1. Air Quality Issues Facing Agriculture State Agriculture and Rural Leaders 2009 Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit Roger A. Isom Executive Vice President California Cotton Ginners & Growers Associations

2. The Issues!

3. ARB Truck Rules Periodic Smoke Inspections Anti-idling Regulation Heavy Duty On-Road

4. The Ozone Target

5. NOx Emissions

6. On-road Trucks Includes all trucks operated in California! CaliforniaOut of State Heavy Duty189,4791,314,211 Medium Duty206,32411,487

7. On-road Trucks CARB rule Includes ag trucks! Low-use exemption = 1000 mi. and 100 hrs. Limited-use exemption = 7,500 mi. (requires DPF)

8. On-road Trucks Phase 1 –Install DPFs on all existing trucks by Dec. 31, 2012 beginning in 2010 Phase 2 –2010 or newer engine by Dec. 31, 2020 beginning in 2012

9. On-road Trucks - Ag Limited Use Extension –Pre-1996 < 15,000 miles/yr –1996 – 2005 < 20,000 miles/yr –2006 or newer <25,000 miles/yr No Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Replace truck by December 31, 2016

10. On-road Trucks - Ag Low-use extension –All ages < 10,000 miles/yr No DPF Replace truck by December 31, 2022

11. Farm Equipment Rule

12. Replace existing farm equipment w/ equipment that has a Tier IV engine Some allowance to be given to equipment w/ Tier III engines

13. Timeline 2009 – workshops and develop rule Early 2010 – ARB will adopt rule 2014 – Begin implementation of equipment phase-out

14. Ag Pump Engines Air District Rules Permits “Ozone non-attainment” fees –Currently est. at $9,000 per ton!

15. Pump Engines Rule 4702 –Replace all engines Natural gas – January 1, 2009 Diesel Tier 0 – January 1, 2010 Diesel Tier I,II – January 1, 2015 or 12 years after installation date

16. Permits Current thresholds –Federal Title V = 25 tons NOx/yr –Local permit = 12.5 tons NOx/yr Extreme thresholds –Federal Title V = 10 tons NOx/yr –Local permit = 5 tons/yr

17. Non-attainment Fee Failure to attain 1-hr ozone std. Approx. $9,000 per ton annual emissions fee Effective until attainment of 1-hr std.

18. Forklift Regulation Mandatory replacement of spark- ignited forklifts (propane) –20% by January 1, 2009 –80% by January 1, 2012

19. Pesticide VOCs Fumigants Emulsifiable concentrates

20. Ag Burning Prohibitions June 1, 2005 – Field crops, prunings, weed abatement June 1, 2007 – Orchard removals June 1, 2010 – Vineyards removals, other materials, and surface harvested prunings

21. PM2.5 The revision to an already tough standard

25. Ozone Can we get any lower?

29. What Can You Do? Incentive Funding –“Carl Moyer” Type Program –DERA –Farm Bill The Standards –Is there an end game?