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> Friends,
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> Here is an activist update re: LEV II adoption in New Mexico.
>
> -Dan
>
> ACTIVIST UPDATE: NM CLEAN CARS STANDARDS
>
> November 28, 2007
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>
> Just after midnight last night both the Environmental Improvement
> Board (EIB) and the Albuquerque Bernalillo Air Quality Control
> Board responded to public support and technical testimony by
> adopting California’s Low Emission Vehicle LEV II auto emission
> standards for cars, SUVs and light trucks. New Mexico is the
> thirteenth state to adopt these tougher new car emission standards.
>
> Representing the auto industry was the Automobile Manufacturers
> Alliance who, as in the other clean car states, argued that the
> standard was too difficult to meet. That they were already
> complying successfully in the other LEV II states tended to weaken
> many of their arguments. Others who opposed the new standards
> included the NM Automobile Dealers Assoc., NM Farm and Livestock
> Bureau and the NM Cattle Growers Assoc. These groups contended the
> regulations could hurt their respective industries.
>
> Supporting these tougher but very do-able tailpipe emissions
> standards was the Rio Grande Chapter partnering with a coalition of
> public health, faith based and conservation groups. National
> Sierra Club Attorney, David Bookbinder, lead a panel of coalition
> witnesses and cross-examined auto industry testimony. We were also
> represented with supporting testimony from the Chapter by Norma
> McCallan, The Northern Group by Dexter Cooledge and Eva Thaddeus
> for the Central Group. Additionally, other Sierra Club members,
> Chapter staff, students, health professionals and religious leaders
> all went on record supporting adoption of the new rule.
>
> Responding to the recommendations of the Climate Change Advisory
> Group (CCAG), Governor Richardson directed the Air Quality Bureau
> of the Environment Department to implement the process of public
> notice and hearings before the two boards with the authority to
> choose the California tailpipe emission standards over the weaker
> federal standards that we have been using. The Clean Air Act gives
> every state that choice.
>
> Only new cars that meet the LEV II standards will be sold in New
> Mexico starting with model year 2011. These regulations will not
> affect any vehicles on the road today. The other Clean Cars States
> are California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
> Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and
> Washington. Other states considering adoption include Arizona,
> Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire and North Carolina.
>
> The Automobile Manufacturers Alliance has threatened to file suit
> against New Mexico in federal court (as they have in four other
> states). Additionally, in an effort to wrest control of this
> Administrative prerogative and place that control with the
> Legislature, four legislators (George Hanosh, John Arthur Smith,
> Timothy Jennings and Jim Trujillo) have filed suit in a Las Cruces
> District Court seeking injunctive action against the EIB and
> challenging their authority to adopt the standards. The state is
> confident that it does have the required authority.
>
> Our 7,000 members can celebrate both a healthier, less smoggy air
> quality future and a significant reduction in New Mexico’s CO2
> contribution to global climate change. This is a big step towards
> responsible reaction to climate change by New Mexicans. Thank you
> Rio Grande Chapter Activists! To find out more, please contact Dan
> Lorimier, Chapter Conservation Coordinator, at 575-740-2927.
>
>
> Dan Lorimier
> Sierra Club, Rio Grande Chapter
> Conservation Coordinator
> 505-740-2927
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