Report by the Committee on Motor Vehicle Emissions (1973) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
Pages 6-14
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to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of the technological feasibility of meeting the emission standards" promulgated by the Clean Air Amendments. Meetings held between the NAS and EPA early in 1971 resulted in the establishment of a mutually agreeable work statement for the Committee on Motor Vehicle Emissions of the National Academy of Sciences.
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The Clean Air Amendments called for the Committee to submit semiannual progress reports to the Administrator and to Congress. One of the primary functions of such reports was to provide advice to the Administrator of EPA with respect to his decision whether or not to postpone for one year the applicable deadlines of the standards called for by the Clean Air Amendments.
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1.2 Panels of Consultants The Corrunittee has recognized the importance of having available to it the most recent and complete technical data and information upon which to make its judgments. Much of the information has been prov~ded by eight panels of consultants, each panel dealing with a particular subject area of importance in the Committee deliberations.
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This study also considered the necessary training and licensing of mechanics, enforcement action required, short emission tests suitable for inspection or diagnosis, surveillance testing, feasibility of required maintenance procedures, and costs of maintaining emission-control systems for 1975-1976 vehicles. 1.2.2 Emission-Control Systems The Panel on Emission-Control Systems was to investigate the potential of experimental 1975-1976 emission-control systems, including consideration of the durability of these systems.
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The effort was not limited to the technical possibility of building one or a few systems; the technological feasibility of producing millions of systems in 1975 and 1976 was determined. This study included such cons iterations as producibility, tooling, lead time, and costs.
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Good driveabil ity is loosely defined as the ability of a vehicle to start, operate, and stop smoothly under all environmental and operating conditions, without stalls, surges, hesitations, after-firing, and other undesirable characteristics. There has been considerable testimony expressing opinions that some of the emission-control systems, especially if not properly maintained, would seriously affect the safety of the car, not only relative to its occupants, but also relative to other vehicles in traffic.
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These panels have traveled extensively and probed deeply in their attempts to bring before the Committee the material and information needed for the Committee to reach the judgments called for in the legislation. Panel visits have been made to domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers, to domestic and foreign catalyst suppliers, to the EPA and other government laboratories, to independent research laboratories, to state and local agencies concerned with the problems of enforcing emission standards, to those - 12 1
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Panel activities terminated with the submission of final written panel reports to the Committee. 1.3 Other Means of Obtaining Information The Committee has attempted to solicit pertinent information from the general public.
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NOTE Final reports of the CMVE panels are being prepared as technical publications and will be made available to the public by the National Research Council. Other pertinent information will b maintained as a public record in the f iles of the COVE.
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