Mecklenburg County drivers could become the only motorists in North Carolina still required to pass annual vehicle emissions inspections.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week proposed approving North Carolina’s request to remove emissions-testing requirements from the state’s federally approved clean air plan, potentially paving the way for the long-delayed end of emissions inspections in 18 counties across the state.
But Mecklenburg County will remain the lone exception under state law, even though it was included in the EPA proposal…