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Illinois Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law and The Federal Clean Air Act
In 1986, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began a basic idle test in the areas of the state that are not in compliance with federal health based air quality standards (“ozone non-attainment areas”), in the metropolitan Chicago and East St. Louis areas.
The federal Clean Air Act amendments further required the state of Illinois to administer an enhanced emissions test using newer technology. The Illinois Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 1995 (625 ILCS 5/13B) authorizes the enhanced test, which was implemented on February 1, 1999.

Dr. George R. Lester, President of George Lester, Inc., is a consultant on catalysts in environmental and energy conservation applications. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Center for Catalysis and Surface Science of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. ... Dr. Lester was a pioneer in the development of catalysts designed to destroy all three of the noxious auto exhaust pollutants (carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides), and developed one of the earliest catalysts (LEANOX™) for destruction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust of fuel-lean automotive and stationary engines. He was a key player in programs leading to catalysts for protection against chemical warfare attack, and is one of the inventors of the very lightweight catalytic converter that is being used for removal of ozone from the cabin pressurization air on the Boeing 777 and other airliners. Dr. Lester is a 1954 graduate of Berea College, and received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Chemistry from the University of Kentucky in 1956 and 1958, respectively. http://www.berea.edu/alumni/awards/2005awardrecipients.asp

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