ENVIROMENTAL REGULATIONS * Canada - Delta port refuses 250 trucks for not meeting new ones

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Since adding new environmental standards to its licensing system last month, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) has taken 250 trucks out of the system

Delta,BC,Canada -The Delta Optimist/Truck News, by Jan Westell -29 May 2008: -- ... because the trucks were deemed not clean enough to be allowed to access port property under new environmental regulations ... The first phase of the environmental requirements went into effect April 1. Under those regulations, all trucks built before 1994 had to pass an opacity test (which measures a truck's emissions), before the end of March. Higher opacity readings are connected with higher particulate matter emissions... In addition to passing the test, all trucks built prior to 1989 must also now be outfitted with a VFPA-approved age emission reduction measure. Any trucks that do not meet the requirements are no longer allowed to travel to and from VFPA ports, including Deltaport at Roberts Bank... Tags:
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