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On Jan. 13, 2025, the California Air Resources Board officially withdrew a request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for authorization of new regulations on locomotive emissions.
The withdrawn regulations would have required that all locomotives in California be zero-emission models by 2030, despite the fact that such locomotives are not currently commercially available and are not expected to be widely available by 2030.
The CARB likely withdrew the request in anticipation of a denial by the EPA following President Donald Trump’s administration taking control of the agency.
ABC opposed CARB’s ban and urged the EPA to deny the waiver, citing the enormous costs of compliance with the regulation and the potential for wide-ranging impacts on key aspects of the construction materials supply chain. ABC advocated against the ban by joining a coalition of industry stakeholders in comments to the EPA and sending a letter to Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials Subcommittee.