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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a regulation that would prohibit the conversion of street vehicles to racecars. This regulation would also make illegal the sale of certain products for racing purposes on street vehicles. The proposed regulation was contained within a non-related proposed regulation titled "Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles - Phase 2."
If passed, this regulation would impact all vehicle types such as sports cars, sedans, and hatchbacks most commonly converted for use at the race track. The Clean Air Act already prohibits certain modifications to motor vehicles, but this act clearly did not intend to regulate vehicles built or modified for racing as long as they were not used on the streets.
"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."
Working with other affected organizations, including those representing legions of professional and hobbyist racers and fans, SEMA will continue to oppose this regulation through the administrative process and will seek congressional support and judicial intervention as necessary.
The EPA expects to publish final regulations by July 2016.
ETA: SEMA has a petition to sign opposing this legislation. Follow the link: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/tell-epa-withdraw-its-proposal-prohibit-conversion-vehicles-racecars-0
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a regulation that would prohibit the conversion of street vehicles to racecars. This regulation would also make illegal the sale of certain products for racing purposes on street vehicles. The proposed regulation was contained within a non-related proposed regulation titled "Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles - Phase 2."
If passed, this regulation would impact all vehicle types such as sports cars, sedans, and hatchbacks most commonly converted for use at the race track. The Clean Air Act already prohibits certain modifications to motor vehicles, but this act clearly did not intend to regulate vehicles built or modified for racing as long as they were not used on the streets.
"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."
Working with other affected organizations, including those representing legions of professional and hobbyist racers and fans, SEMA will continue to oppose this regulation through the administrative process and will seek congressional support and judicial intervention as necessary.
The EPA expects to publish final regulations by July 2016.
ETA: SEMA has a petition to sign opposing this legislation. Follow the link: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/tell-epa-withdraw-its-proposal-prohibit-conversion-vehicles-racecars-0