If your facility operates at least one medium- or heavy-duty vehicle in California, you should be aware of CARB's new one-time reporting requirement
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted a “large entity one-time reporting” requirement under its Advanced Clean Trucks regulation. The regulation, approved in June 2020, includes a manufacturer’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) sales requirement and the one-time reporting requirement for large entities and fleets by April 1, 2021.
Note: California’s Office of Administrative Law has not yet approved the regulation, meaning reporting is currently voluntary. Once the Office approves the regulation, reporting will become mandatory. CARB encourages entities to report now since, once reporting becomes mandatory, the deadline will remain April 1, 2021.
The reporting requirement applies to the following entities:
- Facilities (including subsidiaries and branches) with gross revenues of more than $50 million in the United States that also operated or dispatched at least one vehicle in California in 2019;
- Any fleet owner that had 50 or more vehicles in 2019;
- Any broker or facility that dispatched 50 or more vehicles into or throughout California in 2019;
- Any California government agency, including state and local municipalities, that had one or more vehicles that were operated in California in 2019; or
- Any federal government agency that operated one or more vehicles in California in 2019.
The vehicles covered by the reporting requirement have a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 8,500 pounds. It also covers medium duty vehicles such as vans and ¾-ton pickups and heavier vehicles of all configurations and fuel types. It does not apply to lighter vehicles such as cars and light duty pickups. Certain other exceptions apply.
The information reported to CARB will be used to determine where ZEVs are appropriate now, what the barriers to ZEV use are, and what vehicle characteristics are necessary to meet different fleet needs.