Just a note to let all Texas collectors know that Texas government is at it again. Dates and times are listed so you know when you can let your wishes to be known.
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Subject: FW: Specialty Equipment Market Association Regulatory Alert: Tex as Scrappage Plan
REGULATORY ALERT
Texas to Propose Regulation to Implement Vehicle Scrappage Program
Here we go again! The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) is proposing a regulation to implement a vehicle scrappage
program.That's right, the TNRCC is trying to do what the Texas Legislature failed to accomplish this past year. If finalized, the scrappage program
would apply to passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the counties of Brazoria, Chambers, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, El Paso, Fort Bend,
Galveston,Hardin, Harris, Henderson, Hood, Hunt, Jefferson, Johnson, Kaufman,Liberty, Montgomery, Orange, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant and Waller.
Are youready togo to battle again?
The TNRCC will hold public hearings on this proposal at thefollowing times and locations:
Jan. 25, 2000, 10:00 a.m., Building E, Room 201S, TNRCC Complex,12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, TX.
Jan. 27, 2000, 10:00 a.m., Dallas Public Library Auditorium, 1515Young Street, Dallas, TX.
Jan. 27, 2000, 7:00 p.m., Lewisville City Council Chambers,Municipal Center, Lewisville, TX.
Jan. 28, 2000, 10:00 a.m., Council Chambers, 2nd floor, Fort WorthCity Hall, 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, TX.
These hearings offer a great opportunity for all scrappageopponents to tell TNRCC officials exactly what they think about programs that crush cars.
The more people who show up to these hearings, the more they'll know we are serious about protecting these vehicles.
We Urge You to Attend These Hearings to Oppose This ScrappageProgram.
For a copy of the proposal, go to the TNRCC website at www.tnrcc.texas.gov/oprd/991216.html and scroll down to DFWVoluntary Motor Vehicle Scrappage or contact Steve McDonald or Brian Caudill at 202-783-6007 (brianc(at)sema.org <mailto:brianc(at)sema.org> , stevemac(at)sema.org) <mailto:stevemac(at)sema.org)> .
TALKING POINTS
1.The regulation will allow "smokestack" industries to avoid reducing their own emissions by buying credits generated through destroying older
cars. Byavoiding cleanup, these industries expose nearby low-income neighborhoods to higher levels of dangerous pollutants. Stationary source polluters
should not be allowed to continue polluting merely because they are buying and scrapping vehicles.
2.The regulation fails to take into account that scrapped cars typically are second or third vehicles that are rarely driven in the first place.
How can the State claim a pollution benefit by crushing cars that arerarely driven?
3.The regulation ignores the fact that older cars are infrequently used, generally well maintained and not a good source of emissions
reductions. The regulation is based on the false perception that old cars are dirty cars. Even the U.S. EPA has acknowledged that many old cars are
quite clean.
4.The regulation will not necessarily allow for the capture of gross polluters. The gross polluter is an improperly maintained vehicle
of any model year which puts out dramatically more emissions due to poor maintenance.
5.The regulation relies partially on flawed modeled averages provided by the U.S. EPA to calculate emission reductions per vehicle crushed.
6.The regulation ignores the fact that lower income car owners cannot afford to purchase a new vehicle with the money provided by scrappage
programs. The same people could lose a source of inexpensive repair parts resulting in the inability to drive their vehicles.
7.All scrappage programs hold the potential for enthusiasts to lose a valuable source of rare parts for vehicle restoration projects, etc. The
loss of even a single irreplaceable component or vehicle is intolerable due to the need to meet rigid authentication/judging standards at various car
shows and events.
8. The regulation is not even required by law. There is no requirement that the TNRCC have a scrappage regulation.
9.The regulation ignores the fact that scrapping vehicles is not the most cost-effective method to reduce emissions. In fact, data has shown
that voluntarily upgrading older vehicles with newer technologies can be roughly twice as cost-effective as scrapping vehicles.
Thank You
Mark Reynolds/President-Editor-Publisher
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