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Commission hears experts and staff on diesel emissions testing; no immediate mandate set
Summary
At a work session the commission heard HEAL Utah and county health staff about diesel emissions testing history, OBD2 limitations for diesel vehicles, tampering challenges, and public‑health concerns; staff and commissioners requested more data before pursuing a county testing program.
The Utah County Commission held a work session on diesel emissions testing and heard presentations from the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL), county health staff, and vehicle‑emissions program managers about the merits, technical limits, and equity questions of expanded diesel testing.
Ashley Sotishek, policy director for HEAL, said diesel testing began in Utah County in 1994 and ran until 2006; she urged reconsideration because diesel vehicles can produce high particulate emissions that harm public health and because local diesel penetration (about 5–6% of registered vehicles) is higher here than the national average. She described newer testing methods that rely on…
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