Description: Challenge to EPA waiver of Clean Air Act preemption of California’s greenhouse gas regulations for certain heavy-duty tractor-trailer trucks.
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Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. v. EPA
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 11/24/2015 Judgment Download Judgment issued dismissing petition. D.C. Circuit Dismissed Challenge to EPA Grant of Waiver for California Tractor Trailer Regulations. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a petition challenging EPA’s granting to California of a waiver of federal preemption related to the State’s tractor trailer emissions regulations. The court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the petition because the petitioner raised only a constitutional claim and did not address whether EPA’s action was arbitrary or capricious. The court, which said the issues did not warrant a published opinion, said it was not determining whether it could decide a constitutional claim brought within a broader challenge to an EPA waiver determination. 10/03/2014 Petition for Review Download Petition for review filed. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. petitioned the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to review EPA’s granting of a request by the California Air Resources Board for a waiver of Clean Air Act preemption of certain provisions of California’s greenhouse gas regulations for heavy-duty tractor-trailer trucks. The waiver encompasses sleeper-cab tractors for model years 2011 through 2013 and dry-van and refrigerated-van trailers encompassed by such tractors starting with the 2011 model year.