The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion by a truck trailer manufacturers trade group to stay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) portion of a final rule adopted by EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in August 2016 establishing greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty engines and vehicles. The court said the trade group had satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending judicial review and stayed the rule “insofar as it purports to regulate trailers.” The court also granted the respondents’ motion to continue holding the case in abeyance pending the completion of administrative proceedings that the agencies said “could obviate the need for judicial resolution” of the issues raised by the trade group. The court directed the parties to file status reports every 90 days.

Challenge to greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty engines and vehicles.

Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. v. EPA

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D.C. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers

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