Not Ranked
Think I found the bill that is to be approved or debated (not sure which) in Feb '07. It is PA No. 06-161. Section 2 reads "Not later than Oct 1, 2006
the DEP in consultation with the Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change shall conduct a study to determine the motor vehicle greenhouse gas emission reductions necessary to meet goals of section 22a-200a of the general statutes. The department shall include its findings, accompanied by any recommended legislative revisions in its 2007 climate change report required by subsection (d) of section 22a-200a of the general statutes.
There is a lot more in this act including eventual sales taxes and registration fees pegged to the emissions a vehicle emits. This legislation was signed onto by most of the legislature so who knows where it will end up. If you do a search on "sSB00660" in Connecticut you can find more. I warn you however it will make you mad!! I think the DEP is jumping the gun at setting the 2007 standards tighter on Composites because it is a "done deal" in their minds.
I'm not a policy wonk on this stuff so may not be correct on some of this but I think this is where the new standards come from.
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