California Air Resource Board

On July 26, 2007, the California Air Resource Board (ARB) adopted the in-use off-road diesel vehicle regulation, which will reduce harmful emissions from off-road diesel vehicles that operate in California. The regulation applies to all fleets that own and operate self propelled off-road diesel vehicles with engines 25 horsepower or greater within California. Golf Courses may own a variety of affected vehicles such as mowers, sprayers, material haulers, and other diesel equipment used for golf course maintenance. Off-road vehicles are ones that cannot be fully registered to drive on roadways, and were not originally designed for use on roads.

This regulation requires all applicable fleet owners to report their off-road diesel vehicles to ARB and label them with equipment identification numbers (EIN).

Beginning this morning we are in fully compliance with labeling. We waited till that last minute to put on labels with the EIN's that were assigned. Unfortunately, there are regulations which dictate size and location of the EIN on each piece of equipment. As you can see in the photo the EIN is large and, in my opinion, unsightly.

More information regarding this regulation can be found at http://www.arb.ca.gov/