EPA Grants Preemption Waiver For California Small Offroad Engine Rules

January 3, 2025
EPA has granted California’s request for a federal preemption waiver for its regulations addressing emissions from small offroad engines, one of at least four requests the Biden administration was expected to approve in its final days though the fate of two other pending waiver petitions for locomotives and truck fleets remain uncertain. EPA in a notice set for publication in the Jan. 6 Federal Register announces that it late last month approved 2016 and 2021 amendments to California’s Small...


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