FYI-If California does it, the Feds can as well and we all will be in trouble. The Consumer Specialty Products Associations (CSPA) and Automotive Specialty Products Alliance (ASPA) are requesting the help of your group in defending effective automotive maintenance. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is about to make it more difficult for classic car enthusiasts and do-it-yourself car owners to maintain their cars, and the automotive products industry needs your help in keeping that from happening. The ARB has proposed regulations that will drastically affect the efficacy of brake cleaners, carburetor or fuel injection cleaners, engine degreasers and general purpose degreasers. (For details, visit www.keepcarsrolling.com). These products help keep your club’s automotive treasures in top condition. ASPA represents the companies that make these products and have tried to work with ARB to keep this from happening; however the ARB has refused to compromise on its proposals. The industry has already reduced emissions from these products and has offered to do more. If after reviewing the information on the Keep Cars Rolling web site, you agree with us, please help by asking ARB to consider the more reasonable regulations that have been proposed by the automotive products industry. Specifically, we are asking you or your members to: √ Write a letter to ARB to express your concern about the proposed standards. √ Inform your members and member car clubs of this issue and ask them to send an email to ARB. The web site www.keepcarsrolling.com has an email link to the appropriate government official and provides talking points that can be included in the email. √ Post an alert on your web site with a link to the Keep Cars Rolling site. The proposed regulations are open for public review until November 3, 2006. We appreciate your efforts to enable the automotive products industry to continue providing products that are essential to car enthusiasts while contributing to improving the quality of California’s air. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions about this important issue. Sincerely, D. Douglas Fratz Vice President, Scientific & Technical Affairs Consumer Specialty Products Association, Inc. 900 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-833-7304 dfratz@cspa.org www.cspa.org
