Court Delays Briefing In Railroads’ Challenge To CARB Locomotive Rule

A federal court has agreed to the California air board’s request to delay the briefing schedule in the railroad industry’s challenge to the board’s rule requiring railways to reduce emissions from existing locomotives, rejecting industry arguments that the state is inappropriately biding its time to secure a federal preemption waiver for the rule from EPA. In a Dec. 7 minute order, Judge Daniel Calabretta of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California grants the California Air Resources...