EPA Takes First Step to Block CARB Clean Trucks Rule
Administrator Seeks Congressional Review of Measure
CARB in January backed down on the Advanced Clean Fleets Rule. (vitpho/Getty Images)
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The Environmental Protection Agency has taken a first step aimed at rescinding the Biden administration’s waivers granted for California’s Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus low nitrogen oxides rules.
In a Feb. 14 announcement, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, along with the newly created National Energy Dominance Council, said the agency will be asking Congress to review the waivers of the controversial regulations aimed at transitioning the trucking industry to electric trucks and lowering nitrogen oxides.
The Advanced Clean Trucks regulation is a manufacturers zero-emission vehicle sales requirement and a one-time reporting requirement for large entities and fleets.
The California Air Resources Board Omnibus regulation manda…
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