Examples of Section 177 States in a sentence
The outcome of this litigation or additional federal regulatory actions may result in two GHG compliance standards in the United States for the covered Model Years: requirements to comply with more stringent CA Standards in California and the Section 177 States; and less stringent SAFE Rule Part Two standards throughout the rest of the United States.
Likewise, compliance with the 2018 Federal Program qualifies as compliance in Section 177 States.
California has filed a lawsuit, together with the Section 177 States and other plaintiffs, challenging the NHTSA action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
CARB and the Section 177 States take the position that they may enforce their regulations if the revoked portions of the waiver are reinstated or if the EPA and NHTSA actions in the SAFE Rule Part One are vacated.
CARB and the Section 177 States dispute the validity of these actions and the authority of EPA and NHTSA to take these actions.
CARB and the Section 177 States may exercise enforcement discretion with respect to such authority, including entering into settlement agreements and issuing Enforcement Discretion letters or other enforcement discretion directives.
California (including CARB), the Section 177 States, and others have also petitioned for review of the EPA and NHTSA actions in the SAFE Rule Part One in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
EPA admits that, in reaching its revocation decision, it wholly discounted the substantial and ongoing reliance interests that California and the Section 177 States have in the waiver.
The SAFE Rule Part One and SAFE Rule Part Two, and the related litigation, also entail risks that California and the Section 177 States may not achieve the pollutant reduction goals they expected to result from the CA Standards.
Those investments are supported by the authority of California and the Section 177 States to adopt and enforce more stringent GHG and zero-emission vehicle standards than promulgated at the federal level.