Examples of CA Standards in a sentence
During the term of this Settlement Agreement, CARB will not enforce the CA Standards with regard to Volvo Car USA using available enforcement mechanisms, and CARB instead shall enforce the terms of this Settlement Agreement solely in accordance with the enforcement provisions and remedies herein.
Volvo Car USA, on behalf of itself, its parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates, will not challenge or seek to undermine this Agreement or CA Standards for the current Model Year through Model Year 2026, or the corresponding standards in Section 177 States.
CARB takes the position that its authority pursuant to Health & Safety Code § 43213 among other authorities to enforce the CA Standards was illegally restricted by SAFE Rule Part One, although CARB has stated that it will not take enforcement actions as to model years covered by EPA’s waiver revocation in the SAFE Rule Part One unless and until the revoked portions of the waiver are reinstated.
In 2013, EPA issued CARB a waiver of federal preemption for its CA Standards pursuant to Section 209 of the CAA.
The SAFE Rule Part One is a final agency action in which 1) EPA published a revocation of the CAA waiver of federal preemption previously granted to CARB for the CA Standards, at least as to certain Model Years, and 2) NHTSA adopted a rule declaring that state law regulations pertaining to motor vehicle emissions of carbon dioxide are preempted by the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (“EPCA”).
CARB has an interest in making electrified vehicles more available and affordable, reducing climate change impacts experienced by Californians, and supporting the GHG reductions and technology development goals of the CA Standards and CARB’s statutory requirements for further GHG reductions for later model years.
Under CARB regulations, with the promulgation of SAFE Rule Part Two, compliance with the Federal Program is no longer deemed compliance with the CA Standards, and instead manufacturers are required to comply with the CA Standards without regard to the Federal Program beginning with the 2021 Model Year.
In consideration of Volvo Car USA’s voluntary commitments in this Agreement, CARB releases Volvo Car USA and its principals, officers, receivers, trustees, successors and assignees, subsidiaries, affiliates and parent corporations from any claims, and covenant not to sue or otherwise pursue such entities or individuals, for violations of the CA Standards for MY2021-MY2026.
Subject to the conditions and terms specified in this Settlement Agreement, CARB commits to exercise its enforcement discretion to accept Volvo Car USA’s compliance with the terms of this Settlement Agreement as an agreed upon compliance plan to achieve the objectives of the CA Standards for Model Year 2021 through Model Year 2026.
The CA Standards include a “deemed to comply” provision such that compliance with the 2018 Federal Program is deemed as compliance with the CA Standards.