Groups Fight CARB’s SIP ‘Contingency Measure’ Based On Draft EPA Guide

California air officials have approved a rule to tighten the state’s vehicle smog check program as a “contingency measure” for the state implementation plan (SIP) to meet federal air quality standards, but environmental justice (EJ) groups that sued the board to compel such action are charging it fails to meet legal mandates and is inappropriately based on draft EPA guidance. “The smog check contingency measures are based on a draft -- and I want to emphasize that, ‘draft,’ -- guidance...