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Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Filing Date: 2021
Case Categories:
  • Federal Statutory Claims
    • Other Statutes and Regulations
Principal Laws:
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
Description: Challenge to an interim final rule that provided that a 2016 inflation adjustment to the civil penalty for violations of Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards would not go into effect until model year 2022.
  • Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    Docket number(s): 21-0139
    Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    01/25/2021 Petition for Review Download Petition for review filed. Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club filed a petition for review challenging an interim final rule published on January 14, 2021 that provided that a 2016 inflation adjustment to the civil penalty for violations of Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards would not go into effect until model year 2022. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration adopted the interim final rule in response to an October 2020 rulemaking petition from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. The Alliance submitted the rulemaking petition after a Second Circuit ruling in August 2020 reinstated the 2016 penalty increase.

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