February 7, 2020 – NIRPC Emissions Testing Educational Event

February 7, 2020, 9 a.m.-11 a.m. — NIRPC Emissions Testing Educational Event, NIRPC, 6100 Southport Road, Portage, Indiana

The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) Environmental Management Policy Committee will host an Emissions Testing Educational Event February 7. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

Panelists include Francisco Acevedo of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Deloney of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Kathy Luther of NIRPC and Jennifer Sanders of Opus Inspection/Envirotest Systems. Lauri Keagle of Drive Clean Indiana will serve as moderator.

The event will cover such topics such as the history of the vehicle emissions testing program in Lake and Porter counties at the federal and state levels, how and why Indiana administers the program, regional transportation funding associated with the program, financial assistance options for those who fail the test as well as the consequences of discontinuing the program.

For more information, please contact Kathy Luther at (219) 254-2513 or kluther@nirpc.org.