Emissions testing targets NoCo ozone levels

New auto emission testing is coming to Northern Colorado this fall, despite opposition from officials in Larimer and Weld counties. With the benefits and burdens of the program will also come almost 100 new jobs.

Residents of the most populated portions of the region will be required to submit their vehicles to biennial or annual emission testing, depending on the age of the vehicle, beginning Nov. 1. The inclusion of Northern Colorado into the Denver metro area program has been in the works for a couple of years, according to Paul Tourangeau, director of the Air Pollution Control…