The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Wednesday it is considering adopting new regulations to address locomotive air pollution.
"EPA has formed a team to evaluate how best to address air pollutant emissions from the locomotive sector. This team will develop a set of options and recommendations for possible EPA regulatory actions addressing new locomotives and new locomotive engines," the agency said.
The EPA is not endorsing California's request but said it plans to propose revisions to existing locomotive preemption regulations "to ensure they don’t inappropriately limit California’s and other states’ authorities under the Clean Air Act to address their air quality issues."EPA has not updated its air pollutant emissions regulations from locomotives since 2008.
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