California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; waiver of federal preemption

Journal Article · Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 1980 · Fed. Regist. (Wash., D.C.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6294513

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted California a waiver of federal preemption to enforce amendments to its exhaust emission standards and test procedures for new motor vehicles. The California amendments would require qualified small-volume vendor-dependent manufacturers to meet a nitrogen oxides (NO/sub x/) standard of 1.5 gpm for the 1980 and 1981 model years with both certification test vehicles and individual passenger car engine families and subgroups during production, and a NO/sub x/ standard of 1.0 gpm for the average of their entire combined passenger car production for a full calendar year for both model years. These requirements would also apply to 1980 and 1981 model year light-duty trucks and medium-duty vehicles with equivalent inertia weight of 13; 4,000 lb. This EPA decision will also affect manufacturers outside California which must comply with that state's standards to be able to sell vehicles there.

• OSTI ID: 6294513
• Journal Information: Fed. Regist. (Wash., D.C.); (United States), Vol. 45:228 bk. 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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