CARB Poised To Seek EPA Waiver For Locomotive Rule Amid Industry Lawsuit

California air officials are slated this week to seek a Clean Air Act (CAA) preemption waiver for a novel regulation to reduce pollution from existing locomotives, after receiving final state administrative approval of the measure just days before EPA finalized a rule that eases the path for California and other states to obtain such waivers. California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) finalized the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) “In-Use Locomotive Regulation” on Oct. 27, and the regulation will “go into...