EPA Is After Our Race Cars
02-09-2016, 08:14 AM
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EPA Is After Our Race Cars EPA SEEKS TO PROHIBIT CONVERSION OF VEHICLES INTO RACECARS
-- SEMA to Oppose Action as Threat to Modified Racecars and Parts Suppliers --
Washington, DC (February 8, 2016) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a regulation to prohibit conversion of vehicles originally designed for on-road use into racecars. The regulation would also make the sale of certain products for use on such vehicles illegal. The proposed regulation was contained within a non-related proposed regulation entitled “Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles—Phase 2.”
The regulation would impact all vehicle types, including the sports cars, sedans and hatch-backs commonly converted strictly for use at the track. While the Clean Air Act prohibits certain modifications to motor vehicles, it is clear that vehicles built or modified for racing, and not used on the streets, are not the “motor vehicles” that Congress intended to regulate.
“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.”
SEMA submitted comments in opposition to the regulation and met with the EPA to confirm the agency’s intentions. The EPA indicated that the regulation would prohibit conversion of vehicles into racecars and make the sale of certain emissions-related parts for use on converted vehicles illegal. Working with other affected organizations, including those representing legions of professional and hobbyist racers and fans, SEMA will continue to oppose the regulation through the administrative process and will seek congressional support and judicial intervention as necessary.
The EPA has indicated it expects to publish final regulations by July 2016.
About SEMA
SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association founded in 1963, represents the $36 billion specialty automotive industry of 6,633 member-companies. It is the authoritative source for research, data, trends and market growth information for the specialty auto parts industry. The industry provides appearance, performance, comfort, convenience and technology products for passenger and recreational vehicles. For more information, contact SEMA at 1575 S. Valley Vista Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765, tel: 909-610-2030, or visit www.sema.org.
https://www.sema.org/news/2016/02/08...-into-racecars
02-09-2016, 05:10 PM
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http://www.caloes.ca.gov/ICESite/Pag...so-Canyon.aspx
And they're worried about our cars ?.....really ?
Oh, that's right, we can pay and pay and pay, plus we're not lining the politicians pockets
More on Greenhouse Gases from the leak....http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...203-story.html
And they're worried about our cars ?.....really ?
Oh, that's right, we can pay and pay and pay, plus we're not lining the politicians pockets
More on Greenhouse Gases from the leak....http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...203-story.html
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02-09-2016, 06:35 PM
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Read an article a while back, that said that one airplane flight, from Cali to New York, puts out as much emissions, as an entire day of all the vehicles in Chicago. So they may want to look at the real problem.
02-10-2016, 01:22 AM
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They can do whatever the **** they want. It is not going to stop what we are doing.
It's kind of like the whole "the government is going to take all our guns away" deal. Do you think some tree hugging dip **** is going to knock on my door, say give me your guns and I'll oblige? I'd probably let him know that if he comes back, he's gonna end up missing................forever.
It's kind of like the whole "the government is going to take all our guns away" deal. Do you think some tree hugging dip **** is going to knock on my door, say give me your guns and I'll oblige? I'd probably let him know that if he comes back, he's gonna end up missing................forever.
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02-10-2016, 10:01 AM
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They can do whatever the **** they want. It is not going to stop what we are doing.
It's kind of like the whole "the government is going to take all our guns away" deal. Do you think some tree hugging dip **** is going to knock on my door, say give me your guns and I'll oblige? I'd probably let him know that if he comes back, he's gonna end up missing................forever.
It's kind of like the whole "the government is going to take all our guns away" deal. Do you think some tree hugging dip **** is going to knock on my door, say give me your guns and I'll oblige? I'd probably let him know that if he comes back, he's gonna end up missing................forever.
02-11-2016, 01:50 AM
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I'm not real sure there are enough people on this planet to sign up for that job. Think about it for a minute. The government gives you a job. The description is to go door to door collecting guns, with the defense of guns of there own. I promise you after the first couple days when the families off all the dead ************* show up at the white house steps..........that project will get put on hold permanently.
The government is going to give legal authority to use deadly force to take guns away from regular people. That sentence doesn't even make sense. They are trying to regulate gun ownership, by using guns. If that is really in the works, the people who run this country are stupider than I thought.
Either way, my guns aren't going anywhere. My race car(s) aren't going anywhere either. Pretty sure a lot of others feel the same way.....and at the end of it all, there are more of us than them.
Maybe its a good idea, this country could use a little gene pool cleaning.
The government is going to give legal authority to use deadly force to take guns away from regular people. That sentence doesn't even make sense. They are trying to regulate gun ownership, by using guns. If that is really in the works, the people who run this country are stupider than I thought.
Either way, my guns aren't going anywhere. My race car(s) aren't going anywhere either. Pretty sure a lot of others feel the same way.....and at the end of it all, there are more of us than them.
Maybe its a good idea, this country could use a little gene pool cleaning.
