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MONDAY, JANUARY20,1992 ' V)!• A)AO(Jl11qfUl1(~illllc(( ' • SECTION E COMNIENTAIIY ommmummu~ JONATHAN AD[.E R ': Ea•ger to star in the clean air: follies~ ~~.. rleetturrlosersrtdeb flrslaffwopans yeduadircct N N content wilh IM reg• result ef regulations aimed at im• ulalary apparatus int. pnvkigairquNB} ' aoscd by the 1990 CICM The wtdated asstimpllen behind Air Acl, 11 p~ulem states the Cafi/Ymlastaalerrlsia rMt mar ssa prepared M adopt rhe more datingendsslansgtandardsfornew atrMgeat CalRornin etean air atan• - .utonsoMfes b a onsl-e11'ectlre way darda.The mlire Eaatene seaboard, i of reducing samog.'f9te argument ia frow Vlr6inla to Maiae, with the • . -- , simple: By reduc(ng new car emis• lone enaeptien of Com,ec8cut, hea - sieas or Cerlaln sasag precursors, utnesnced s.peort of tM ucw C.M- auch as volatile organic composrn(s f%rala regulations mandating (VOG) aad altro,gen osido (f/Ox), "cle.ner" aulomabiles. Thgether, I i regulrory egencles can greatly ra tUese alato represeat more Ihan I I' " - ''- ' ', duce arlran smog fermxion. While eno-tAird ef the domestic avaarso- . ' . . tlsismaybasebeentruelnlhhei976s bik marhet, and adoptlen of the , • .. - . when such standards were first inr strdarda could bare tremendeus -- - ' plememcd, tifs is almply no longer oonsequenceaforbolhthenmerlcan . . Ihecase.AnyslgNficantgeMssobe aubatubge (Muslry and the na- . . acMieved through such measures tkml emamny as a wlmk, as aulo- . ... have aka.dy been reaNaed. . rktcsarepushedtodesignemire ' ,. - . AneweartodaywiBenslt7lfper• fkNS around Ihe mare ditlkull aeet less hydrocarbons and 76 per• standaNs. . . .' .. .. . ~1. ~ . " eeat ieaa Nlht than IMse built 16 WMite lldastep has beenheraldcd •-i -- years ago. The resuit has been a sig- as M /npurtan gatn for rhan air nirhmnt deellne /n ambient levels ef QuaMy, w1uN many falllo resliae Is O/fJ - amne (the prbaary eowstlluem of that Inpleraawlaiion ef the C+B/br- i • amag) nallomrlde. By all convers- ye slandards wiY de Nlge, Y my- . . - .~ ~ .._ ' Nond staadards, a weM•mdnlained tWng. to lalpmre air quality. The -'- • -. newcriscleam7fiereisliltklobe slandardswill,hwrese6lqtposeyel -- s-_.I gainedbyfuctherreducingnewt•n• anNMerre6ulsloryberdenantheal•. , .. -ewissions by 1 or 2 perccntage ready slrained scanowies of the ' .s, . poin~, and what little &ains are Narlhea.w.'fhis wlll Inevitably re• ~ G®V~ ~ VL®Z - " - achieved will nm be evidenced for aullInlast7obaawdslowergrowth, .-yearsbcmesnewer,cleanercan . andtlutclearlylenutinthelnterest -_ ' only gradually replace their older wflheseaUlea. - . ^ - cuvnlerporls. Now tmch 'will the slendards -If the Ensirm slates dso opt Ibl' lually could be to foreMaN lrnpme- 6•lwlMennure, only 10 percent of Eerly It Is currerNly esdmned that ~- rDahlo^da's requlrernenta fW refw- mentslnairquality. Becauu tighter Ihe rehkles ue responslEle for up- (be tallp(p eniaslon standards MWMed gasaline, it cauld rdd as emission standards Increase Ihe proximately hall of the mobile atoae wt7 add S2DO to si,oog lo Ihe m.ch as IS cents per gollon at the cost ef new vehicles. older vehkles goprce aw• pollulion. This mcans eoAVfonewur.Accordingloone pumvpsndquadruplelAellumberof -whlchtendmbemorepoButGg- Ihat,nnaverage.«tevehicleInlU fntdy mnducled by DhI/McCrsw lobs losl. In skorl, Ihese standords stay on the road longer.s poteallai rnWes as much air pollnlion as Ihe 71III, Iln: standards could elindnaee "„'Id leave the region decimated, pew car buyen either buy less• other nlne. What is more, of IMse erpNnyes75,gpOjobainlhercRlon. TIi°eeostsarelnadditlonrotlmse expensive,usedvehiclesordelayra- vehlclesthatere"grosspolluten; it already bcing Imposed by the Clean placing their atm older cars. This is esdmated that as many as 10 per• - AlrActof 1yyg,whoseairlodcssec- trend Imrard'stickeashock" Is al• t' unl have 4arn deliberately lam• 1 111 S70 h d lbl d tl I l ~LE n From pasc EI ' •'- ; - • pered whh in arder ta Iacrcaroa4hr nt/1h11e peKmtwnwo at IMY eaparso of 1ir quaN1R Of Ihe romalnhsg veld• des. nurel aro ellber older veh/elee, or aMonmbOea But Mya rwt lrcen wcll nminlnhrod. Sinqrle and Inon• penalvc relwirs are alten all that Is needed to two a Iromy pdhnhtg-ve• hictc Ima a elrin• Wndng car: :' of raurse.lhia as Iosl on IMrcll- tdelera resiawsllda fnr "gdng Call• fnrain;' n" are Ille fitdings nf lYe .recenl NMiowd Arndemy of gei- 'encq report IMI Irnrlwa canrea- t(onelmelhmisof musgcanlroi.Thl repnrt's cnm,annlua Ilml anvirea• manlnl regulolwa orerralwnnlo "Ilte el&cileeaess nf VO(: eoldrds" Ma g«m 'virtaally unnoliced. Menn- l wkib, VOCawlro{aeanlhmeapace, as ovldeaced by C.Iirarnial new mulUmllYaa-Ldlar VOCralpdaliena gevcmblg axnmwt anuwner prod- ucla awck na hnirnprny, derdoranl, mal dterrha.~ 7hm to rornl, New \itrh atnla Is prepnting Io foflow CaW- . Ibrtdal kad o.ce again, 71e Norlhmalem states am svell tmave elcaner alr, but I lley are Yeller nff nat fallowhtg Cnllfornia to nrlrese k. Aa IM I+suclMlon of Northeast Air Mmatgera lold Cmt- arrsidtlring IhuClenn AIrAclloun• aldennloa, "Thcre Yevu Aoen ne air qpnlily slaJics demonstrating cam• clsaisely Ilw IhonirqnnlitybeneBla in Ihc Nortlmnal would be cst.rpom We M qwse ilnlicated In Snu/hern Cellfordn." If INis Is (Im casq then lhc Califprnia alandurda should slay allmmc- - ~ . Ner1: Is ihcre a aolutiauf .i . sn emenla• . rca e, an n: mp y via Jawlhan N. Adler Is an tnviran• ~an e nne w r.est more I ,grmal policy ana/ysr m tlw Can- . bglion annually , UonoftigldertailpipestandardswlU flllee 8nle e 1na1i1We. Ireaically. oae result of imple• maYe it weree.Tbe air qaallty gnine. M ~ nremingllwCalifurniaalandardsac• tradltionallyachieredlhry~rar- seeADLER,pngeE4 •