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Florida adopts California emissions standards

Jan. 1, 2020

Florida?s Department of Environmental Protection has adopted the California Motor Vehicle Emission Standards to establish a Florida Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV) program.

Denver's Driving Change program reports emissions have been reduced

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection has adopted the California Motor Vehicle Emission Standards to establish a Florida Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV) program.

The rule now goes to the Florida legislature for ratification, but according to information from the Automotive Service Association (ASA), the following two things must happen prior to its implementation:
1. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must grant a waiver to California allowing it, and other adopting states, to enforce the greenhouse gas emission standards.
2. The Florida legislature must ratify the Department’s rule.

            Implementation will begin no sooner than 2013.
            Excluded from Florida’s proposed rules are zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) provisions, therefore excluding super warranty regulations.

A copy of the new Florida Clean Car regulation is available on ASA’s legislative Web site, www.TakingTheHill.com.