EPA’s Final Rule Quashes Part of California Truck Regulation (1)

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule rejecting part of a California regulation imposing requirements on heavy-duty trucks because of its application to out-of-state vehicles, the agency said.

The EPA said the state didn’t “provide necessary assurances” that the regulation under the Clean Air Act would follow the commerce clause under the US Constitution that bars states from getting involved in trade among each other or internationally.

“The Trump EPA will never back down from holding California accountable and stopping them from imposing unnecessary regulations on the entire nation,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in ...