Postpones Board Hearing (page 10)

• CARB Staff Conducts Public Consultation Meeting on Proposed Restrictions on Idling by Heavy-Duty Diesel On-Road Vehicles and Off-Road Vehicles and Engines (page 14)

• CARB Hears Staff’s Proposed Amendments to the Diesel Emission Control Strategy Verification Procedure – Staff Seeks to Delay Requirement for 20% NO2 to NOx Ratio Limit Until 2007, Asks Board to Consider Future Removal of Engine/Vehicle Warranty Coverage (page 18)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Particulate Matter Control Regulations for Publicly Owned and Operated Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (page 24)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Modifications to Transit Fleet Rule PM Control – Non-Urban Buses to be Included in Regulations and Bus-Only Standards for 2007 Eliminated (page 26)

• Board Hears Staff Proposal for Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Regulation – Regulated Community Questions CARB’s Regulatory Authority and Staff’s Cost Analysis (page 32)

• CARB Releases Second Solicitation For Fleet ZIP – Agency Still Hopes to Give Away Millions of Tax Dollars for Electric Vehicles That Have Already Been Purchased (page 41)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 42)

February 2004 – [Top Page]

• CARB Gets Green Light from Governor’s Office to Complete Rulemakings (page 2)

• CARB Holds SIP "Summit" Meeting to Present Strategies Approved in October 2003 and to Receive Public Comment; Industry Largely Silent, Environmentalists Urge Greater Control Stringency and the "Hydrogen Highway" (page 3)

• CARB Adopts Service Information Rule But Agrees to Consider Changes for Heavy-Duty Vehicles in the Future (page 27)

• CARB Staff Holds Workshop on Idling Restrictions for In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel On-Road Vehicles – Proposed Rule Will Apply to Both In- and Out-of-State Vehicles (page 39)

• CARB Announces that Johnson Matthey and Englehard PM Traps Are No Longer Verified as Manufacturers Fail to Meet Final Warranty Requirements (page 41)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Development of Fuel Cargo Tank Emission Regulation – Fuel Delivery Hose Vapors Targeted, Tank Testing Certification Program to be Developed (page 43)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Aboveground Storage Tank Vapor Recovery (page 49)

• I/M Review Committee Meets, Hears CARB Evaluation of Enhanced Smog Check Program and Program Improvement Recommendations (page 52)

• Latest Smog Check Data Analysis (page 66)

• Legislative Session Resumes (page 85)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 86)

March 2004 – [Top Page]

• CARB Holds Meeting to Discuss Regulatory and Nonregulatory Fuels Activities for 2004 – Topics Include Phase 4 RFG, Phase 3 Implementation, Diesel Additives and Lubricating Oils, and Use of California Diesel in Locomotive and Marine Engines (page 2)

• CARB "Environmental Justice" Workshop on Climate Change Emissions Regulations (page 10)

• CARB Holds Meeting of Cargo Tank Working Group; Industry Representatives Seek Greater Involvement In Regulatory Process (page 16)

• CARB Approves Revised Amendments to the Diesel Emission Control Strategy Verification Procedure – Revised Warranty Provision Now Includes Unlimited Mileage for Long-Haul Trucks and Clarifying "Burden of Proof" Language, But Changes Fail to Bring Johnson-Matthey and Engelhard Back into the California Market (page 18)

• CARB Approves ATCM for Transportation Refrigeration Units (TRUs) – Truckers Threaten Legal Action Over CARB’s Regulation of Out-of-State TRUs (page 24)

• CARB Unanimously Adopts ATCM for Portable Diesel Engines > 50 hp, Despite Claims from Several Stakeholders that Costs Are Underestimated (page 31)

• CARB Holds Third Workshop on Idling Ban for Existing Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks (page 38)

• CARB Considers Amendments to Portable Equipment Registration Program; Fee Increases Requested by CAPCOA to be Studied (page 43)

• Legislative Update (page 56)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 62)

April 2004 – [Top Page]

• CARB Adopts Engine Manufacturers’ Voluntary Software Upgrade Program (Chip Reflash) for Heavy-Duty Diesels – California Trucking Industry to Provide Major Assistance (page 2)

• CARB Issues Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence Setting Up ZEV Credit Tracking And Reporting System (page 10)

• CARB Holds Fourth Workshop on In-Use HDD Idling Limits – Proposed ATCM Has Support of Trucking Industry (page 12)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Modifications to Urban Bus Regulations – Proposed Changes to Engine Exhaust Emissions Standards, Transit Agency Fleet Rule, and Zero-Emission Bus Demonstration Projects Will Relax or Delay Requirements of Overly Ambitious Regulations (page 18)

• CARB Presents Minor Changes to Program Guidelines at Workshop on Lower-Emission School Bus Program (page 23)

• CARB Unable to Certify Phase II EVR System on Schedule – Effective Date Delayed Six Months, Until October 2004 (page 25)

• CARB Holds Another Workshop on Vapor Recovery Equipment Defects List Update – Approval Likely at Executive Officer’s Hearing in Early July (page 26)

• CARB Holds Second Workshop on Modifications to Portable Fuel Container Regulations – Kerosene Cans and Utility Jugs To Be Included in Rule, Customer Satisfaction Criteria Will Likely Be Added to Test Protocol (page 27)

• CARB Holds Opening Workshop on Potential Regulations for Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations (page 31)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Portable Equipment Fees for Local Air Districts – Districts Agree to Justify Requested Fees and Work With Affected Industries for Approval (page 37)

• Legislative Update (page 40)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 51)

May 2004 – [Top Page]

• CARB Sets Stage for Greenhouse Gas Regulations at Workshop on Staff’s Draft Technology and Cost Assessment (page 2)

• With Great Fanfare, Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Hydrogen Highway – Says Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles that Will Clean the Air Are Needed Because of "Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Per Year" in Air Pollution Health Damage (page 15)

• CARB Releases Staff Proposal on First Phase of On-Board Diagnostics System (OBD) Requirements for 2007 and Later Vehicles – Second Phase (for 2010 and Later Vehicles) Will Be Promulgated Next Year (page 17)

• CARB Holds Second Workshop Fuels-Related Activities – Presents Draft Regulations on RFG3 Implementation Issues and Again Raises Possibility of an RFG4 Specification (page 21)

• CARB Holds First Meeting of Biodiesel Workgroup; Staff is Relying on Advocacy Groups to Write Specifications and Proposing Informal Verification of Emissions Effects (page 27)

• CARB Hears Staff Report on Feasibility of Electrification of Small Offroad Engines (SOREs) – Staff Does Not Recommend Forced Electrification Program, but Plans to Continue Monitoring Development of Electric Lawnmower Technology (page 32)

• CARB Hears Results of Collaborative Study of CNG and Diesel Transit Bus Emissions – CNG Benefits from Oxidation Catalysts, But Additional Improvements to Lube Oil Distribution Systems Are Still Needed (page 37)

• CARB Holds Workshop on ATCM to Limit Idling of In-Use Commercial Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines (page 41)

• California Environmental Policy Council Approves Use of Lubrizol’s PuriNOx Alternative Diesel Emulsion Fuel, Amendments to California Diesel Fuel Regulation (page 44)

• CARB Holds Meeting of Maritime Air Quality Technical Working Group, Emphasis is on Controlling Emissions from Auxiliary Engines Used on Oceangoing Vessels (page 51)

• CARB Staff Hosts U.S. Maritime Administration Workshop on Ship Emissions Reduction Technologies (page 58)

• CARB Staff Asks for Additional Information on Supplemental ZEV Incentives (page 61)

• California Takes Brunt of New EPA Eight-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Designations and Implementation Requirements, Being the Only State with Areas Designated Serious or Severe (page 62)

• Legislative Update (page 65)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 82)

June 2004 – [Top Page]

• CARB Adopts Phase I OBD Requirements for 2007 and Later Heavy-Duty Engines (page 2)

• Latest Petroleum Replacement Fantasy Discussed at May Board Meeting – Board Hears Update on the Governor’s Plan for a Hydrogen Highway and a Hydrogen-Based Economy (page 6)

• CARB Agrees to Limited Changes to the Service Information Rule for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Delays HDV Requirement for Reprogramming Tool Availability to 2010, But Sticks with Decision Not to Require OEMs to Surrender "Immobilizer" Initialization Information to ECU Remanufacturers (page 10)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Proposed Regulations to Reduce Diesel PM from In-Use, On-Road Fleets Operated by Public Agencies – County Officials Testify That Cost of Retrofits Would Cripple Ability of Rural Governments to Maintain Roads (page 14)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies – Proposed Modifications Would Apply to All California Transit Agencies (page 22)

• CARB Holds Final Workshop on Heavy-Duty Diesel Idling ATCM – Latest Version Deletes Some Earlier Requirements (page 25)

• CARB Holds Meeting of Cargo Tank Working Group – Current Proposal Calls for Raising Minimum Allowable Tank Venting Pressure (page 28)

• CARB Announces Resolution of Warranty Requirement Dispute with Johnson Matthey – PM Traps Are Reinstated as Verified Diesel Emission Control Strategy (page 31)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Implementing PM Reduction Measures Pursuant to SB 656 – Effort Appears to be Devoid of Air Quality Benefit (page 33)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Standards for "Large Spark-Ignition" (LSI) Engines and Retrofit Verification Protocols – Industry Expresses Frustration With Regulatory Process (page 37)

• CARB Holds Third Workshop on Modifications to Portable Fuel Container Regulations – Permeation Standard to be Lowered, Draft "Customer Acceptance Evaluation" Methodology Released (page 49)

• CARB Issues 2005 Parts Cost Limit and PZEV Warranty Information (page 53)

• I/M Review Committee Hears Presentation from CARB on Smog Check Evaluation Report to the Legislature (page 54)

• Legislative Update (page 63)

July 2004 – [Top Page]

• CARB Issues Staff Report and Holds Workshop on Regulations to Reduce Emissions of "Greenhouse Gases" from Motor Vehicles (page 2 and page 18)

• Floods, Fires, and Water Shortages Forecasted at First Annual California Energy Commission Climate Change Conference – CARB Chairman Lloyd Announces Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Motor Vehicles (page 23)

• Matthew McKinnon and William Burke to Resign From Air Resources Board (page 35)

• CARB Holds Meeting to Discuss Regulatory and Nonregulatory Fuels Activities for 2004 – Staff Announces Plan to Require California Diesel to be Used in Locomotive and Marine Engines by 2007 (page 35)

• CARB Adopts Modifications to Urban Bus Regulations; Bowing to Reality, It Sets Less Stringent Diesel HEB NOx Standard and Eases Requirements for ZEB Demonstrations (page 44)

• CARB, EPA Sign MOA on Diesel Retrofit Verification (page 50)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Proposed Changes to Unihose Gasoline Dispenser Requirements for Gasoline Dispensing Facilities Vapor Recovery Program – Staff Proposal Will Allow Use of Current Dispensers Until They Are "Replaced or Substantially Modified," But Will Not Address Stakeholders’ Request for ORVR Compatibility Deadline Extension (page 51)

• Governor Schwarzenegger Proposes Smog Reduction Strategy That Exempts Additional Vehicles from Smog Check, Ignoring CARB’s Recommendation to the Contrary (page 56)

• Hybrid-Electric Vehicles Exempted from Smog Check (page 59)

• I/M Review Committee Discusses Governor Schwarzenegger’s Recently Proposed Smog Reduction Strategy (page 61)

• Legislative Update (page 68)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 89)

August 2004 – [Top Page]

• Board Hears Presentation Regarding Possible Climate Change Impacts as Hearing on Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Standards Draws Near – Presentations Suggest that Reductions in Emissions of GHG are Necessary to Prevent Increases in Deaths Due to Causes Including Disease, Flooding, Malnutrition, and Heat Waves (page 2)

• CARB Adopts Heavy-Duty Diesel Idling ATCM – Provision Restricting Extended Idle for Sleeper Cabs Is Removed (page 4)

• CARB Adopts Amendments to Unihose Gasoline Dispenser Requirements for Gasoline Dispensing Facilities Vapor Recovery Program – Will Allow Use of Current Dispensers Until They Are "Replaced or Substantially Modified." ORVR Compatibility Deadline Extension Will Be Proposed at November 2004 Hearing (page 10)

• CARB Holds Panel Discussion on Possible Revisions to CaRFG Regulations – Competing Viewpoints Expressed (page 15)

• CARB Holds Fourth Workshop on Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Fuels Activities – Staff’s Proposals for November Board Hearing Will Be Limited to CARB Diesel for Locomotives and Harbor Craft and Changes to Blending Protocols (page 20)

• CARB Holds First Workshops on ATCM for Diesel-Fueled Cargo Handling Equipment at Intermodal Facilities – SCAQMD Agrees to Halt Further Pursuit of Its Conflicting Proposed Rule 1198 (page 24)

• CARB Staff Proposes State Eight-Hour Ozone Standard of 0.070 ppm (page 27)

• CARB Adopts Revisions to the CO SIP and Maintenance Plan – Fulfills CAA Requirements, Demonstrates Attainment of Federal CO Standard Through 2018 for Ten Key Areas (page 35)

• Review of Latest Data Shows Air Quality Improved in 2003, Except for Ozone (page 37)

• I/M Review Committee Meets Again – Accomplishes Little (page 61)

• Latest Smog Check Data Analysis Shows Higher Failure Rates for Late Model, OBD-Equipped Cars and Trucks (page 66)

• Legislative Update (page 85)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 98)

September 2004 – [Top Page]

• Governor Appoints New Members to California Air Resources Board (page 2)

• CARB Issues Staff Report for AB 1493 Climate Change Gas Regulations – Staff Acknowledges Report Contains Significant Errors (page 4)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition (LSI) Engine Rulemaking – January 2005 Board Hearing Date Likely to Be Delayed Amid Outcry from User Groups and Manufacturers (page 7)

• CARB Staff Announces Intent To Adopt EPA "Aftertreatment" Standards for Off-Road Compression Ignition Engines (page 18)

• CARB Holds Workgroup Meeting on Draft Emission Estimation Methodology for Commercial Harbor Craft (page 19)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Proposal to Extend ORVR Compatibility Deadline by One Year – Staff Says Phase II EVR Deadline Will Be Extended by Several Months (page 23)

• CARB Approves Update to Vapor Recovery Equipment Defects List (page 26)

• CARB Holds Contentious Fourth Workshop on Proposed Eight Hour State Ozone Standard (page 27)

• Legislative Update (page 33)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 48)

October 2004 – [Top Page]

• CARB Adopts Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Ignoring Testimony from the Auto Industry that Fuel Savings Will Not Offset Higher New Vehicle Costs and that Fuel Economy Regulations Should Be Set at the National Level (page 2)

• CARB Holds Second Panel Discussion on CaRFG Regulations – Permeation Study and National Gasoline Specification Discussed (page 14)

• CARB Holds Fuels Workshop and Releases Proposed Amendments to CaRFG and Diesel Fuel Regulations (page 19)

• CARB Solicits Comments on Section 209(b) Waiver Request for South Coast AQMD "Clean Fuel Fleet" Rules (page 26)

• CARB Staff Implements Third Enhanced Vapor Recovery (EVR) Phase II System Extension – No Certified System Available to Meet October 1, 2004 Deadline (page 28)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Proposed Cargo Handling ATCM (page 29)

• I/M Review Committee Meets (page 32)

• Legislative Update (page 37)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 43)

November 2004 – [Top Page]

• CARB Staff Issues 15-Day Notice for Public Comment on Final Revisions to Greenhouse Gas Regulations (page 2)

• CARB Approves SIP for San Joaquin Valley One-Hour Ozone Attainment (page 4)

• Board Hears School Bus Idling Update (page 8)

• Board Hears Update on Voluntary Chip Reflash Program – Staff Disappointed by Slow Progress (page 10)

• CARB Staff Provides Board With Update on Emission Control Technologies for Spark-Ignition Inboard Pleasure Craft (page 13)

• Hydrogen Highway Blueprint and Rollout Strategy Topic Team Holds Public Meeting – No Program Cost, Benefit, or Funding Information is Provided (page 16)

• CARB Holds Workshops on Proposed Control Measure for On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles Operated by Public Agencies and Private Utilities; Releases Draft Regulations (page 22)

• CARB Holds Workshops on Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies (page 30)

• CARB Holds Fourth Workshop on Modifications to Portable Fuel Container Regulations – Staff Considering a Switch to Performance-Based Standards, and Removal of Fill Height, Flow Rate, and Automatic Shut-Off Requirements (page 33)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Cargo Tank Emissions Regulations (page 36)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Potential Updates to the California Emissions Inventory – Advertised as the First Step in SIP Development for Federal Eight-Hour Ozone and PM2.5 Standards (page 40)

• I/M Review Committee Meets (page 46)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 47)

December 2004 – [Top Page]

• Legal Challenge to CARB AB 1493 Greenhouse Gas Regulations Filed (page 2)

• Governor Moves Alan Lloyd Up to CalEPA Secretary; No News Yet on His Replacement as CARB Chair (page 3)

• Hydrogen Advisory Panel Holds Public Meeting, Confirms Issuance of "Blueprint" for Hydrogen Highway and Economy by January 1, 2005 (page 4)

• CARB Adopts Minor Amendments to RFG Specifications; Staff Reports that Ethanol Increases Vehicle Permeation Emissions by 50 Tons per Day (page 6)

• CARB Holds Third Panel Discussion on CaRFG Issues (page 12)

• CARB Takes Action on Diesel Fuel Issues: Extends Motor Vehicle Diesel Fuel Standards to Harbor Craft and Intrastate Locomotives; In Separate Hearing, Delays Implementation of Diesel Fuel Lubricity Standard (page 14)

• CARB Holds Workshop to Discuss "Low-Carbon Fuels" as a Means to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Mobile Sources (page 20)

• CARB Extends ORVR Compatibility Deadline for Gasoline Station Vapor Recovery Systems by One Year (page 24)

• CARB Holds Workshops on Development of Marine-Related ATCMs – Industry Surveys and Regulatory Concepts for Cargo Handling Equipment, Ship Auxiliary Engines, and Harbor Craft are Discussed (page 26)

• CARB Holds First Aboveground Storage Tank Vapor Recovery Workshop in Eight Months – Current Draft Regulation to be Completely Revised (page 29)

• I/M Review Committee Plods Toward Completion of Long Overdue Report to the Legislature (page 32)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 34)