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For Immediate Release
October 25, 2001
Contact: Royce Wood
Email:
rwood@ama-cycle.org
Phone: (614) 856-1900 x1225
Fax: (614) 856-1920
AMA DEFENDS TWO-STROKES AT EPA HEARING
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- At a public hearing yesterday in
Virginia, Ed Moreland, Vice President of Government Relations
for the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), presented the
Association's position on regulations proposed last month by
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The new
regulations, contained in the EPA's "Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking on the Control of Emissions from Nonroad Large
Spark Ignition Engines and Recreational Engines," could signal
the end of two-stroke off-highway motorcycles and all-terrain
vehicles (ATVs) by 2006.
The EPA has proposed national emissions standards covering
off-highway motorcycles and ATVs only slightly less stringent
than the restrictive requirements now in place in California.
Currently, there are no national emissions standards governing
off-road motorcycles and ATVs.
"We believe that the EPA's analysis of recreational
off-highway vehicles' contribution to air pollution is
overstated," said Moreland. "The four-stroke engine shouldn't
be the only path to reducing emissions, and AMA opposes any
regulations that would end the availability of two-stroke
motorcycles and ATVs."
In his testimony, Moreland commended the EPA's proposal of a
performance-based emissions standard, rather than one based on
engine design, and urged the EPA to allow manufacturers every
opportunity to meet a performance-based standard through
research and development.
The full text of Moreland's testimony is available on the
AMA's website:
www.AMADirectlink.com.
The AMA urges motorcyclists to ask the EPA to create separate
emissions standards for four-stroke and two-stroke motorcycles
and ATVs, considering safety, cost, and performance. The
comment deadline is December 19, 2001.
Using the AMA's Rapid Response Center, available at
www.AMADirectlink.com, motorcyclists can send comments to the
EPA with a click of the mouse. Comments can also be submitted
by writing to Margaret Borushko (Docket No. A-2000-01), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Transportation and
Air Quality, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; or by
sending an e-mail to
nranprm@epa.gov.
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