AKRON, Ohio -- A review of the state's E-check vehicle emissions testing program finds that Ohio cannot account for about 116,000 polluting vehicles since 2004.
The issue is what happens to cars that failed the initial test and whose drivers never returned for a follow-up test. In the Akron-Cleveland area last year, about 60,000 vehicles failed the test the first time, and about 48,000 passed a recheck or received a waiver. That leaves about 11,410 polluting cars and light trucks unaccounted for, the Akron Beacon Journal reported Sunday.
Some of the vehicles might have been traded in or sold for parts, while others might have been sold and reregistered in non-E-check counties in Ohio. There are no requirements under the federal Clean Air Act to find out where those vehicles went.
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