Contact:
| Clarence Mills
(202) 543-1440
c.mills@att.net |
For Release:
| Immediate
News Bulletin PR-7
January 29, 2009
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Florida's Department of Environmental Protection Adopts California Motor Vehicle Emission Standards
No Super Warranty Provisions Included
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 29, 2009 - Florida's Department of Environmental Protection has adopted the California Motor Vehicle Emission Standards to establish a Florida Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV) program. The rule now goes to the Florida legislature for ratification, but the following two things must happen prior to its implementation:
1. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must grant a waiver to California allowing it, and other adopting states, to enforce the greenhouse gas emission standards.
2. The Florida legislature must ratify the Department's rule.
Implementation will begin no sooner than 2013.
Excluded from Florida's proposed rules are zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) provisions, therefore excluding super warranty regulations.
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) supports Florida's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-efficient manner, but opposes moving toward California's super warranty provisions. ASA supports clean car programs that are practical and cost-effective, not programs that harm small businesses and have a long-term negative impact on consumers.
A copy of the new Florida Clean Car regulation is available on ASA's legislative Web site, www.TakingTheHill.com.
The Automotive Service Association is the largest not-for-profit trade association of its kind dedicated to and governed by independent automotive service and repair professionals. ASA serves an international membership base that includes numerous affiliate, state and chapter groups from both the mechanical and collision repair segments of the automotive service industry. ASA's headquarters is in Bedford, Texas.
ASA advances professionalism and excellence in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services. For additional information about ASA, including past news releases, go to www.ASAshop.org, or visit ASA's legislative Web site at www.TakingTheHill.com.
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