Heavier trucks with a GVWR greater than 26,000 pounds would have two primary ways to comply. Fleets could comply with the compliance schedule by engine model year or could use a phase-in option that is more flexible. Heavier trucks would be required to meet the compliance schedule shown below. Fleets that comply with the schedule would install the best available PM filter on 1996 model year and newer engines and would replace the vehicle 8 years later. Trucks with 1995 model year and older engines would be replaced starting 2015. Replace-ments with a 2010 model year or newer engines meet the final requirements, but fleets could also replace with used trucks that would have a future compliance date on the schedule. For example, a replacement with a 2007 model year engine complies until 2023. By 2023, all trucks must have 2010 model year engines with few exceptions. No reporting would be required if complying with this schedule.
Compliance Schedule for Heavier Trucks | |
| Engine Year | Replacement Date |
| Pre-1994 | No requirement until 2015, then 2010 engine |
| 1994-1995 | No requirement until 2016, then 2010 engine |
| 1996-1999 | PM filter from 2012 to 2020, then 2010 engine |
| 2000-2004 | PM filter from 2013 to 2021, then 2010 engine |
| 2005-2006 | PM filter from 2014 to 2022, then 2010 engine |
| 2007-2009 | No requirement until 2023, then 2010 engine |
| 2010 | Meets final requirements |
In addition, there would be a phase-in option that allows fleets to decide which vehicles to retrofit or replace, regardless of engine model year. Fleets must report information about all of their heavier trucks starting January 31, 2012, to use this option. Fleets could comply by demonstrating they have met the percentage requirement each year as shown in the table. For example, by 2012 the fleet would need to have PM filters on 30 percent of the heavier trucks in the fleet. This option counts 2007 model year and newer engines originally equipped with PM filters toward compliance and would reduce the overall number of retrofit PM filters needed. Any engine with a PM filter regardless of model year would be compliant until at least 2020. Beginning January 1, 2020, all heavier trucks would need to meet the requirements specified in the "Compliance Schedule for Heavier Trucks."
| Phase-In Option for Heavier Trucks | |
| Compliance Date | Vehicles with PM Filters |
| January 1, 2012 | 30% |
| January 1, 2013 | 60% |
| January 1, 2014 | 90% |
| January 1, 2015 | 90% |
| January 1, 2016 | 100% |
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