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By WILLIAM H. CRAIG, JR. \ irginia Coordinator Coalition for Vehicle Choice
Three members of a commission assigned to oversee air quality from Virginia to Maine have decided that what’s good for Californians must also be good for Virginians...and Marylanders, Pennsylvanians, Delawareans and so on. Never mind the 3,000 miles in between and the vastly different polution situations facing California and the East Coast. The Ozone Transport Commission wants us all to be behind the wheels of “environmentally friendly” California cars, so dubbed because of the lower emissions levels required by California law.
If, as the three commission members have suggested, the Environmental Protection Agency requires California cars for the Maine-to-Virginia corridor, it will be another example of regulators flexing their muscle with little, if any, regard for the resulting costs and benefits.
California cars, while they do pollute slightly less, will not provide measurable air quality improvements in the near term, and only minor improvements in the long term. But, California cars will impose significant costs on residents of the affected states and could actually slow air quality improvements.
First, consider the potential benefits, Federal law, under the Clean 1 Air Act amendments of 1990, al
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