Statement from ARB Executive
Officer James N. Goldstene on Cool Cars Regulation:
SACRAMENTO
- Following the June 2009 Board adoption of the cool cars regulation,
stakeholders raised several new issues involving performance of
electronic devices as they may affect public safety. After
listening to this input and accounting for the legal deadline to
finalize the rule, today we are announcing that the AB32 “cool cars”
rulemaking will cease. Instead, the Board will pursue a
performance-based approach as part of its vehicle climate change
program to reduce CO2 from air conditioning and provide cooler car
interiors for California motorists
The Air Resources Board is a department of
the California Environmental Protection Agency. ARB’s mission
is
to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources
through effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and
considering effects on the economy. The ARB oversees all air
pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain health
based air quality standards.
