go into effect for less than 500hp motors Jan. 1 08 and over 500hp 2009, just got the email from the other magazine. it looks like this applies to builders on new boats and motors so better buy your 800hp teagues and 710 vipers now............
go into effect for less than 500hp motors Jan. 1 08 and over 500hp 2009, just got the email from the other magazine. it looks like this applies to builders on new boats and motors so better buy your 800hp teagues and 710 vipers now............
For boats registered in California only, correct? I thought I heard something that other states will put similar laws into affect, but not as soon as California. Did that letter state anything along those lines?
For boats registered in California only, correct? I thought I heard something that other states will put similar laws into affect, but not as soon as California. Did that letter state anything along those lines?
From what I understand CA is the test case. The EPA will be adopting the CA laws not too much further down the road which makes it all new boats in all 50 states. Mercury has already been working with CARB on this and in fact Malibu, or Mastercraft, already offer an engine equipped with a Catalytic Converter.....
This was being passed around on the Donzi Boards last week.
It is fairly well known that on January 2, 2008, new California engine
emissions legislation is due to become law with new standards
dramatically reducing the exhaust emissions of all boat engines lower than
500HP.
What is less known is that one year later, on January 2, 2009,
California engine emissions legislation will become law that will limit the
exhaust emissions of all high-performance boat engines of greater
than 500HP. The new laws require that all high-performance marine
engines will have to use catalytic converters in order to meet the
emissions levels currently mandated. At this time no such engines exist and
the cost of development of the new engines would seriously impact the
high-performance boating industry.
The EPA will mandate similar restrictions for high-performance
boats in all 50 States within a few years.
Changes to the proposed legislation are possible if supported by facts
and weighty evidence that the proposed rules would be too burdensome
and unsuitable for the high-performance sector of our industry. For this
purpose a survey has been created for high performance boaters with
engines of greater than 500HP. The survey data collected will be used
exclusively in communication with the California Air Research Board (ARB)
and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The intent is to provide
the ARB and EPA accurate operational and engine type data for high
performance boating in the United States.
http://www.hpboatsurvey.com/
From what I understand CA is the test case. The EPA will be adopting the CA laws not too much further down the road which makes it all new boats in all 50 states. Mercury has already been working with CARB on this and in fact Malibu, or Mastercraft, already offer an engine equipped with a Catalytic Converter.....
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