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CARB May Look to Eliminate Emissions Testing Exemption for Older Cars
In early 2001, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is likely to
pursue
legislation in the California State legislature to repeal the state's
current
rolling emissions test exemption for vehicles 30 years old and older. If
CARB is
successful, emissions tests could be required of vehicles as far back as
the 1966
model year. In other words, CARB is working to ensure that older vehicles
are
NEVER excused from the SMOG Check program.
We Urge You to Contact Your State Legislators to Support the Current
Emissions
Exemption
Existing law in California exempts all pre 1974 vehicles from emissions
testing
until 2003. After 2003, vehicles 30 years old and older will be exempt from
emissions testing. California's emissions testing exemption recognizes the
minimal impact of antique and classic vehicles on vehicle emissions and air
quality. Vehicles 30 years old and older constitute a small portion of the
overall vehicle population and are a poor source from which to look for
emissions
reduction. Antique and classic vehicles are overwhelmingly well-maintained
and
infrequently driven and have little impact on California's pollution
problems.
Expanding emissions testing could unfairly force 1960s-era vehicles ?
vehicles
not originally equipped with pollution control systems - to undergo
emissions
tests. Expanding emissions testing to take in older vehicles could lead to
increasing the pool of vehicles eligible for scrappage, including 1960s era
cars.
Contact your state legislators to oppose repealing California's emissions
exemption for older vehicles. To find out who your legislators are, contact
the
California Senate general information line at 916/445-4311 and the
California
Assembly information line at 916-445 2323.
This information can also be accessed via the internet at
www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html
or by calling the SEMA Washington, DC office at 202-783-6007. Please fax a
copy
of your letters to us at 202/783-6024 or mail to:
SEMA Washington Office
Attn: Steve McDonald/Brian Caudill
1317 F St., NW, Ste. 500
Washington, D.C. 20004
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