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SALISBURY — Federal environmental regulators recently backed off a proposal to limit emissions from race cars, but U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson is among dozens of lawmakers hoping to ensure the proposal doesn’t surface again.
Federal environmental regulators have withdrawn a draft rule that motorsports enthusiasts said could have decimated a segment of the race car industry.
Federal Environmental Protection Agency officials say they are not coming after amateur race car drivers for modified engines, pulling back on a proposal that prompted outcry from North Carolina lawmakers and racing fans.
New environmental regulations on emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks could cripple the auto racing industry by banning the conversion of street vehicles into racing vehicles, three top House Republicans warned Tuesday.
In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., warned that the regulations could go against congressional intent in the Clean Air Act.
The Army is working to establish dog adoption procedures that would give priority to former handlers.
Maj. Gen. Mark S. Inch said an Army dog adoption program didn’t follow regulatory processes perfectly, but it complied with the law and intent. The two-star general made his response last month in a letter to North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr.