This news should help Richardson's campaign. He has the best
environmental agenda of any of the candidates. Jerry
On Nov 29, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Lyle Krewson wrote:
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>> Friends,
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>> Here is an activist update re: LEV II adoption in New Mexico.
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>> -Dan
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>> ACTIVIST UPDATE: NM CLEAN CARS STANDARDS
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Dan Lorimier
>> Sierra Club, Rio Grande Chapter
>> Conservation Coordinator
>> 505-740-2927
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