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And now global warming.

Publication: OEM Off-Highway
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: And now global warming.(Department)

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And now global warming

by Dave Jensen

EPA finds a new reason for regulating emissions.

Just when off-highway equipment manufacturers think they've got their regulatory bases covered, another emissions issue erupts, threatening to blanket them with even more regulations and costs.

Even as the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) releases its Phase 3 regulations for lawn and garden equipment, the agency has issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) announcing its intention to clamp down on greenhouse gases.

While the ANPR is just the first step of what will be a multi-year regulatory process, it is setting the stage for a fundamental change in emission regulations. Until now, EPA has limited itself to protecting the health of humans by minimizing specific risks from asthma, cancer, emphysema and other diseases within the United States.

Greenhouse gases, on the other hand, pose no specific threat to personal health and...

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