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New York To Reduce State Truck Emissions ($20,000 Per Truck; Governor Wants 188 New Taxes & Fees)
Yahoo ^ | 11/25/08

Posted on 12/18/2008 3:38:00 PM PST by Sammy67

NY officials want older trucks fitted with emission-reducing equipment; cost put at $195M

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York is taking steps to reduce diesel emissions in its construction fleet. The Department of Environmental Conservation is floating proposed regulations requiring trucks made before 2007 to be fitted with emissions-reducing equipment and to use ultra-low-sulfur fuel by 2011.

The new regulations would apply only to state-owned trucks or trucks used for state contract work. The DEC estimates it will cost $195 million to retrofit about 30,000 state trucks.

The New York State

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To: IMTOFT

It’s great that you have a choice to move. The Founding Fathers were so wise, among other things, they set up indiviual states, giving them the chance to experiment with various things, including levels of taxation.


21 posted on 12/18/2008 6:21:58 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction;, one of the five top worries of the American farmer.)
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To: Sammy67

i just have to wait out my time here until i retire and then hightail it out of here! until then, i’ll keep my head down and my eyes open. screw this guy.


22 posted on 12/18/2008 6:24:46 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Nowhere Man
new regulations would apply only to state-owned trucks or trucks used for state contract work.

Nothing like raising the price of doing business with the state. You s'pose that extra cost will show up in the bidding process somewhere? Like any other expense. I bet it will.

23 posted on 12/18/2008 6:31:46 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: thefactor
Im out as well, I only have so long to make my money. Then I have to stop. This blind a$$ wipe is giving 30% increase to the welfare losers,
(pay em off not to riot)
Well Blind Mellon Paterson, F. U. I don't have that credit card from NY, that let's me shack up in a hotel with some whore, an screw her like your going to do me.
24 posted on 12/18/2008 7:22:23 PM PST by reefdiver (How do you keep the Conservative a Conservative, in Washington DC ?)
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