No more trouble for deletes

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldon issued a statement a few months ago, that stated the EPA will no longer hold service repair facilities liable if they are asked to ‘alter’ or delete pollution devices.

 

Read the fine print.

Its still illegal and until they revoke the law or make crystal clear guideance with grandfather laws allowing legal deletes. Its still not a great idea. More accesable for the...ones happy to take risks shall we say. But still a risk.

 

You really need to pay attention to what they’re actually saying. They won’t pursue “allegations”


DOJ will still pursue civil enforcement for these violations when appropriate.“

 

This is at the federal level. They have decided that this is not very cost effective to get involved in investigations and the court cases. They will let the states take over that responsibility for enforcement of the laws, and they will do just that. Under current federal laws, states can be fined for air quality violations. This is why more states are ramping up emissions standards, not just for vehicles, across all types of “emitters” think power plants, chemical plants anything that could potentially produce gasses or particulate matter that could combine to create “smog”

 

Enjoy it while it lasts, because this will probably change the next time a Democratic President takes office. And you can bet that CARB will still be cracking down.

edit: Does anybody know what year the EPA emissions tier that resulted in DPF and/or EGR took effect?

 

2007

 

Didn’t a Republican president give us the EPA, lol
Political hacks crack me up!

 

Lofl,Trump and maga aren't george bush,just so ya know.

 

Passed into regulation in 2002, 2004 was the full introduction of EGR on HD diesel engines.

2007 for DPF addition to EGR use.

2010 for SCR addition to the above.

In 2017, emission standards tightened up over the 2010 standards.

The next step is 2027 standards. They will be even lower (tighter) than 2017.

word is the emissions systems will step up to a 48 volt standard.