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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Apr 5, 2017, 04:46 AM Apr 2017

U.S. would slash EPA vehicle testing budget under Trump plan

The Trump administration would virtually eliminate federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency's budget for vehicle emissions and fuel economy testing but will seek to raise fees on industry to pay for some testing, a government document shows.

The cuts would slash by more than half the staff of the EPA department that conducts vehicle, engine, and fuel testing to verify emissions standards are met and mileage stickers are accurate. Its work helped lead to Volkswagen AG's (VOWG_p.DE) 2015 admission that it violated vehicle emissions rules for years.

In a March 21 budget document posted online by the Washington Post, the Trump administration proposed eliminating $48 million in federal funding for EPA vehicle and fuel testing and certification.

It represents a 99 percent federal cut to the vehicle testing budget and would require "pretty much shutting down the testing lab," said Margo Oge, who headed the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality under President Barack Obama.

The proposal, which would also cut 168 out of 304 full-time jobs, seeks to partially fund current operations by boosting fees automakers and engine manufacturers pay for testing. An EPA official confirmed the document's authenticity.


More: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-autos-environment-idUSKBN1762R4?il=0

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U.S. would slash EPA vehicle testing budget under Trump plan (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 OP
So, Repugs will raise fees on the auto Industry and the Industry will raise car prices. riversedge Apr 2017 #1
Which is already going to happen if they slap huge taxes on anything built outside of the US... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #2
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