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Litigation

New York v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Date
2021
Geography
United States
Part of
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

About this case

Filing year
2021
Status
Petition for review filed.
Geography
Docket number
21-339
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims → Other Statutes and Regulations
Principal law
United States → Administrative Procedure Act (APA)United States → Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
At issue
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.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
02/16/2021
Petition
Petition for review filed.
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New York and 14 other states filed a petition seeking review of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s final rule that reversed an inflation adjustment to penalties for violations of fuel economy standards. The final rule was published in the January 14, 2021 issue of the Federal Register. Environmental groups filed a challenge to the rule in January.

Summary

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.