Smog Checks for Lightweight Diesel Vehicles
AB 1488

Beginning January 1, 2010, AB 1488 will require that lightweight
diesel vehicles (built since 1998) be smog checked just like all
other cars and SUVs. There are an estimated 800,000 vehicles in
this category.

This law alone can eliminate one and a half tons of dangerous
pollutants from the air Californians breathe every day, according to
the Air Resources Board. Here's why:

• Although California has some of the most stringent emission
  standards in the country, the Los Angeles Basin and other parts of
  California still have dangerously high levels of polluted air.
• In working toward improved air quality, the state has many
  challenges, including a large population depending on automotive
  transportation.
• The current Smog Check program does not include lightweight
  diesel vehicles.
• Mendoza Bill to Reduce Air Pollution Signed into Law

• California Climate Change Portal
  
  
• California Air Resource Board: Climate Change
  
  
• California Climate Action Registry
  
  
• California Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• California Energy Commission
  
  
• California Public Utilities Commission
  

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change
  
  
• Energy Star (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & U.S. Dept of Energy)
  
  
• U.S. Department of Energy: Green Power

• California Federation of Certified Farmers' Markets
  
  
• International Council for Local Environmental Initiative
  
  
• Mayors for Climate Protection