Install Retrofits to Address Black Carbon Emissions ( TLU Action 1.C.3)

Install retrofit technologies on diesel trucks with a model year of 2006 and older, or retire diesel trucks and replace them with new technology and cleaner operating engines for the purpose of reducing black carbon particulate matter (PM). Similarly, install retrofit technologies on diesel non-road equipment, including construction equipment, diesel generators, and the like. Black carbon is formed through the incomplete combustion of organic fuels and is a major component of PM, or soot, produced by diesel engines. This substance has been identified as having a large and fast-acting warming effect on the atmosphere. Diesel trucks built after model year 2006 include technology that dramatically reduces PM emissions and do not need retrofitting.