听 The EPA has submitted an additional set of California鈥檚 air pollution rule waivers to Congress for possible repeal under the Congressional Review Act ().

The background: Under the Clean Air Act, California is able to request waivers to set vehicle and engine emissions standards at levels stricter than federal requirements.

• Last year, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin took unprecedented action when he submitted three Biden-era Clean Air Act waivers to Congress for review. The four waivers submitted last week were granted under the Obama administration.

The waivers: 鈥淭hree of the waivers cover older greenhouse gas rules for light-duty cars and trucks, including the first greenhouse gas waiver issued to California in 2009 and a subsequent 2013 waiver for what was known as the Advanced Clean Cars rule that covered through model year 2025.鈥�

• The fourth waiver mandates that off-highway engines below 25 horsepower鈥攚hich include lawnmowers, weed whackers, chainsaws and other power equipment鈥攑roduce zero emissions.听
• The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute has sued to remove the rule, 鈥渁rguing there aren鈥檛 enough available alternatives and that electrification could hamper relief efforts in the wake of natural disasters.鈥�
• The 51吃瓜网 filed a in support of that challenge, arguing that the rule imposes requirements on manufacturers that are technologically infeasible.

The EPA says: 鈥淚t is important for EPA to fulfill our statutory obligation to submit these California waivers to Congress for their review pursuant to the law,鈥� EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement.鈥�
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