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May 2014 Volume 73 Number 5 CalConTrk.org Volume - 73 Number - 5 “Strength in Numbers” 1 2 May 2014 On the web at CalConTrk.org Volume - 73 Number - 5 “Strength in Numbers” 3 EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION NEWS MAGAZINE 1(XFOLG$YHQXH8SODQG&$ )D[ &DO7UDQV1HZVFRP&DO&RQ7UNRUJ Lee Brown - Senior Editor & Bill Davis - Editor OFFICE DIRECTORY Volume - 73 Number - 5 CCTA (909) 982-9898 Ext. Lee Brown - Executive Director .................................................................... 13 /CalConTrkAssociation @CalConTrk Lorraine Perluss - Executive Assistant ........................................................ 21 Jesse Ramirez $G $I¿OLDWH&RRUG (VSDxRO ........................................ 22 Dianna Webster - Accounting Manager ...................................................... 19 ASSOCIATION STAFF Betty Plowman 1R0HPEHUVKLS6HUYLFHV'LUHFWRU .............. z CCTA President Message - Susan Jones ............................................ 5 Rudy Navarrete 6R0HPEHUVKLS6HUYLFHV'LUHFWRU ............. (909) 329-5673 z([HFXWLYH'LUHFWRUV5HSRUW/HH%URZQ ............................................... 6 Interstate Trucking Conference Joe Rajkovacz - *RYHUQPHQWDO$IIDLUV &RPPXQLFDWLRQ ........................... 27 z The 2014-19 or 20 Federal Highway Funding Bill ................................ 7 Martha Muro 0HPEHUVKLS6HUYLFH5HSUHVHQWDWLYH (VSDxRO .................. 23 z Membership Services Director – Betty Plowman ................................. Heavy-Haul Conference z*RY%URZQ¶V%XGJHW([SDQGV+HDOWK&DUH Greg Dineen - [email protected] .................................... (760) 249-4376 Coverage Pays Down Debt and Shores Up Teachers’ Pensions ......... 9 Concrete Pumpers Conference z You Can’t Make This Up ....................................................................... 9 Hank de Carbonel - +DQN#&D3XPSHUVRUJ .......................... AADT (800) 820-9314 'UXJ3URJUDP Ext. CONFERENCE NEWS Sandra Medina &60DQDJHU (VSDxRO ................................................... 17 z Western Trucking Alliance – Joe Rajkovacz ....................................... 10 Shelley Brown &ROOHFWLRQ6LWH&RRUGLQDWRU ............................................... 28 z -HQQ\/RULRV1HZ([HFXWLYH'LUHFWRURI0RELOLW\........................... 11 Lisa Heaps 6HQLRU&66SHFLDOLVW.............................................................. 24 z Heavy-Haul – Greg Dineen ............................................................... 12 HOLIDAY CALENDAR 2I¿FH&ORVHG z /RZEHG+HDY\+DXO7UDLOHUDQG2LO¿HOG Memorial Day ................................................. Monday, May 26, 2014 Float Manufacture in North America ................................................... 12 Independence Day .........................................Thursday, July 4, 2014 z Concrete Pumpers – Hank de Carbonel ............................................. 13 Veterans Day ....................................... Tuesday, November 11, 2014 z CEMEX Founder Passes Away Suddenly .......................................... 13 Thanksgiving Day ............7KXUVGD\)ULGD\1RYHPEHU Christmas Day ........... Wednesday - Friday, December 24 - 26, 2014 LEGAL - REGULATORY - LEGISLATIVE New Year Day ...........................................Thursday, January 1, 2015 Presidents Day........................................Monday, February 16, 2015 z No Toilet to Tap … Yet ........................................................................ 14 z San Diego APCD Follows Through on Small Fleet Funding .............. 15 ADVERTISERS INDEX (Alphabetical Order) z Can Undocumented Workers Sue for Discrimination? ....................... 16 A & R Tarpaulins, Inc. ............................................................................27 z Should Alternative Power Vehicles Pay for Highways? ...................... 17 Armstrong & Associates Insurance Services ...........................................1 z Motor Carriers and O-O to “Lease” or “Not-to-Lease” ........................ CalOSHA Consultation Service ........................................................... 23 Meraz Consultores .............................................................................. 39 z CVSA Workshop Held in Los Angeles ................................................ 19 Superior Trailer Works ..............................................IFC, Center Fold, 44 z Regulatory Q and A ............................................................................ 19 SCIF Fraud Hotline .............................................................................. 41 z Pending State Legislation Affecting Highway Users ........................... 20 Tiger Criminal Defense Attorneys ........................................................ 19 z Obama Administration Releases Its Draft Highway Bill ...................... 21 Varipro Systems ....................................................................................39 State Compensation Insurance Fund ................................... Back Cover z The Affordable Care Act for O-Os Updates ........................................ 23 CCTA Group Services American Alliance Drug Testing ...............................................................2 ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL American Alliance Authority & Compliance ............................................ 3 $I¿OLDWHV'LUHFWRU\........................................................................... 40-41 z CARB Board Approves Amendments to CCTA Transportation Advisor Hotline .................................................. 39 Statewide Truck and Bus Rule ........................................................... 24 &ODVVL¿HGV ............................................................................................ 43 z New Coalition Forming to Stop CARB Insurance: Dental Program................................................................... 16 Mandated Fuel Price Increases .......................................................... 25 Insurance: Vision Program .................................................................. 14 Professional and Technical Services .....................................................39 z To Frack or Not to Frack? ................................................................... 27 Western Trucking Alliance ..................................................................... 3 Trucking Documents & Supplies ......................................................... 44 DRUG TESTING 6WDWH&KDSWHUVDQG2I¿FHUV'LUHFWRU\ ................................................. 41 z Pre-employment Drug Testing Is a Serious Requirement .................. z Drug Testing Clearinghouse Roll-out Somewhat Incomplete ............. 29 ABOUT THE COVER: While we’ve z A View of the Clearinghouse From the TPA’s Perspective ................. 29 spent a lot of time focused on CARB, another issue affecting every member LA OPINIÓN and future work opportunity is whether Washington can come up with a new z Clearinghouse Sale Algo Incompleto de Las Prubas de Droga ......... 30 federal highway bill – and pay for it! z Llantas Michelin Listo Para el Prime Time .......................................... 31 While the White House and Senate have z Nueva Coalición Formando Para Detener dropped their versions of a bill, neither Aumentos Por Carb De Precios De Combustible ............................... 33 is dealing seriously with the funding MEMBERS - CHAPTERS - AFFILIATES crisis as the highway trust fund heads for insolvency. Our cover picture could z Membership Services Director – Rudy Navarrete .............................. 34 become a rarity in the near future – actual z MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS: Association road work occurring if congress can’t get its act together and Members Recognized by TA and Petro .............................................. 35 quit playing politics. Speaking of CARB, CCTA was present z Scholarship Awards Program Updates ............................................... 36 in Sacramento for two days at the end of April when the Board z Action in the Chapter .......................................................................... 37 approved amendments to the Statewide Truck and Bus rule. Our coverage of the spectacle (maybe a better word is “debacle”) begins in our CCTA Presidents message. I know some of you have been concerned about our name change to California Construction Trucking Association, which now includes all construction trucks but let’s face it; 6X]LB-DQH#3DFEHOOQHW all trucking today has the same challenges, from CARB to the DIR to the DOT and CHP. Our latest addition of the Western Truck Alliance (WTA) Another Day in Paradise….. with Joe Rajkovacz has been a huge benefit to our name Fresh off the CARB hearings in Sacramento on April and reputation nationwide. Joe’s almost weekly spots with 24th, I am feeling like I was thrown under a load in my truck, Mark Willis on XMSirius radio 128, the Road Dog Trucking dumped out, spread with a dozer and compacted. It is so channel, is providing the association with great national heart-breaking to listen to so many truckers talk with their visibility. two or three minutes of allotted time, about what CARB has done to their businesses, families and lives. Conferences, Alliances and Coalitions The good news was some relief was given to the small I have heard a few members voice their concerns about truck fleets, with three or fewer trucks and relief for the poor losing our dump trucking industry focus. This will not happen; folks in the Northern and Central clean air counties. we will always stay true to this core. We