Need to Know Facts About Off-Road Diesel Reporting

Navigating Your Way Through DOORS Reporting.

When most people think of the word "doors" they think of the front or back door of their house, or maybe even the their office door. This is not necessarily true for off-road diesel fleet owners. For some, the simple word "doors" can elicit anxiety and even fear.

The Diesel Off-Road Online Reporting System, more "affectionately" known as DOORS went into effect in 2009 for all diesel fleet owners. Although the reporting deadline for In-use Off Road vehicles was August 1, 2009, the California Air Resources Board or CARB is allowing fleets additional time to report without automatically being fined. However, should a fleet be caught non-compliant, they can still be fined thousands of dollars per vehicle per day, so it is very important to report your Off-Road fleet to CARB immediately!

A fleet can self-report with the use of the Diesel Off-Road On-Line Reporting System (DOORS) requires that fleet managers:

• Create a DOORS account with CARB
• Determine applicable vehicles
• Log into DOORS and open online forms
• Complete the owner information form
• Enter the vehicle information
• Enter the engine information, and if necessary, the Verified Diesel Emission Control system information
• Review the data
• Request a review from CARB and receive Engine Identification Number or EIN

Sometimes all of this information is difficult to find. VIN numbers or engine information is missing from the vehicle or buried in a maintenance manual. If the information submitted is missing too much information, or found to be otherwise done incorrectly, you will be asked to fix the errors, fill in the missing information and resubmit. After the information is accepted, CARB will issue each reported vehicle in the fleet an EIN number. These numbers must be displayed according to stringent specifications. As you can see, the entire reporting process can be cumbersome and long, taking your employees or yourself time to compile and report the information and label your fleet.

Should you find that this is not a beneficial use of your time, we offer the service of:
• Compiling and researching your fleet information either online or onsite, whichever is necessary
• Reporting it through DOORS and ordering labels with the EIN numbers provided by CARB
• On-site application of the labels and photographing each completed unit
• Preparing a final binder including all EIN numbers, DOORS documentation of certification fleet information and a recertification timetable.

For questions or an estimate contact Glenda at 909.466.1602 extension 137.