FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
April 18, 2016
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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ATTORNEY GENERAL LUTHER STRANGE APPLAUDS EPA DECISION TO
WITHDRAW PROPOSED EMISSION RULE HARMFUL TO AUTO RACING
(MONTGOMERY) – Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange applauded a decision
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw a proposed emission
rule that would have effectively prevented the use of converted street vehicles for off-
street racing.
“I am pleased the EPA listened to the many thousands of Americans who would have
been harmed by its proposed rule that would have effectively shut down off-street
racing in Alabama and across the country,” said Attorney General Strange.
“Alabama was one of eight states to call on EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to drop
the proposal to effectively stall the conversion of street vehicles to off-road racing. I am
gratified that Administrator McCarthy has acted to ensure that common sense prevails
in its agency ruling making and that motorsports does not become the latest victim of
EPA bureaucratic overreach.”
On Friday, the EPA released a statement withdrawing the proposed rule. In the
statement, the EPA noted, “ÖEPA supports motorsports and its contributions to the
American economy and communities all across the country. EPA’s focus is not on
vehicles built or used exclusively for racing, but on companies that don’t play by the
rules and that make and sell products that disable pollution controls on motor vehicles
used on public roads. These unlawful defeat devices pump dangerous and illegal
pollution into the air we breathe. The proposed language in the July 2015 proposal was
never intended to represent any change in the law or in EPA’s policies or practices
towards dedicated competition vehicles. Since our attempt to clarify led to confusion,
EPA has decided to eliminate the proposed language from the final rule.”
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