The rule states that, as of Jan. 1, 2023, any vehicle weighing at least 14,000 pounds operating in the state must not have an engine that was manufactured prior to 2010. The board's justification for requiring engines that had not even been built yet at the time the regulation was passed was based on the theory that future engines would do a better job of reducing emissions.
"When we passed the regulations in 2008, it was to reduce community exposure of toxic air contaminants, it is 100% to protect public health," a spokesman for the Air Resources Board told KCRA-TV.
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