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I am the owner of older model heavy duty vehicles that use gasoline
engines. The vehicle I am currently repairing is a 1976 model year
dump truck, but may have an older model year engine. The vehicle
G.V.W.R. is 15000 lbs. The intended use of this vehicle is for
hauling rock and gravel for driveway maintenance. I am a rural land
owner and I maintain my property, including the gravel driveway. I
only need to use the vehicle a few time a year, driving a total of
1000 miles or less annually. I think there should be an exemption
from smog inspections for gasoline powered vehicles that travel
less than 1000 miles annually. Unless the vehicle license plate
number is reported to the California Air Resources Control Board,
as having visible smoke in the exhaust, the vehicle should not be
required to have biennial smog inspections. The mileage could be
verified by an electronic devise, or by a California Highway Patrol
Officer, or some other means. Having biennial inspections for low
use vehicles is difficult and expensive. I cannot even find a
reference for exhaust emission standards at the time of engine
manufacture. Every reference I have found is for engines
manufactured subsequent to 1978. So why do the new regulations
require engines manufactured subsequent to 1976 meet certain
emission standards? The new emission regulations effectively
prohibit the use of vehicles manufactured in 1976 and 1977. This
imposes an unfair burden on owners of 1976 and 1977 model year
heavy duty vehicles.