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EPA sets fuel efficiency hearing
In a Friday notice about the public hearing, the EPA repudiated its prior denial saying it 'significantly departed from EPA's longstanding interpretation of the Clean Air Act's waiver provisions and from the agency's history.'
California had been granted more than 50 waivers over the past 30 years and never received a complete denial. California's waiver would require automakers to boost fuel economy to a fleetwide 35.7 miles per gallon by 2016 and 42.5 mpg by 2020.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said the agency would conduct an 'impartial review' of California's request.`
'It is imperative that we get this decision right, and base it on the best available science and a thorough understanding of the law,' Jackson said.
Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, said that if the states get EPA approval, they would immediately put their requirements into effect with no changes in the ramp up until 2016.
The standards -- drafted in 2004 -- were supposed to begin with the 2009 model year.
'Nothing I saw changed the views that I had before is that there's a lot of great technology that we need to bring on,' Nichols said in an interview this week after touring the Washington Auto Show.
The EPA said the agency is specifically seeking comment on automaker lead time.
California has said its requirements would reduce auto sales by 4.7 percent by 2020 because complying with the new standards would increase the average cost of vehicles. 'Our standards are not the problem. Our standards are part of the solution if we do it right,' Nichols said.
Sue Cischke, Ford Motor Co.' group vice president for sustainability, environment and safety, said the automaker would face significant hurdles in complying.
'This is just a bureaucratic nightmare,' she said, referring to the fact that automakers would have to ensure their fleets hit the proper averages in 14 different states.
Nichols said California is willing to consider an effort to set regional standards.
Some automakers have griped that California's proposed standard would exempt through 2016 small manufacturers that produce fewer than 60,000 vehicles. Some have said that if General Motors Corp. sells its Hummer brand to a Chinese or Indian automaker, it also would be exempt from any new rules.
'If we're really worried about the unfair advantage that those other companies have that are selling a small number of cars... we can talk about it,' Nichols said.
John P. McEleney, chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, urged the EPA to keep an open mind.
'It is apparent from its notice that EPA has all but made up its mind to allow for state-by-state fuel economy/greenhouse gas regulations, which is contrary to the President's statement against a 'confusing and patchwork set of standards that hurts the environment and the auto industry,'' McEleney said.
California had been granted more than 50 waivers over the past 30 years and never received a complete denial. California's waiver would require automakers to boost fuel economy to a fleetwide 35.7 miles per gallon by 2016 and 42.5 mpg by 2020.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said the agency would conduct an 'impartial review' of California's request.`
'It is imperative that we get this decision right, and base it on the best available science and a thorough understanding of the law,' Jackson said.
Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, said that if the states get EPA approval, they would immediately put their requirements into effect with no changes in the ramp up until 2016.
The standards -- drafted in 2004 -- were supposed to begin with the 2009 model year.
'Nothing I saw changed the views that I had before is that there's a lot of great technology that we need to bring on,' Nichols said in an interview this week after touring the Washington Auto Show.
The EPA said the agency is specifically seeking comment on automaker lead time.
California has said its requirements would reduce auto sales by 4.7 percent by 2020 because complying with the new standards would increase the average cost of vehicles. 'Our standards are not the problem. Our standards are part of the solution if we do it right,' Nichols said.
Sue Cischke, Ford Motor Co.' group vice president for sustainability, environment and safety, said the automaker would face significant hurdles in complying.
'This is just a bureaucratic nightmare,' she said, referring to the fact that automakers would have to ensure their fleets hit the proper averages in 14 different states.
Nichols said California is willing to consider an effort to set regional standards.
Some automakers have griped that California's proposed standard would exempt through 2016 small manufacturers that produce fewer than 60,000 vehicles. Some have said that if General Motors Corp. sells its Hummer brand to a Chinese or Indian automaker, it also would be exempt from any new rules.
'If we're really worried about the unfair advantage that those other companies have that are selling a small number of cars... we can talk about it,' Nichols said.
John P. McEleney, chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, urged the EPA to keep an open mind.
'It is apparent from its notice that EPA has all but made up its mind to allow for state-by-state fuel economy/greenhouse gas regulations, which is contrary to the President's statement against a 'confusing and patchwork set of standards that hurts the environment and the auto industry,'' McEleney said.
