ACT DERA RAMIFICATIONS Cost Implications for both NYS - PDF document

1 ACT (DERA) RAMIFICATIONS Cost Implicatio
ACT (DERA) RAMIFICATIONS Cost Implications for both NYS The cost to retrofit each vehicle is anywhere between $15,000 - $60,000. Faced with the impossible choice of spending that extraordinary amount in retrofit costs per diesel vehicle or receiving citations for non-compliance most contractors and subcontractors that perform public work will be forced to add the retrofit cost into their bids, decline participation in State work or be put out of bus Two diametrically opposed NYS Supreme Court decisions point to the complete lack of clarity in the enabling An Appellate Division decision is due in the short term. Presently the DEC has issued an enforcement discretion letter which says that if industry should lose the appeal, our HDVs and those owned by the state will be subject to The original statute contained a 3 year compliance schedule and rulemaking delays shortened it to 17 months. Until the regulation was finally promulgated, it wasn't would include as being subject to Part 248. Unfairly targets a very small segment of the Heavy Duty Vehicle (HDV) population operating in the State on any given day – without any proven environmental benefit. State-owned fleets have not fully complied with DERA. Issuing tickets to industry alone would be blatantly Many construction and materials companies rely on small fleets and HDV owner-operators. Those smaller firms