US: California sues EPA over emissions legislation
Friday, November 09, 2007, AutomotiveWorld.com
The state of California has announced it is to sue the Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to put its strict vehicle tailpipe emissions standards into effect, The Detroit News reports.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says the state will "sue again and sue again and sue again" until federal approval is granted for the enforcement of stringent new emissions laws.
The US' most populous state must obtain a waiver under the Clean Air Act to enact a plan to reduce tailpipe emissions by 30% by 2016. Doing so would require a 43.7 mile per gallon average for passenger cars, the newspaper notes. So far, twelve states have adopted California's proposed standard, with the first legislation due to become law in 2009.
In May, California warned the EPA that it would launch litigation in the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC to demand a decision, should the agency fail to rule within six months. The EPA now states that it will make a decision on the waiver by the end of 2007.
Published on Friday, November 09, 2007
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