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Jun 28, 2012

RULES & REGULATIONS * USA

* DC - House panel votes to bar EPA from setting tailpipe limits

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Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -June 28, 2012: -- The House Appropriations Committee has voted to bar the Environmental Protection Agency from setting vehicle tailpipe emissions limits for the 2017-25 model years, or allowing California to set its own rules... The amendment would allow the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to finalize corporate average fuel economy requirements for 2017-25, but would not allow EPA to set tailpipe emissions limits... The Obama administration previously has required a 40 percent boost in fuel-efficiency standards for the 2012-16 model years at a cost of $51.5 billion to 34.1 mpg...


* DC - U.S. Appeals Court upholds 2012-16 fuel standards. Panel says EPA also can limit tailpipe emissions 
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -June 27, 2012: -- A three-judge panel has upheld the Obama administration's ability to limit greenhouse gas emissions, including setting 2012-16 fuel-efficiency standards and tailpipe limits.The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington dismissed challenges brought by states led by Texas and major industries including chemical, energy, utility, agriculture and mining companies, as well as the National Association of Manufacturers.The decision is a big win for the Obama administration, which plans to finalize the 2017-25 fuel-efficiency standards and greenhouse gas emissions limits by August. The rules will hike requirements to 54.5 mpg by 2025.Industries are concerned the Environmental Protection Agency could further limit carbon emissions without congressional action. The National Association of Manufacturers said EPA greenhouse gas regulations could eventually place limits on 6 million stationary sources, including 200,000 manufacturing facilities, 37,000 farms and millions of other sources such as universities, schools and hospitals.In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts vs. EPA by a 5-4 vote that the agency had to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act if it found them to be a danger to human health. In 2009, the EPA named tailpipe emission from automobiles as a danger to human health...


* DC - Compromise bill to hike auto recall fines to $35 million. The new penalty will take affect within one year 

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -June 28, 2012: -- A compromise transportation bill doubles penalties on automakers who fail to recall unsafe vehicles to $35 million, far less than the $250 million sought by the Senate... The bill, which was hammered out between House and Senate negotiators in recent weeks, doesn't include nearly all of the new auto safety regulations that the Senate had wanted to require... The Senate had voted to require new regulations governing vehicle stopping distance and brake override standard, pedal placement, electronic systems performance, pushbutton ignition systems standard, vehicle event data recorders and commercial motor vehicle rollover prevention and crash mitigation. The Senate would have prohibited electronic visual entertainment in driver's view... All of the requirements were dropped — but NHTSA will study vehicle electronics... Increased penalties were pushed in the wake of Toyota Motor Corp.'s agreement to pay nearly $50 million to settle government claims that it delayed three recalls. Critics said the penalties were far too small to deter companies from failing to recall vehicles...

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