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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1975
STATES AWARDED $100,000 TO TRAIN MECHANICS IN AUTO EMISSION
MAINTENANCE
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Russell E.
Train announced today that EPA in cooperation with the Office
of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,
will award a total of $100,000 to five States in matching
grants to train experienced auto mechanics in the proper main-
tenance and repair of emission control devices.
The grants will help New York, Pennsylvania, California,
Oregon and Arizona meet the inspection/maintenance require-
ments of EPA's transportation control programs, in areas
where such plans are in effect.
"The proper maintenance of auto emission control equip-
ment is essential to the success of EPA's transportation
control programs," said Train. "We must therefore do all
we can to help States provide their mechanics with the needed
training."
The purpose of inspection/maintenance programs is to
reduce emissions from automobiles now on-the-road. The
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programs require an inspection phase to identify poorly
maintained vehicles, and a maintenance phase—involving
such steps as proper tuning—for vehicles failing inspec-
tion. Proper auto maintenance not only helps improve air
quality/ but also improves gas mileage and vehicle per-
formance .
The grants announced today will be used primarily for
j-nstruction in the maintenance function.
The money for this training program is provided as a
special supplement to funds already available under vocational
education legislation, administered by the Office of Education.
The five States were chosen to share in this special grant on
the basis of their readiness to implement inspection/maintenance
programs.
The funds will be allocated among the five States in
proportion to the number of registered automobiles in each.
Allocations within the States will be handled by the appro-
priate EPA Regional Administrator, working closely with State
Air Quality Control and Education Training Agencies. Each
State may multiply its Federal grant up to a 4 to 1 ratio,
with the State share decided in cooperation with EPA.
To assist the States in implementing this training pro-
gram, EPA worked with Dr. Roy Gillespie of Colorado State
University in developing a 40-hour instructor training pack-
age in emission control maintenance. Within the next several
weeks, the course will be presented to instructors in all
five States. These instructors will transmit their knowledge
to local mechanics as part of the State-run training in
support of inspection/maintenance programs.
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