CARB Crafts New Options In Novel Locomotive Rule, But Faces Federal Suits

The California air board is encouraging its staff to negotiate additional options for compliance with its proposed landmark locomotive regulation, primarily with public rail agencies, while chastising national private railways for continuing to threaten lawsuits to overturn the regulation once it is finalized in the spring. “[I]t’s time that the national railroads come to the table. You say that we should give you more time, that it’s too hard [to comply] -- but where have you been for the last...