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smog program, which exceeds the Clean Air Act.
By dropping the LEV program, Haskell said the administration can concentrate on pushing through two other cornerstones of Wilder’s tough pollution-control plan proponents hope will bring Northern Virginia and other urban areas into compliance with the mandates of the federal Clean Air Act.
The state is under the gun to bring Northern Virginia’s air quality into compliance with Clean Air Act. By 1996, ozone-forming emissions must be reduced by 15 percent and by an additional three percent from 1996 to 1999.
Haskell said the administration’s scaled-t^ck plaiwupH focu^ on: recfuimg etficteh ejVssions inspection program for vehicles in the Richmond and Northern Virginia areas, and use of alternative-fuel vehicles by fleet owners throughout the state. j
Rich Olin, consulting engineer with the state Department of Air Pollution said the current emission inspection program only reduces emissions by six percent while the new program would reduce emissions by 28 percent. He added that as many as 1.4 million vehicles may fail when the new emissions standards are implemented.
Under the new proposed inspection program, a motorist would be required to bring their car in every two years and if the car fails, the owner would have to make repairs to bring the car into compliance. If $450 or more is spent on repairs,
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