This bill would change the Clean Air Act to remove a special waiver that allowed one State to get permission to set its own motor vehicle emissions rules. It would also remove the part of the law that lets other States adopt new motor vehicle emissions standards identical to those that State adopted. The bill adds a rule that no State may adopt or try to enforce standards for emissions from nonroad engines or nonroad vehicles. It lists some examples of those nonroad items: new construction equipment and vehicles, farm equipment and vehicles, and new locomotives or locomotive engines. The bill also says any previously issued waivers under the removed provision would have no force and effect, and any pending waiver applications would be considered denied. Several related sections of the Clean Air Act would be changed or repealed to match these removals.
If you are a State official, vehicle or equipment maker, or a business that sells or uses vehicles or nonroad equipment, this bill would remove a legal route States used to adopt certain alternative vehicle emissions rules. The bill would also prevent States from setting their own new standards for the kinds of nonroad engines and vehicles listed in the text. The bill text does not describe how these changes would be carried out in detail.
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The bill title and its text show that sponsors want to end the specific waiver and the ability of States to use that waiver to adopt the other State's new motor vehicle standards. The sponsors replaced or removed several Clean Air Act provisions to prevent States from setting those kinds of standards for motor vehicles and listed nonroad engines.
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