Catching ozone by the tailpipeBy Bo Petersen (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Your tailpipe will have to pass the test, every year. That's the all but unavoidable bottom line of failing to meet a new federal ozone standard that Charleston now teeters over. South Carolina doesn't require vehicle exhaust inspections because it doesn't have to, yet. That smell on the road is the winds of change. In an area that's "moderately" above the federal standard 75 parts per billion of ozone in the air, vehicle emissions testing would occur, said Brian Barnes, S.C. Health and Environmental Control air quality environmental manager. The Charleston area now sits at 74 parts per billion. Most environmental observers say the air will be worse than 75 parts standard by 2010, when the standard must be met. Not meeting it could eventually mean losing millions of dollars per year in federal money to build new roads. What the Environmental Protection Agency will consider "moderately" above the standard won't be decided until 2010. Read more in tomorrow's edition of The Post and Courier. |
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Posted by griff895 on June 12, 2008 at 6:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And just how much is THIS inspection going to cost per vehicle? Are older (i.e., classic vehicles exempt? Who will do the testing? Will there be a "grace period" to fix a problem with the vehicle (if it can be fixed) or will the vehicle be impounded and we be sent home on foot? What technology exists to combat this problem? Does this just apply to vehicles, or will other sources be targeted also?
Posted by Thomas1776 on June 12, 2008 at 7:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Cigarette smoke is much more important. Remember? *laughs*
Posted by Thomas1776 on June 12, 2008 at 7:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Figure the state to do this and reap the benefits of more $$$$ to spend. Betcha we hear it within a few months. Meanwhile, all this growth these morons have allowed has brought all of this on us and children are getting brain damage as a result. But hey? Money is more important than a life -- to them!