You know the old saying: "Nobody's life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session" ...
I was browsing around the 2010 Utah Legislature web site tonight and the following proposed legislation jumped off the page:
Certification of Retrofit Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles
http://le.utah.gov/asp/billsintro/Re...stbox3=DRAXLJR
No text is up there yet, but yikes this is just what we need, another state messing with the certification process for alt fuel converters.
After jumping thru EPA's hoops with our conversions, we already face the following state barriers:
* California requires Air Resources Board approval to sell there. This means another $50k or more alone in aging catalysts in the lab + a bunch of durability data requirements.
* 12 other states won't allow our conversions without California approval. These "CARB states" are CT, MA, ME, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT and WA which represent over half the US population.
* Oklahoma and Texas require testing & licensing of shops and technicians who work on CNG/LPG (I am totally cool with this safety requirement).
I hope Utah doesn't come up with a new barrier in this patchwork-quilt regulatory country of ours. Safety, fine. Emissions requirements that differ from EPA, no way.
Anyone have an advance copy of this bill? I sent an e-mail to Rep Draxler, perhaps he will provide it for us.
I was browsing around the 2010 Utah Legislature web site tonight and the following proposed legislation jumped off the page:
Certification of Retrofit Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles
http://le.utah.gov/asp/billsintro/Re...stbox3=DRAXLJR
No text is up there yet, but yikes this is just what we need, another state messing with the certification process for alt fuel converters.

* California requires Air Resources Board approval to sell there. This means another $50k or more alone in aging catalysts in the lab + a bunch of durability data requirements.
* 12 other states won't allow our conversions without California approval. These "CARB states" are CT, MA, ME, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT and WA which represent over half the US population.
* Oklahoma and Texas require testing & licensing of shops and technicians who work on CNG/LPG (I am totally cool with this safety requirement).
I hope Utah doesn't come up with a new barrier in this patchwork-quilt regulatory country of ours. Safety, fine. Emissions requirements that differ from EPA, no way.
Anyone have an advance copy of this bill? I sent an e-mail to Rep Draxler, perhaps he will provide it for us.
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