Owner-operators and small-fleet trucking business owners to challenge constitutionality of diesel engine regulations

UPLAND, Calif. , Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA) has filed a Notice of Appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in its nearly two-year-long legal case against the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) heavy-duty, on-road truck and bus regulation ( CDTOA v. CARB, Case No. 2:11-CV-00384-MCE-GGH).

The CARB diesel engine regulation will ultimately force the replacement of most diesel powered commercial motor vehicles that do not meet 2010 EPA emissions standards in order to operate in the …