CARB Withdraws Requests For Truck, Train Rule Waivers Ahead Of Trump

January 15, 2025
California air officials have withdrawn their requests to EPA to waive federal preemption for the state’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) zero-emission truck regulation and first-time standards to reduce locomotive emissions, after it became clear that EPA was not going to act on the requests by the end of the Biden administration’s term. The decision, which was expected , was made to avoid near-certain waiver denials from the incoming Trump administration, according to observers. However, it leaves the two rules in...


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