US Chamber of Commerce, National Automobile Dealers Association Seek Review of EPA Decision Allowing States to Regulate Emissions

The US Chamber of Commerce and National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) have filed a petition seeking review of the EPA’s decision to allow states to regulate automobile emissions. In a Nonbinding Statement of Issues filed Oct. 13, 2009, the two groups outlined the questions to be addressed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in their lawsuit challenging the EPA’s decision to grant California’s request for a waiver of federal Clean Air Act preemption. The waiver allows California to regulate vehicle emissions and other states to adopt those regulations. A decision adverse to the EPA would limit the ability of individual states to regulate greenhouse gas emissions but does not implicate EPA’s efforts to set