Just to add to David's post, in some cases these requrements aren't just on a state level. Some states like Texas will have these air quality requirements only in certain counties. And in some cases like Nevada, the counties themselves are sub-divided between urban and rural zones, for air quality and vehicle emissions standards. -Robert vin 6585 "X" --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: > The short answer is probably that the Federal Government is not > requiring the State of Washington to measure it so why spend to do it > if they don't have to? The Federal Government has different > requirements for every State depending on the local air quality, > population density, industry, etc. As an example, not all States have > had to put vapor recovery on gasoline dispensing nozzels, at least not > yet. The States have to show compliance with the Federal Government to > continue to get Federal money so they will do only what they HAVE to > do to keep the money coming. California is one of the exceptions, they > try to do MORE than the Federal government requires. In any case if > the other #'s are good then the NOx will usually be OK. There is not a > whole lot you can do to affect NOx. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave" <v-davidj@xxxx> wrote: > > Hey Marc... > > > > Good question....I don't know. It doesn't appear to be on my report. > > > > I just called the emissions dept and asked why NOx wasn't on my > > report. To give you a background, our state recently had a major > > overhaul of our emission testing facilities. It was costing too much > > m To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/