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[CITE: 42USC7507]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 85--AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
 
            Part D--Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas
 
                subpart 1--nonattainment areas in general
 
Sec. 7507. New motor vehicle emission standards in nonattainment 
        areas
        
    Notwithstanding section 7543(a) of this title, any State which has 
plan provisions approved under this part may adopt and enforce for any 
model year standards relating to control of emissions from new motor 
vehicles or new motor vehicle engines and take such other actions as are 
referred to in section 7543(a) of this title respecting such vehicles 
if--
        (1) such standards are identical to the California standards for 
    which a waiver has been granted for such model year, and
        (2) California and such State adopt such standards at least two 
    years before commencement of such model year (as determined by 
    regulations of the Administrator).

Nothing in this section or in subchapter II of this chapter shall be 
construed as authorizing any such State to prohibit or limit, directly 
or indirectly, the manufacture or sale of a new motor vehicle or motor 
vehicle engine that is certified in California as meeting California 
standards, or to take any action of any kind to create, or have the 
effect of creating, a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine different 
than a motor vehicle or engine certified in California under California 
standards (a ``third vehicle'') or otherwise create such a ``third 
vehicle''.

(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, Sec. 177, as added Pub. L. 95-95, 
title I, Sec. 129(b), Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 750; amended Pub. L. 101-
549, title II, Sec. 232, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2529.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-549 added sentence at end prohibiting States from 
limiting or prohibiting sale or manufacture of new vehicles or engines 
certified in California as having met California standards and from 
taking any actions where effect of those actions would be to create a 
``third vehicle''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7589 of this title.
