Description: Challenge to Minnesota's adoption of the Clean Car Rule, which incorporated by reference certain California motor-vehicle emission standards.
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Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
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Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 10/10/2023 Order List Download Certiorari denied. Supreme Court Declined Review of Minnesota Court’s Rejection of Challenge to Minnesota Adoption of California Vehicle GHG Emissions Standards. The U.S. Supreme Court denied the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association’s petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of a Minnesota appellate court’s decision that rejected a challenge to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s adoption of California vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards pursuant to Section 177 of the Clean Air Act. Section 117 authorizes states that have nonattainment or maintenance plans to adopt standards identical to California standards for which a waiver has been granted. 08/14/2023 Petition for Writ of Certiorari Download Petition for writ of certiorari filed. Minnesota Automobile Dealers Sought Supreme Court Review on States’ Eligibility to Adopt California Vehicle Standards. The Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association filed a petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of a Minnesota appellate court’s decision upholding a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency rule that adopted California vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards pursuant to Section 177 of the Clean Air Act. The petition presented the question of whether Minnesota qualifies to adopt California’s vehicle emission standards pursuant to Section 177 when there are no areas in Minnesota which fail to satisfy the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The petition argues that states “cannot use outdated technical nonattainment designations (or maintenance plans) having nothing to do with motor-vehicle emissions to justify adopting California’s motor-vehicle emissions rules.” -
Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
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Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 01/30/2023 Opinion Download Clean Car Rule declared valid. Minnesota Court Upheld State’s Adoption of California Vehicle Emission Standards. The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA’s) Clean Car Rule, which incorporated by reference certain California motor-vehicle emission standards, including a requirement that a certain percentage of vehicles delivered for sale to Minnesota be zero emission vehicles. The appellate court held that the incorporation of California’s standards by reference did not violate the nondelegation doctrine. The court also found that the MPCA acted within its statutory authority in adopting a uniform statewide motor-vehicle emission standard and that Minnesota was an eligible state to adopt the California standards under the Clean Air Act.