Truckers Charge Air Law Preempts L.A. District’s Landmark Warehouse Rule

August 11, 2021
The California Trucking Association (CTA) is suing the Los Angeles air district over its recently approved landmark warehouse “indirect source rule” (ISR), charging that it illegally regulates heavy-duty trucks in violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and another major federal transportation- and freight-related law. “Dissatisfied with the pace of fleet turnover already mandated by the California Air Resources Board [CARB], the District has seized for itself powers reserved to the [EPA] and CARB under what the United States Supreme...


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