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• Governor Appoints Robert Sawyer As Next Chairman of the California Air Resources Board (page 2)

• CARB Adopts Air Toxics Control Measure (ATCM) for Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles in Public Agency and Private Utility Fleets (page 3)

• CARB Adopts ATCM for Cargo Handling Equipment at Ports and Intermodal Rail Yards – South Coast Air Quality Management District Questions CARB’s Authority to Regulate Some Equipment (page 9)

• CARB Adopts ATCM for Auxiliary Diesel Engines on Ocean-Going Vessels – Staff Discounts Stakeholders’ Safety Concerns (page 14)

• CARB Staff Updates Board on Goods Movement Action Plan – Draft Emission Reduction Plan for Ports and International Goods Movement Released (page 19)

• CARB Approves $2.6 Million for Eight New Research Proposals and $820,000 for Four New Innovative Clean Air Technologies (ICAT) Grants (page 25)

• CARB Issues Mail-Out on Use of Biodiesel Under SB 975, and the Effect on Warranty Provisions under CARB’s In-Use Fleet Rule (page 28)

• CARB Issues Draft Criteria for Siting and Location of Demonstration Hydrogen Fueling Stations (page 29)

• San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Management District Adopts Rule That Will Require Developers to Pay Air Pollution Mitigation Fees (page 30)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 34)

February 2006 – [Top Page]

• Unexpected Retirement of CalEPA Secretary Announced – No Successor Named (page 2)

• CARB Votes to Leave Railroad MOU in Effect (page 3)

• CARB Adopts Amendments to the Agency’s Heavy-Duty Smoke Regulations Intended to Ban Mexican-Based Trucks with Engines Certified to Standards Less Stringent than U.S. Federal Standards from Operating in California (page 8)

• CARB Staff Holds Meeting to Discuss Enhanced Vapor Recovery Certification Procedures for E85 Fueling Equipment (page 11)

• CARB Staff Holds Workshop to Discuss New Electronic Certification System (page 14)

• CARB Holds Third Workshop Regarding Air Toxic Control Measure for Diesel Off-Road Equipment – Staff Rolls Out Detailed "Regulatory Concept" (page 17)

• CARB Staff Holds Another Workshop on the Need for Changes to the Zero Emission Bus Regulations, Given the High Cost and Slow Development of Required Technologies (page 19)

• I/M Review Committee Hears Presentations Addressing More Stringent Cutpoints, Program Evaluation Plans, OBD Testing, etc. – Continues to Complain About Lack of Cooperation from BAR (page 21)

• Legislative Session Resumes (page 28)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 34)

March 2006 – [Top Page]

• Flurry of Fuels Activities in February (page 1)

• CARB Proposes Revised LSI Regulations – Concessions Made to Agricultural Interests May Be Enough to Blunt Opposition and Pave the Way for Board Approval (page 8)

• CARB Approves Revisions to Lower-Emission School Bus Program Guidelines – Existing Policy to Use Two-Thirds of Funding for Alternative Fuel Buses Is Temporarily Suspended, Use of Cleaire’s Uncatalyzed Diesel Particulate Filter Is Prioritized for Retrofits (page 12)

• Legislative Update (page 16)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 32)

April 2006 – [Top Page]

• CARB Hears Update on Governor’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets – Few Specifics Are Discussed Although Staff Indicates That Additional Measures, Including More Stringent GHG Standards for New 2017 and Later Model Year Vehicles, Will Be Brought to the Board for Consideration (page 2)

• CARB Adopts Amendments to Verification Procedures for Diesel PM Control Devices – Allowable NO2/NOx Ratio Increased with Unanimous Support from Stakeholders (page 5)

• CARB Holds Workshop to Discuss Revisions to Vehicle Scrappage Regulations (page 7)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Proposed Changes to OHRV Regulations – Agency Proposes Partial Alignment with U.S. EPA and Sets Stage for More Stringent Future Evap Standards (page 10)

• Draft Guidance Document for Multimedia Fuel Evaluation Protocol is Released – Viability of This Potentially Cumbersome Process is Questioned by Stakeholders (page 14)

• CARB Announces Workshop to Consider Defect Reporting Amendments – Proposes to Double Threshold (page 18)

• CARB Sends Report to Legislature on Potential Air Quality Impacts Associated with Mexican Truck Operation in the U.S. Under NAFTA (page 20)

• CARB Issues 2007 Parts Cost Limit and PZEV Warranty Information (page 22)

• I/M Review Committee Meets to Discuss Internal Study of Smog Check Inspection Data (page 23)

• Legislative Update (page 25)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 45)

May 2006 – [Top Page]

• "Automotive-Related" Board Member Patricia Pineda Resigns Due to Continuing Conflict of Interest (page 2)

• CARB Convenes New ZEV Technology Review Panel (page 3)

• CARB Holds Meetings on RFG3 Predictive Model and Other Planned Fuels Activities – Consideration of Proposed Regulations Delayed Until October Hearing, Previous CARB Estimates of Permeation Impacts Will be Reduced by Changes to Agency’s Vehicle Population Estimates (page 5)

• CARB Staff Holds Workshop on Warranty Reporting and Recall Regulations – Proposes Recall Even If Vehicles Pass Emissions Testing (page 12)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Diesel PM Control Measure for On Road Private Fleets – Trucking Industry Vows to Seek Alternative Controls Through Legislature (page 18)

• CARB Holds Workshop to Discuss Evaporative Emission Control Requirements for Gasoline Marine Engines – CARB Urges U.S. EPA to Adopt Requirements That Would Satisfy California’s Needs (page 22)

• CARB Proposes Modifications to the Zero Emission Bus Regulations – Stakeholders Adamant That More Testing Is Needed Before CARB Requires Advanced Demonstration Programs to Begin (page 25)

• CARB Approves Emission Reduction Plan for Ports and Goods Movement Over Objections from Some Industry Sectors (page 28)

• In Response to Governor’s Executive Order, California Climate Action Team Issues First Report Regarding the Impacts of Climate Change on California and Recommendations on How to Reduce California CO2 Emissions (page 39)

• Based on OEHHA Review of NO2 Health Effects, CARB Staff Proposes More Stringent One-Hour NO2 Standard, and a New State Annual Average Standard More Stringent Than the Federal NAAQS (page 41)

• I/M Review Committee Hears from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Equipment and Tool Institute on OBD II Testing Issues (page 43)

• Legislative Update (page 47)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 71)

June 2006 – [Top Page]

• CARB Adopts Rule for Large Spark-Ignited (LSI) Engines – Staff’s Modifications to Rule Appear to Address Virtually All of Industry’s Concerns (page 1)

• CARB Adopts Minor Changes to Enhanced Vapor Recovery Certification Requirements (page 6)

• CARB Holds Meetings on Fuels Activities – CARB Proposal to Allow Use of Biodiesel Without Formal Rulemaking is Opposed by Petroleum Industry; Workshops to be Held Bimonthly (page 10)

• CARB Releases Proposal to Amend Service Information Rule (page 19)

• CARB Issues Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence on Policy Regarding the "Fast Refueling Criterion" for Type III ZEVs to Ensure Type III Status for Fuel Cell Vehicles Using 10,000 psi Hydrogen Storage Systems (page 20)

• Legislative Update (page 22)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 45)

July 2006 – [Top Page]

• California Federal Court Challenge to CARB Greenhouse Gas Regulation on Track for January 2007 Trial Date – Other Greenhouse Gas Cases Are in Preliminary Stages (page 2)

• Symposium on "Climate Change Emission Reduction Technologies" is Largely a Pep Rally for Advocates of More Government Mandates and Subsidies for "Renewable" Fuels – Outlandish Claims of Fossil Fuel’s Environmental Impacts Go Unchallenged (page 4)

• Annette Hebert Appointed New Chief of Mobile Source Operations Division (page 13)

• CARB Adopts Amendments Harmonizing California and Federal Evaporative Emission Requirements, Allowing Four-Wheel-Drive Dynamometers to be Used in Certification Testing, and Aligning Emission Control Label Requirements (page 14)

• CARB Adopts Heavy-Duty Service Information Regulations, Ignoring Engine Manufacturers’ Concerns Regarding Technical Issues (page 15)

• CARB Holds Meetings on Fuels Activities – Latest CARB Estimates Indicate Substantial Permeation Emissions from Off-Road Sources Due to Ethanol (page 19)

• CARB Holds Second Workshop to Discuss Revisions to Vehicle Scrappage Regulations – Proposal Includes Extra Emissions Reductions for Retirement of High-Emitting Vehicles (page 27)

• CARB Proposes Modifications to the Zero Emission Bus Regulations – Staff Proposes Slight Relaxation of Program Requirements, But Stakeholders Still Feel Advanced Demonstration Program is Overly Ambitious (page 33)

• CARB Staff Proposes Adoption of Evaporative Emissions Standards for All-Terrain Vehicles and Off-Highway Motorcycles – Proposed Amendments Would "Harmonize" with Recently Adopted Federal Permeation Standards (page 37)

• CARB Holds Workshop on Development of Commercial Harbor Craft Air Toxics Control Measure (page 41)

• I/M Review Committee Works Toward Finalizing Its Recommendations (page 45)

• Legislative Update (page 47)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 68)

August 2006 – [Top Page]

• CARB Adopts Evaporative Emissions Requirements for ATVs and Off-Highway Motorcycles – Exhaust Emissions Standards Remain Unchanged, But CARB Executive Officer Says in the Future "Every Engine in California Ought to Have a Catalytic Converter on it." (page 2)

• CARB Receives Status Update on Railroad MOU Implementation – Railroads on Schedule to Meet MOU Requirements (page 6)

• CARB Hears Report on San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan – Plan’s Funding Hinges on Voter Approval of a New Oil Tax (page 10)

• CARB Holds Meetings on Fuels Activities – Oil Industry Says Fuel Formula Changes Cannot Mitigate Entire Increase in Emissions Due to Ethanol Use, Hearing Delayed Until December (page 12)

• CARB Holds Another Workshop on Development of Commercial Harbor Craft ATCM, Releases Revised Draft Inventory (page 17)

• I/M Review Committee Continues Work on Report to the Legislature – And Continues, and Continues . . . (page 21)

• CARB Staff Holds Workshop on Proposed Amendments to the Existing State Air Quality Standard Attainment Designations (page 26)

• 2005 California Air Quality Data Generally Show Continuing Improvement (page 31)

• Legislative Update (page 54)

• Rulemaking Calendar (page 72)

September 2006 – [Top Page]

• CARB Holds Meeting on Fuels Activities – Biodiesel and Offsetting the Increased Emissions Due to Ethanol Are Key Issues (page 2)
• CARB Holds Workshop on Vehicle Scrappage Regulations – Staff Appears To Be On Track for a December Hearing (page 13)
• CARB Issues Staff Report on Proposal to Modify and Expand OBD II Requirements and Revise Emission Warranty Covered Parts – Greater Stringency and Diesels Now Targeted (page 19)
• CARB Releases Staff Report on Proposed Heavy-Duty Diesel In Use Compliance Regulations – Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS) Will Allow Practical In-Use HDDE Testing in the Field (page 26)
• I/M Review Committee Hears from Test and Repair Industry on Methods to Improve Smog Check Program Effectiveness (page 28)
• Smog Check Program Data Analysis Update (page 31)
• Legislative Update (page 51)
• Rulemaking Calendar (page 71)

October 2006 – [Top Page]

• CARB Adopts OBDII Modifications – Light-Duty Diesel OBD to Mirror Gasoline Counterpart by 2013 (page 3)
• CARB Adopts Heavy-Duty Diesel In Use Compliance Regulations – Agreement Between Industry and Regulators Results in Industry-Implemented Program (page 9)
• CARB Holds Workshops on Fuels Activities – Hearing on Predictive Model Update Postponed a Second Time (page 12)
• CARB Holds Workshop to Discuss Spending of $25 Million to Provide Incentives for Alternative Transportation Fuel Use and Production (page 16)
• California Energy Commission and CalEPA Host Third Annual Climate Change Conference – Many Call for Action Now or We Will Have a “Different Planet” (page 20)
• CARB Holds Zero Emission Vehicle Symposium – Little Progress Made on Key Technical Issues (page 34)
• CARB Holds Mobile Source Inventory Workshop to Preview the Planned November Release of Final EMFAC and OFFROAD Models (page 40)
• CARB Holds Public Consultation Meeting on Development of ATCM for On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks Servicing California Ports – At a Minimum, Diesel Particulate Filters to be Required for All Pre-2007 Port Trucks (page 53)
• CARB Releases Report on Cargo Handling Equipment Yard Truck Emission Testing – Staff Says Replacement of In-Use Trucks with New On-Road Certified Trucks Offers Largest NOx and PM Reductions (page 56)
• CARB Holds Workshop on Development of Commercial Harbor Craft Air Toxics Control Measure (page 58)
• CARB Holds Workshop to Discuss Need for Permeation Emission Standards Applicable to Gasoline Dispensing Hoses – Staff Still Studying Issues (page 63)
• CARB Holds Aboveground Storage Tank Vapor Recovery Workshop – Staff Proposes Revised “Standing Loss” Emission Limits Based on Analysis of In-House Field Study (page 64)
• CARB Staff Proposes Additional Amendments to Zero Emission Bus Regulations That Would Further Extend Deadlines and Ease Requirements (page 70)
• Sacramento Judge Tosses Out CARB Chip Reflash Rule for Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles – Ruling Is Highly Critical of CARB for Reneging on Prior Agreements with Manufacturers (page 76)
• I/M Review Committee Receives Update from Dept. of Consumer Affairs on BAR Executive Staff Changes, Concludes Discussions Regarding Its Draft 2006 Smog Check Evaluation Report (page 78)
• Legislative Update – Governor Signs AB 32, the “California Global Warming Solutions Act” (page 80)
• Rulemaking Calendar (page 90)

November 2006 – [Top Page]

• CARB Hears Report and Discusses Its Roles and Responsibilities in Addressing Climate Change under the New AB 32 “Global Warming Solutions Act” (page 2)
• CARB Staff Calls for “Very Aggressive” SIP Control Measures in Hopes of Meeting Federal NAAQS for Ozone and PM2.5 (page 8)
• California Energy Commission Releases Draft 1990–2004 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Estimates – Inventory Will Serve as Baseline for Governor’s and Legislature’s 2010 and 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets (page 21)
• CARB Holds Workshop on Fuels Activities – Staff Discloses Error in Permeation Emission Inventory Calculation (page 26)
• CARB Holds Public Meeting to Update the Board on Allocation of $25 Million for Alternative Fuel Incentives (page 31)
• CARB Board Hears Status Report on Review of 2006 Air Quality Legislation – Staff Claims It Was a Banner Year (page 34)
• CARB Delays Deadlines for Zero Emission Bus Regulations –Staff Admits Technology “Not Yet Commercial” (page 35)
• CARB and California Energy Commission Hold Joint Workshop on Developing State’s Alternative Transportation Fuels Plan (page 42)
• CARB Holds Workshop on Amendments to Verification • Procedures for Diesel PM Control Devices – Staff Willing to Consider the Use of Off-Road and Stationary Devices for On Road Applications (page 51)
• CARB Issues Mail-Out Notification of Intent to Promulgate Diesel PM Control Measure for On-Road Private Heavy-Duty Diesel Fleet Trucks (page 56)
• I/M Review Committee Meets – Receives Update from Sierra Research on the On-Going Smog Check Program Evaluation and Awaits Comment from CARB and BAR on Its Latest Report to the Legislature (page 57)
• Rulemaking Calendar (page 63)

December 2006 – [Top Page]

• Greenhouse Gas Regulation at the Tipping Point – Runaway Regulatory Activity Expected in Immediate Future; CARB Considering Regulation of the Carbon Content of Fuel (page 2)
• CARB Staff Hears Public Feedback on Its “Very Aggressive” Suite of Proposed Measures for the 2007 Ozone and PM State Implementation Plans – Public Response So Far Is Relatively Muted (page 7)
• California Energy Commission and CARB Hold Workshops on California Greenhouse Gas Inventories – CEC Turns Existing Inventory Over to CARB, Which Will Use It as Point of Departure to Establish 1990 Baseline and AB 32 Emission Reduction Targets (page 13)
• CARB Holds Workshop on Fuels Activities – Predictive Model Update Not to Go to Board Until at Least March (page 17)
• CARB Holds Workshop on the Release of the Latest Versions of Its On- and Non-Road Mobile Source Emissions Models (page 24)
• CARB Hears Update on Ports and Goods Movement Plan – Focus is on Discussion of Voter-Approved Bond Measure to Provide One Billion Dollars in Funding for Incentives to Reduce Port Emissions (page 31)
• CARB Outlines $25 Million Program to Help Fund Public Agency Construction Equipment Retrofits/Replacements (page 33) • CARB Board Approves Eight Research Proposals, Including Several Related to Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change (page 34)
• CARB Approves Minor Changes to Attainment Designations For State Ambient Air Quality Standards (page 36)
• CARB Holds Workshop on ISD Update – Staff Reports that In Use ISD Enhanced Vapor Recovery Systems Are Performing Well (page 36)
• I/M Review Committee Completes Report to Legislature – Committee and BAR Remain in Denial of the Obvious Fraud Problem in the Smog Check Program (page 40)
• Rulemaking Calendar (page 45)