By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

	The full House of Representatives approved legislation to amend Ohio's current law defining historical motor vehicles to permit their use on public roads to and from a location where maintenance is performed.

Legislation to amend the state’s current law defining historical motor vehicles to permit their use on public roads to and from a location where maintenance is performed was approved by the full House of Representatives. The bill was then concurred by the Senate and has now been sent to Governor John Kasich for his signature and enactment into law. 

Under current Ohio law, a “historical motor vehicle" is any motor vehicle that is more than 25 years old and owned solely as a collector's item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades and similar uses, but not for general transportation. 

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

	The full House of Representatives approved legislation to amend Ohio's current law defining historical motor vehicles to permit their use on public roads to and from a location where maintenance is performed.

Legislation to amend the state’s current law defining historical motor vehicles to permit their use on public roads to and from a location where maintenance is performed was approved by the full House of Representatives. The bill was then concurred by the Senate and has now been sent to Governor John Kasich for his signature and enactment into law. 

Under current Ohio law, a “historical motor vehicle" is any motor vehicle that is more than 25 years old and owned solely as a collector's item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades and similar uses, but not for general transportation. 

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that pits one dozen states and a number of industrial groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on whether the agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources. 

The Court ruled in 2007 that carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas element, was a pollutant under the Clean Air Act and that the EPA had a duty to regulate the gas. The EPA subsequently issued new tailpipe emission standards to reduce carbon emissions by establishing greenhouse gas levels tied to increases in the CAFE standards. The EPA then moved to regulate emissions from the very largest stationary source emitters, such as refineries, steel mills, chemical and cement plants, by requiring these “smokestack” industries to obtain permits and pursue best available reduction technology if their emissions exceeded between 75,000 and 100,000 tons per year. 

However, the Clean Air Act’s permit program is set at 100 to 250 tons for all other regulated pollutants (ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, etc.). If applied to greenhouse gases, the lower limit would require thousands of small source emitters to register with the EPA. A primary question before the Supreme Court is whether the EPA has the flexibility to set the higher greenhouse gas limit in the absence of congressional action to change the law. 

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.
 

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that pits one dozen states and a number of industrial groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on whether the agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources. 

The Court ruled in 2007 that carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas element, was a pollutant under the Clean Air Act and that the EPA had a duty to regulate the gas. The EPA subsequently issued new tailpipe emission standards to reduce carbon emissions by establishing greenhouse gas levels tied to increases in the CAFE standards. The EPA then moved to regulate emissions from the very largest stationary source emitters, such as refineries, steel mills, chemical and cement plants, by requiring these “smokestack” industries to obtain permits and pursue best available reduction technology if their emissions exceeded between 75,000 and 100,000 tons per year. 

However, the Clean Air Act’s permit program is set at 100 to 250 tons for all other regulated pollutants (ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, etc.). If applied to greenhouse gases, the lower limit would require thousands of small source emitters to register with the EPA. A primary question before the Supreme Court is whether the EPA has the flexibility to set the higher greenhouse gas limit in the absence of congressional action to change the law. 

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.
 

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that pits one dozen states and a number of industrial groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on whether the agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources. 

The Court ruled in 2007 that carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas element, was a pollutant under the Clean Air Act and that the EPA had a duty to regulate the gas. The EPA subsequently issued new tailpipe emission standards to reduce carbon emissions by establishing greenhouse gas levels tied to increases in the CAFE standards. The EPA then moved to regulate emissions from the very largest stationary source emitters, such as refineries, steel mills, chemical and cement plants, by requiring these “smokestack” industries to obtain permits and pursue best available reduction technology if their emissions exceeded between 75,000 and 100,000 tons per year. 

However, the Clean Air Act’s permit program is set at 100 to 250 tons for all other regulated pollutants (ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, etc.). If applied to greenhouse gases, the lower limit would require thousands of small source emitters to register with the EPA. A primary question before the Supreme Court is whether the EPA has the flexibility to set the higher greenhouse gas limit in the absence of congressional action to change the law. 

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.
 

Are you hunting for a new job? The “Positions Available” section in the SEMA Member Classifieds lists more than 50 job openings around the country. Here are some of the latest classifieds posted to the website.

• Power Automedia, located in Murrieta, California, is hiring a senior advertising salesperson responsible for selling digital advertising and video production services to automotive industry clients, mentoring and training the Power Automedia sales team. The successful candidate will have an advertising sales and/or automotive marketing background and existing relationships with automotive industry decisionmakers.

• Motorsport Industries, located in Orange, California, is hiring a customer service/inside salesperson to interface with clients by phone, e-mail and in person. General automotive knowledge, basic computer skills and the ability to deliver outstanding customer service are required.

• King Shock Technology Inc., located in Garden Grove, California, is hiring an engineering assistant to help prepare routine plans, designs, specifications and estimates. The candidate will enforce established policies and procedures needed to meet the demands of document control for delivery of product descriptions to contract manufacturers and other departments. This position requires frequent interaction with clients, engineers, suppliers and staff in other departments. The successful candidate must have 2–5 years' manufacturing and blueprint experience. 

• Coker Tire Co., located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is hiring an export sales manager to assist in the development of objectives, policies and programs for international sales activities of the organization, under direction of the executive vice president. This person will have strategic input to and responsibility for meeting sales goals and objectives, and will position the international sales department for profitable long-term growth.

View more listings from SEMA's Automotive Classifieds listings.

Are you hunting for a new job? The “Positions Available” section in the SEMA Member Classifieds lists more than 50 job openings around the country. Here are some of the latest classifieds posted to the website.

• Power Automedia, located in Murrieta, California, is hiring a senior advertising salesperson responsible for selling digital advertising and video production services to automotive industry clients, mentoring and training the Power Automedia sales team. The successful candidate will have an advertising sales and/or automotive marketing background and existing relationships with automotive industry decisionmakers.

• Motorsport Industries, located in Orange, California, is hiring a customer service/inside salesperson to interface with clients by phone, e-mail and in person. General automotive knowledge, basic computer skills and the ability to deliver outstanding customer service are required.

• King Shock Technology Inc., located in Garden Grove, California, is hiring an engineering assistant to help prepare routine plans, designs, specifications and estimates. The candidate will enforce established policies and procedures needed to meet the demands of document control for delivery of product descriptions to contract manufacturers and other departments. This position requires frequent interaction with clients, engineers, suppliers and staff in other departments. The successful candidate must have 2–5 years' manufacturing and blueprint experience. 

• Coker Tire Co., located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is hiring an export sales manager to assist in the development of objectives, policies and programs for international sales activities of the organization, under direction of the executive vice president. This person will have strategic input to and responsibility for meeting sales goals and objectives, and will position the international sales department for profitable long-term growth.

View more listings from SEMA's Automotive Classifieds listings.