American Auto. Mfrs. Ass'n v. Massachusetts Dep't of Envtl. Protection

ELR Citation: ELR 20378
No(s). 98-1036 (1st Cir. Dec 29, 1998)

The court refers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) several issues on whether Clean Air Act (CAA) §209 preempts a Massachusetts regulation requiring automakers to manufacture a certain number of zero emission electric vehicles (ZEVs) for sale in Massachusetts before the 2003 model ye...