Posted on 03/14/2016 7:45:54 PM PDT by OldCountryBoy
WASHINGTON, PRNewswire — 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.
"Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have introduced a new bill (HR 4715 and S.2659) that will clarify the Clean Air Act to explain it has always been legal to modify a street vehicle into a race car."
The EPA has indicated it expects to publish final regulations by July 2016.
I wonder if this is the reason many racing divisions have been going to crate motors the last few years.
Did they smell something in the air about this?
Petition/letter to your senators from SEMA
As far as I know, only prescription inhalers are allowed. I don’t know how they differ from Primatene Mist, the most prevalent of the over-the-counter inhalers. All this happened in 2011. My ex GF had asthma. Made lots of news.
Oh. I see. Ive always wanted to live longer to see new science and technology but sometimes I’m glad to pass on soon when we look at how society and politics are going down the toilet
The shadow government moving further out of control.
I’m still sore about their getting Primatine Mist spray off the market. That cost a lot less than an albuterol sulfate inhaler.
Gonna paint some stripes on my Merc to transform it into a race car and worry about adding the extra ponies later - might add an STP sticker too just to make it official.
Wonder how long it’s gonna be until they come after companies like APR, Unitronic, GIAC, etc, who offer modified ECU programming to improve performance.
Most of these “tunes” will add 15-20% more power just by reprogramming the ECU.
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