Automakers To Seek Strict EPA Oversight Of States' Clean Car Programs

摘要

Automakers will soon seek a meeting with top EPA officials to call for strict federal oversight of states' programs to implement a California zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, with the industry fearing that inadequate state planning, insufficient infrastructure and other limitations will create inconsistent implementation harmful to the sector. The push for EPA oversight - which automakers will pitch to officials including EPA air chief Gina McCarthy, nominated to be the next agency administrator - follows an industry petition to EPA to reconsider its December approval of the ZEV mandate, which took the form of a Clean Air Act waiver for California.