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OEM HUNDREDTH CONGRESS 

•* _ JOHN 0. OINQEU. MICHIGAN. CHAIRMAN 

,""•< WYOEN. OREGON 

„UENNIS I ECKART. OHIO 

JIM SLATTERY KANSAS 

GERRY SIKORSKl. MINNESOTA 

RIC« IOUCHER. VIRGINIA 

JIM COOPER, TENNESSEE 

THOMAS A. LUKSN OHIO 

OOUO WALGREN. PENNSYLVANIA 

NORMAN * LENT NSV» YORK 

OAN COATS INOIAMA 

THOMAS J. SULEY. JR.. VIRGINIA 

MICHAEL G OXLEY OHIO 

OAN SCHAEFER. COLORAOO 

MICHAEL ULMMIS. HORJOA 

MICMAel P. tAHWII . M. 

aaa casawutrtrs otnscro* 

B.£ . House of lUpresentatioes 

3olKominitta on Oorrsigtit and froutigatioris 

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Committee on tf nerg? anb Commerce 

Mflfftngton, BC 20515 

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RAV1URN HOUSE OFFICE IUILOING 

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July 17, 1987 

The Honorable Howard Baker 

Chief of Staff 

The White House Office 

Washington, D. C. 20500 

Dear Senator Baker: 

Enclosed are letters I have sent to the Vice President and 

the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding pending rulemaking by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

I am deeply concerned about the unresolved safety issues. 

You will recall that as conferees in 1977, we agreed to the 

following provision of the Clean Air Act because we and other 

conferees realized that safety was of serious concern: 

(6) The Administrator shal 

bility and desirability of requi 

to utilize onboard hydrocarbon c 

would avoid the necessity of gas 

uncontrolled emissions emanating 

motor vehicles. The Administrat 

costs and effectiveness of such 

implementing and maintaining vap 

(taking into consideration such 

economy, economic costs of such 

trative burdens, and equitable d 

If the Administrator finds that 

desirable to employ such technol 

consultation with the Secretary 

respect to motor vehicle safety, 

lation, standards requiring the 

carbon technology which shall no 

until the introduction to the mo 

would be feasible to implement s 

into consideration compliance co 

of an adequate lead time for des 

1 determine the feasiring new motor vehicles 

ontrol technology which 

oline vapor recovery of 

from the fueling of. 

or shall compare the 

technology to that of 

or recovery systems 

factors as fuel 

technology, adminisistribution of costs), 

it is feasible and 

ogy, he shall, after 

of Transportation with 

prescribe, by reguuse of onboard hydrot become effective 

del year for which it 

uch standards, taking 

sts and the restraints 

ign and production. 

In my view, the consultation provisions have been inadequate 

and, as a result, the safety issue is unresolved. Despite this, 

EPA wants to propose the rules prematurely. I urge that the 

Administration not do so until this important safety matter is 

resolved. 
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The Honorable Howard Baker 

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Please advise me of the action taken by the Administration 

concerning safety. 

With best wishes 

JOHN D. DINGELL 

Chairman 

Subcommittee on 

Oversight and Investigations 

Enclosures 

cc; The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr., Ranking Minority Member 

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 

The Honorable Henry A. Waxman, Chairman 

Subcommittee on Health and the Environment 

The Honorable Edward R. Madigan, Ranking Minority Member 

Subcommittee on Health and the Environment 

The Honorable Thomas A. Luken, Chairman 

Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, 

and Hazardous Materials 

The Honorable Bob Whittaker, Ranking Minority Member 

Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, 

and Hazardous Materials 

The Honorable George Bush 

Vice President of the United States 

The Honorable Elizabeth hanford Dole, Secretary. 

Department of Transportation 

The Honorable Diane K. Steed, Administrator 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

Department of Transportation 

The Honorable Lee M. Thomas, Administrator 

Environmental Protection Agency 

The Honorable James C. Miller III, Director 

Office of Management and Budget 

The Honorable Wendy L. Gramm, Administrator 

Information and Regulatory Affairs 

Office of Management and Budget 

The Honorable Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General 

General Accounting Office