Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers v. EPA

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss its petition for review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards Under the Midterm Evaluation. EPA issued the Final Determination eight days before the change in administrations. AAM filed a protective petition for review on March 13 and had also submitted letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on February 21 requesting withdrawal of the Final Determination. AAM withdrew the petition for review on March 20 after EPA announced its intention to reconsider the Final Determination in coordination with the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. EPA indicated that it would issue a new determination by April 1, 2018.