QWR attended the CARB Off-Highway Motorcycle (OHMC)
Workshop: Assessment Update today in Sacramento, California.
QWR wants to commend all members of the OHV community
(OEMs, dealers, organizations, users, and OHMVRD) who are actively engaged in
the process.
The willingness of CARB staff to substantively engage the
various stakeholders in a collaborative planning effort is ground-breaking and
is a refreshing change from what some users have felt is a bunker mentality at
the agency.
The key bullet points from today are:
CARB’s commitment to have a trusted observer from the OHV
community at the testing events
CARB stated its effort is focused on emissions from new
motorcycles, not used vehicles
CARB stated that it is not their intent to penalize or
punish owners of red-sticker vehicles purchase under current laws and regulations
CARB remains committed to working with its sister agency
at OHMVRD
QWR appreciated the statement by James Lombardo,
legislative advocate for the California Motorcycle Dealers Association, to ask
his board to help secure new motorcycles – which would be leased by CARB from
the dealers – for the testing procedures.
QWR wants to urge OHV stakeholders to review the survey
and related documents and submit comments on how you feel they can be modified
or improved.
Link to CARB OHMC Documents/Survey
If you have questions, please feel free to contact the
CARB representative below:
Cassie Lopina
Air Pollution Specialist | California Air Resources Board
| Monitoring and Laboratory Division
Evaporative Control, Engineering, and Regulatory
Development Section
1900 14th Street | Sacramento, California 95811
916) 322-2411 |916) 322-2444 |
Thanks for your interest in the CARB OHMC planning
process.
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