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 …