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bvz @ Mar 4th 2008 4:25PM
sigh.
There seems to be a huge amount of confusion here.
Again.
California (and no other states) has historically been granted the right to petition for a waiver because A) it had already started regulating emissions before the federal government ever decided to step into the ring, and B) it was able to demonstrate that due to its size and extreme amount of pollution, the need for regulations was imperative. Once the EPA started regulating emissions, California's laws were grandfathered in and, in addition, it was given the right to continue to regulate its own emissions assuming a waiver is granted by the EPA. The dispute here is not whether California has the right to regulate its own emissions, but whether this particular request for a waiver was denied for political reasons or for a valid reason.
Now... pay attention here. Other states have the right to EITHER ADOPT CALIFORNIA'S STANDARDS OR THE NATIONAL STANDARDS. They DO NOT have the right to develop their own standards. Therefore, the argument that I see over and over and over that 50 different regulations are too burdensome for the auto manufacturers does not apply. There would be, at most, two standards (in addition to the standards that they already successfully meet in every other international market).