GROUPS SEEK BETTER OVERSIGHT OF ARB VEHICLE-SCRAPPAGE PROGRAM

A coalition of environmental and industry groups is calling on Cal/EPA to form a task force to review the air board's voluntary accelerated vehicle retirement (VAVR), or car-scrappage, program, claiming there is currently a lack of coordinated communication between air districts, the Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), and the air board in evaluating the program. The proposed task force may spark substantial changes to the VAVR program, which some stakeholders believe is one of the state's best programs to achieve...