Last week, NEFI joined 137 stakeholders from across the country in the energy, agricultural and transportation sectors on a letter to the majority and minority leaders in the House and Senate, in support of Congress’ efforts to use the Congressional Review Act to protect consumer vehicle choice and disapprove “unachievable” state vehicle emissions rules, “including those that would ban the internal combustion engine, and would harm American economic and national security.”

This includes California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II), Advanced Clean Truck (ACT), and Heavy-Duty Omnibus rules. NEON readers will recall that Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont are among the states that have adopted these rules. Maryland also adopted the ACT.

The letter states:

“While we support reducing emissions in the transportation sector, forced electrification and unachievable standards are not the only way to accomplish this. In a country as big and diverse as ours, vehicle offerings need to be diverse to meet Americans’ wide-ranging transportation needs.

“Congress has the opportunity to halt California’s misguided efforts to tell other Americans what kinds of vehicles they can and cannot buy. We support Administrator Lee Zeldin and the EPA’s decision to transmit these rules to Congress due to the profound national impact they will have on all Americans. Congress should decide if such consequential rules are right for the American people and the American economy, not California.

“We share the goal of affordable, reliable, and cleaner transportation and look forward to continued engagement on policies that are in the best interest of consumers and U.S. energy and economic security."

The Clean Freight Coalition, a group of motor carrier trade associations, has also issued a statement supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s submission of two prior EPA waivers to Congress for repeal under the Congressional Review Act. NEFI remains actively engaged in this issue and strongly supports this legislation, and will keep members informed of any new developments.