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NLEV statement ,GM to VP Gore

12 February 1998

GM Issues Statement Regarding Vice President Gore's White House Conference To Thank Automakers for Their Participation in the NLEV Program

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The following is a General Motors
statement for response to news inquiries regarding Vice President Gore's Press
Conference today at the White House to thank the automakers for participating
in the NLEV program.  It may be attributed to Dennis R. Minano, GM vice
president and chief environmental officer:

    "General Motors firmly believes the National Low Emission Vehicle Program
(NLEV) is a victory for the environment, consumers and the states because it
will bring cleaner air faster and at less cost to the nation than any
regulatory option.  We are pleased that the Administration recognizes that the
real strength of this program is in the way the leadership of the
participating states and the auto companies all worked together for the common
goal of cleaner air.
    "GM first proposed the NLEV plan in 1993 as a way to avoid a costly
patchwork of different state emission standards.  Today, as we applaud the
states who have supported this program, we again ask the four states of New
York, Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont to reconsider their position and
participate in the NLEV program."

SOURCE  General Motors Corp.