EPA Opens Path To Quick Hill Repeal Of California Vehicle Rule Waivers

EPA in an unprecedented move is opening a path for Congress to quickly rescind multiple Biden-era Clean Air Act preemption waivers for California’s vehicle emission programs, even as waiver supporters assert that any such move would tee up litigation over whether they are beyond the scope of the Congressional Review Act (CRA). EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Feb. 14 announced that the agency is formally submitting the waivers to Congress, with the Trump EPA asserting the waivers are “rules” subject...