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Bill would restrict public agencies from selling most polluting diesel locomotives; transit groups seek clarification
Summary
Sen. John Cortese introduced SB 30 to bar public agencies from selling or donating the oldest diesel locomotives and to require a public air-quality finding before some transfers of newer engines.
Sen. John Cortese presented SB 30 to the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, proposing limits on transfers or sales of the oldest, most polluting diesel locomotives by California public agencies.
“Tier 0 engines are the most polluting by far,” Cortese said in opening remarks, and he framed the bill as a measure to prevent exporting pollution when agencies decommission old locomotives after electrification projects. He cited Caltrain’s transfer of retired locomotives to Peru as a motivating example and said the State should avoid shifting pollution to other communities.
Environmental and health witnesses supported the bill. Jacob Evans of Sierra Club…
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