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EPA PROPOSES TOUGHER OZONE STANDARD

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded that current regulations to reduce ozone air pollution are insufficient. The agency issued a proposed rule to tighten the standard from 0.08 parts per million, averaged over eight hours, to around 0.07 ppm. The EPA may even reconsider...
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TIRE ENERGY–EFFICIENCY BILL LOSES STEAM IN CONNECTICUT

SEMA defeated legislation that would have required the development of a statewide program to mandate that replacement tires for passenger cars and light trucks be as energy efficient as tires sold as original equipment.
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CONNECTICUT EXEMPTS COMPOSITE VEHICLES FROM EMISSIONS TESTS

SEMA-supported legislation to exempt composite vehicles from emissions inspections was signed into law by Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell. Under current Connecticut law, composite vehicles are those constructed from the component parts of two or more motor vehicles of different model year or...
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DELAWARE INTRODUCES SEMA-MODEL STREET-ROD TITLING/REGISTRATION BILL

SEMA-model legislation to amend the vehicle titling and registration classification for street rods was introduced in Delaware. Under the bill, a street rod is defined as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949. Importantly, replica street rods would be assigned a certificate of title bearing...
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BILL TO RESTRICT LAND-USE GOES DOWNHILL IN MINNESOTA

Working with state off-road enthusiasts, SEMA helped defeat a bill that sought to restrict modified 4x4 trucks to minimally maintained roads and to the area specifically designated for their use. The legislation defined 4x4 trucks as four-wheeled motor vehicles manufactured to operate on public...
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NASCAR'S GORDON AND JOHNSON DOCKED 100 POINTS AND OTHER RACING NEWS

JERSEY: International Speedway Corporation officials are again talking to officials with the Meadowlands Sports Complex about the possibility of building a race track around the existing horse track in East Rutherford, New Jersey.FINED: Crew chiefs Steve Letarte and Chad Knaus were each fined $100...