United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-06-15 monographic deposited born digital 39 p. GA 1.13:RCED-98-175 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-175 P0b002ee1803960fe f:rc98175 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-175 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-175 RCED-98-175 Air pollution control Motor vehicle pollution control State programs Safety standards Environmental monitoring Hazardous substances Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the status of states' motor vehicle inspection programs, focusing on the: (1) progress made by the 23 states that are required to implement enhanced inspection and maintenance (I&M) programs, including the difficulties that the states have encountered; and (2) impact that delays in implementing enhanced I&M programs may have on the states' ability to comply with the national air quality standard for ozone.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) two of the 23 states had begun testing vehicles by the January 1995 deadline that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set for implementing enhanced I&M programs, and 12 had begun testing vehicles as of April 1998; (2) a number of factors have contributed to delays in implementing programs; (3) opposition to EPA's enhanced I&M regulation--including the reluctance of some state legislatures to provide the legislative authority and funding needed to implement these programs--caused most of the 23 states to delay implementation; (4) in addition, the states had difficulty in obtaining new testing equipment and software support from vendors; (5) the delays in implementing enhanced I&M programs have jeopardized the states' ability to meet the deadlines for attaining the national ozone standard; (6) EPA has allowed the states to claim credit for future reductions in emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from their enhanced I&M programs, provided they demonstrate that they will achieve the required reductions as soon as practical after November 1996; (7) if states cannot demonstrate that reductions in VOC can be obtained from the mandatory enhanced inspection and maintenance programs, they may have to look to other mobile sources as well as stationary sources to meet their goals for reducing these emissions; and (8) however, achieving further reductions from other sources will be costly and take longer than achieving the reductions from enhanced inspection I&M programs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-175/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-175.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-175/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-175.pdf GAO/RCED-98-175 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-175 Letter Report GAO/RCED-98-175; Air Pollution: Delays in Motor Vehicle Inspection Programs Jeopardize Attainment of the Ozone Standard; Air pollution control Motor vehicle pollution control State programs Safety standards Environmental monitoring Hazardous substances Public Law 101-549 Public Law 104-59