BOAT INDUSTRY URGES ARB TO HARMONIZE EVAPORATIVE RULE WITH EPA

Fearing major economic hardships, boat industry representatives from around the country this week came to Sacramento to urge air board staff to avoid pursuing a state-specific standard for evaporative hydrocarbon (HC) emissions from pleasure craft, and instead harmonize its plans with a measure being developed by U.S. EPA. While air board staffers emphasized to the industry they are working with EPA to develop an adequate nationwide rule, they nonetheless said a state standard may be necessary to further reduce emissions...