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EPA raids on car and motorcycle shops would be halted under House bill

Print this article The Environmental Protection Agency couldn t issue fines on or raid vehicle modification shops under bipartisan legislation moving through the House. Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, and Rep. Raul Ruiz, a California Democrat, are pushing the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act, or the RPM Act, which aims to detail what the motor sports industry can and can t do in selling aftermarket parts. The bill also would provide a right to modify street vehicles into racing cars. The industry has been under threat from the EPA since 2015, when the agency proposed making it illegal to modify street vehicles for racing purposes. It s a practice that motor enthusiasts have engaged in for over 45 years since the passage of the Clean Air Act.

RPM Act 2021 introduced in U S House

RPM Act 2021 introduced in U.S. House SEMA photo The Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021 (RPM Act) clarifies EPA emissions language to protect the right to convert street vehicles into dedicated racecars and the motorsports industry’s ability to sell products that enable racers to compete. WASHINGTON For the fourth time in five years, members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced legislation to clarify emission standards for vehicles converted into race cars. U.S. Reps. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., and Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., recently introduced H.R. 3281, the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021 (RPM Act). The bipartisan bill includes 48 sponsors.

Crackdown on Emissions Defeat Devices Has Amateur Racers Up in Arms

Crackdown on Emissions ‘Defeat Devices’ Has Amateur Racers Up in Arms A recent court decision against a maker of aftermarket parts, coupled with the new possibility of criminal charges, has jolted an industry. Smog in Los Angeles. A study issued in November found that pollution controls had been removed from 550,000 diesel trucks over a 10-year period.Credit.Etienne Laurent/EPA, via Shutterstock By Roy Furchgott May 13, 2021, 6:00 a.m. ET You might think Volkswagen’s $14.7 billion dirty diesel settlement in 2016 served as a warning not to tamper with vehicle emission systems. Apparently not. Since the VW settlement, the Environmental Protection Agency has stepped up enforcement against car part makers whose products, in a quest for more speed or economy, disable emissions systems. As amateur racers see it, environmentalists are outlawing their sport.

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