EPA Proposed Ban
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EPA Proposed Ban
Give it read.
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/epa-move...140312457.html
As understood by enthusiasts today, EPA rules allow vehicles and engines built with EPA-certified emissions controls to be used for racing or other competition with those controls modified or removed, as long as those vehicles are no longer driven on public roads. While mass-market racing leagues like NASCAR and IndyCar use custom engines in their vehicles, many smaller competitions from drag racing to the junk-endurance 24 Hours of LeMons alter road cars for track driving.
Under the EPA proposal, racers could either leave the emissions controls untouched or face a federal penalty. The agency says in its rule that it is simply clarifying the law, which it says has always barred any kind of changes to an EPA-approved emissions system, no matter for what purpose.
“EPA is proposing…to clarify that the Clean Air Act does not allow any person to disable, remove or render inoperative (i.e., tamper with) emissions controls on a certified motor vehicle for purposes of competition,” the rule states.
The Specialty Equipment Market Association, which represents parts builders, only discovered the change late last year, after the comment period for the new rule had closed. In a December filing, SEMA called the move “arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion,” saying EPA failed to follow federal rules that would have alerted the motorsports world about the change.
“This proposed regulation represents overreaching by the agency, runs contrary to the law and defies decades of racing activity where EPA has acknowledged and allowed conversion of vehicles,“ said SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting. "Congress did not intend the original Clean Air Act to extend to vehicles modified for racing and has re-enforced that intent on more than one occasion.”
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/epa-move...140312457.html
As understood by enthusiasts today, EPA rules allow vehicles and engines built with EPA-certified emissions controls to be used for racing or other competition with those controls modified or removed, as long as those vehicles are no longer driven on public roads. While mass-market racing leagues like NASCAR and IndyCar use custom engines in their vehicles, many smaller competitions from drag racing to the junk-endurance 24 Hours of LeMons alter road cars for track driving.
Under the EPA proposal, racers could either leave the emissions controls untouched or face a federal penalty. The agency says in its rule that it is simply clarifying the law, which it says has always barred any kind of changes to an EPA-approved emissions system, no matter for what purpose.
“EPA is proposing…to clarify that the Clean Air Act does not allow any person to disable, remove or render inoperative (i.e., tamper with) emissions controls on a certified motor vehicle for purposes of competition,” the rule states.
The Specialty Equipment Market Association, which represents parts builders, only discovered the change late last year, after the comment period for the new rule had closed. In a December filing, SEMA called the move “arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion,” saying EPA failed to follow federal rules that would have alerted the motorsports world about the change.
“This proposed regulation represents overreaching by the agency, runs contrary to the law and defies decades of racing activity where EPA has acknowledged and allowed conversion of vehicles,“ said SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting. "Congress did not intend the original Clean Air Act to extend to vehicles modified for racing and has re-enforced that intent on more than one occasion.”
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Re: EPA Proposed Ban
Yeah, this has been blowing up on my feeds all day. It's insane. Eventually they're going to start sneaking in rules that outlaw non-dot spec tires on road cars altered for racing, and **** like being illegal to deviate from OEM specifications on engine, suspension, and braking components, on all vehicles.
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Re: EPA Proposed Ban
There has been a petition started for this.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...les-racecars-0
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...les-racecars-0
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