CARB to require tyre pressure checks by 1 Sep

ERJ staff report (TB)

Sacramento, California -- The California Air Resources Board (CARB) said 1 Sep is the new date when a law in California orders mandatory tyre pressure checks by automotive service providers.

First announced in the spring of 2009, the CARB regulation requires auto service providers in California to check and inflate the tyres of every passenger car brought to them for service.

When it first announced the regulation, CARB said it would eliminate 700 000 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually, reduce California's fuel consumption by 75 million gallons annually, and extend a tire's average service life by 4 700 miles. Some 40 000 auto service establishments throughout the state would have to comply with the regulation, including auto and tyre dealers, smog check stations, engine repair facilities and oil service providers, the agency said.

The original date for compliance with the new regulation was 1 July. However, on 19 March the California Office of Administrative Law disapproved the regulation, according to a release from the Automotive Maintenance and Repair Association (AMRA).

The Office of Administrative Law found the regulation as written to violate California's clarity and necessity standards, and also found the regulatory file did not contain all required documents. CARB has since made those corrections, AMRA said.

For more information about the new regulation, call Theresa Anderson of CARB at 916-445-2159 or e-mail her at tmanders@arb.ca.gov. AMRA said it will make full copies of the regulation available to anyone who contacts amra@amra.org or calls 703-532-2027.

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