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On 7 July 2004, the California's Air Resources Board received their final public comments on a draft proposal to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases from motor vehicles. Their final "Environmental Justice Workshop on Climate Change" was held on 13 July 2004, ending a series of workshops that offered communities an opportunity to discuss the proposed regulation, which is designed to reduce GHG emissions by 30 percent. The regulation is driven by California's Vehicle Global Warming Law, which requires the state to "develop and adopt regulations that achieve the maximum feasible and cost-effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles" by January 1, 2005.

This article states that the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute has assured the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the industry will comply with California's small off-road engine emissions (SORE) regulations and has asked only enough lead time. EPA has conducted a public hearing on California SORE regulations. The state has revised standards for SORE in 2003 in an effort to reduce emissions.