EPA Seeks to Prohibit Conversion of Vehicles into Racecars

Here's the reply I got from SEMA on the language in the proposal.


To follow is the operative section of the proposed EPA regulation and a link to the proposal itself.

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0827-0002

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67. Section 86.1854-12 is amended by adding paragraph (b)(5) to read as follows: _ 86.1854-12 Prohibited acts. * * * * * (b) * * * (5) Certified motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines and their emission control devices must remain in their certified configuration even if they are used solely for competition or if they become nonroad vehicles or engines; anyone modifying a certified motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine for any reason is subject to the tampering and defeat device prohibitions of paragraph (a)(3) of this section and 42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(3).