North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA) represent farm, industrial, and outdoor power equipment dealers across North America.
NAEDA announced Feb. 12 its filing of an amicus curiae brief in response to new California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations restricting internal-combustion small off-road engines rules that directly affect dealer’s ability to sell and service products in California.
NAEADA’s brief supports the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute’s (OPEI) legal challenge to the regulations. “California is an immense market and regulations adopted there tend to spread across the country,” said Brett Davis, CEO of NAEDA. “The vast majority of outdoor power equipment products dealers sell contain gasoline powered engines. Under this rule, dealers will be prohibited from selling and servicing those products, including products under warranty. The economic impacts of this rule will put dealers out of business and that was clearly not taken into consideration.”
Heavy duty outdoor power equipment has unique power, safety, and runtime requirements that current zero-emission technologies cannot yet meet. Our brief provides the Court factual information about the technical infeasibility, economic impacts, and supply-chain implications of the rule.
NAEDA is joined in the brief by the American Rental Association and the Cleaning Equipment Trade Association.
