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Show I It .Jim--- t .. ... "--vrwm ,mum .rrirr- ;J f w ? r"' " h 1. j 1 J --rYi h '"T t iff 4; rTJZ- .... . -vr , Jerry Thompson, with the Davis County Health IC Vmif? P A I? Dill IIT'IMP? Department tests the emissions on a van at one of the lO lUUil UMll rULUllliU" free clinics held to help introduce the program to the public. By DICK STL'CKI A new vehicle emission testing test-ing program is being introduced intro-duced to vehicle owners in Davis County by the Davis County Health Department. IN AN effort to help reduce air pollution problems in Davis County the Health Department Depart-ment is holding free clinics to test the automobile emissions of your vehicle. "County residents are being encouraged to take the five minute mi-nute test. The men will place a probe in your tail pipe and test the levels of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. ACCORDING to Bryant Evenson, registered environmental environ-mental health specialist, some of the reasons to have the tests are: Improved fuel economy; reduced air pollution; and improved im-proved public health. The free tests will be conducted con-ducted at the Five Points Shopping Center, 1606 South Main, on Wednesday, Thursday Thurs-day and Friday, April 16, 17, 18, I'M), from 10a.m. to6D.m. THE TESTS will also be given the following week at the Lakeside Shopping Center, 389 South State, Clearfield, on April 23, 24, 25, 1980. Mr. Evenson says that they hope to educate the people in the county that emission testing test-ing can help them save money. It is also intended to help you learn ho w to take better care of your car. HIGH LEVELS of automotive automo-tive pollutants in the air, says Evenson, effect all of us and can be especially bad for children, chil-dren, the aged and those with respiratory and heart ailments. The standards that your car must meet were set by the EPA under the authorization of Congress. One of the main problems in Davis County, according to Evenson, is smog. And autos are the major contributor to unhealthy air. EVENSON SAID, that although your car may have emission control equipment designed for low pollution levels, the effects of these emission controls are often not realized due to lack of proper maintenance. The Clean Air Act Amendments Amend-ments of 1977 singled out these emission tests as the main way of inspecting vehicles to be sure that they are not polluting at unsafe levels. THE PROGRAM will probably prob-ably become mandatory in 1982. And if the program is made mandatory, you will have to have your car tested just like you have it inspected each year. If the program is made mandatory man-datory by the federal government, govern-ment, the state will have to conform to the program or it would not receive federal funds. AFTER THE health depart- ment tests your car, they will give you literature that will explain ex-plain some of the areas you can have checked on your own. It will give advice for if you have high carbon monoxide, or I if you have high hydrocarbons. ' The county is also giving out tips to help you save on your gasoline consumption. |