The government loves new laws that have hefty fines attached to them when broken. They got to keep finding new ways to get rich off us somehow don't they?They would have a hard time enforcing it
I think smog exempt vehicles will still stay the same so Nicks 84' would be OK but his 15' 5.0 may not beSeeing as how most emissions based accessories shut down at wot I really don't see a huge impact here other than a tech inspection at the track means there has to be intact emissions equipment. I also agree with all the above comments. The first individuals that will contend with this will be the aftermarket companies and just like California carb rules there will be exemptions and vehicles grandfathered in.
Does this mean people like @84Ttop will have to equip emissions on their cars? Maybe yes, maybe no.
As it is written, I don't see a problem with it. It sounds like the EPA is trying to regulate full on competition vehicles which makes no sense really. . But, as I see it, this bill has no bearing on the common car enthusiast, in fact it may possibly be in our favor in the long run.
All former race car enthusiasts and race car parts sales people can now apply here......You don't see a problem with it, but it makes no sense, and it may be in our favor. Hmmm. I have a HUGE problem with it. I have a production vehicle that was turned into a race car. This bill would outlaw that car from being used. It would outlaw me changing one of my other cars into a race car. My current race car burns C16, a leaded race fuel. I use about 55 gallons a year. I am sure that icebergs are melting just at the thought of my car burning race fuel. There is a multi Billion $ industry built around the race car hobby. It would un-necessarily cripple an entire section of the economy costing tens of thousands of jobs. And you think that it would be in our favor in the long run? I don't get it. Because it does not immediately impact you it must be OK.
@LILCBRA@Bullitt347 Did you read the bill? It is EXEMPTING race cars from having to comply with the Clean Air Act. The EPA is currently trying to enforce racers to comply. So no, I don't see a problem with the bill and you are also correct that it doesn't impact me directly. But if the EPA is trying to enforce this onto the racing community, how long will it be until they enforce the Clean Air Act on EVERYTHING on the road? So yes, I believe it could be in our favor in the long run. And in case you didn't actually read the bill as posted on congress.gov, here it is:
H. R. 4715
To exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 7, 2016
Mr. McHenry (for himself, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Posey, and Mr. Cuellar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
42 U.S.C. 7522) is amended by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following: “No action with respect to any device or element of design referred to in paragraph (3) shall be treated as a prohibited act under that paragraph if the action is for the purpose of modifying a motor vehicle into a vehicle to be used solely for competition.”.
42 U.S.C. 7550) is amended by striking “.” at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “and that is not a vehicle used solely for competition, including any vehicle so used that was converted from a motor vehicle.”.
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION.
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall finalize any regulations necessary to implement the amendments made by this Act.
Sorry if there is any confusion. The links I provided shows the response of what the people and industry are taking against the EPA and the Clean Air Act. HR4715 is to ammend this bogus bill and protect racing.That was where the original posting's link took me. So if this is only an ammendment, I totally agree with this. If the EPA decides to go after the little guy, that's a whole different issue which I kinda tried to elude to previously. So we can thank the number of politicians who support the ammendment written above as it can only help us in the long run. It is what I quoted earlier that I am in agreeance with.
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