Clean Air Act: Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, June 29, 1995U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 113 страница |
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Страница 87 - We will also make copies available to others upon request. Please call me at (202) 512-6111 if you or your staff have any questions. Major contributors to this report are listed in appendix VIII.
Страница 75 - In the meantime, today's vehicles are absolutely dependent on properly functioning emission controls to keep pollution levels low. Minor malfunctions in the emission control system can increase emissions significantly. Major malfunctions in the emission control system can cause emissions to skyrocket. A relatively small number of vehicles with serious malfunctions frequently cause the majority of the vehicle-related pollution problem.
Страница 75 - Unfortunately, it is rarely obvious which vehicles fall into this category, as the emissions themselves may not be noticeable and emission control malfunctions do not necessarily affect vehicle driveability. Effective I/M programs, however, can identify these problem cars and assure their repair.
Страница 21 - Department of Public Health and Environment, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, CO 80246-1530.
Страница 75 - By assuring good maintenance practices and discouraging tampering and misfueling, inspection and maintenance remains the best demonstrated means for protecting a national investment in emission control technology and achieving the air quality gains which are needed.
Страница 4 - ... as any common sense approach), and finally, states, businesses and citizens are left trying to decipher and implement the maze of law and regulations in a time frame that fails to consider interim changes in site and situation specific circumstances and the continually changing regulatory regime. Ultimately, the only remedy left is to attempt to re-legislate the issue — the Hydralike regulations are impossible to untangle and it becomes apparent that the law is not working toward its stated...
Страница 62 - ... and regulatory bodies. I applaud your consideration of this bill and pledge to cooperate in any manner possible. Thank you. Mr. BOUCHER [presiding]. Thank you very much, Ms. McReynolds. Mr. Brothers, we will be glad to hear from you. STATEMENT OF LEWIS BROTHERS Mr. BROTHERS. Congressman Boucher, members of the subcommittee, good morning. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. I am here to lend the support of the North American Securities Administrators Association, NASAA, to...
Страница 61 - ... (a) of this section, are assumed to be 50% less than those for a test-only network for the tailpipe emission test, purge test, evaporative system integrity test, catalyst check, and gas cap check; and 75% less for the evaporative canister checks, PCV check, and air system checks. Smaller reductions in credits for the various test protocols may be claimed if a State can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Administrator that based on past performance with the specific test-type and inspection...
Страница 75 - Today's vehicles are absolutely dependent on properly functioning emission controls to keep pollution levels low. Minor malfunctions in the emission control system can increase emissions significantly. Major malfunctions in the emission control system can cause emissions to skyrocket. A relatively small number of vehicles with serious malfunctions frequently cause the majority of the vehicle-related pollution problem. Unfortunately. it is rarely obvious which vehicles fall into this category. as...
Страница 74 - Scientific evidence indicates that ozone not only affects people with impaired respiratory systems, such as asthmatics, but healthy adults and children as welL...