The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced corresponding amendments to the Clean Air Act, set to take effect on December 8, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

requirements for the operation of locomotives have been tightened

Previously, U.S. states could impose emission limits only on locomotives whose actual service life exceeded the norm by more than a third.

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Now, they can, without federal law ties, also tighten emission requirements for new and upgraded machines.

Thus, the rule introduced in California this spring, stating that all locomotives in the state must operate with zero emissions after 2035, will not contradict the country’s federal legislation.

However, American railroad associations AAR and ASLRRA will continue to seek the court’s repeal of this rule, stating that despite the new amendments, it still contradicts the Clean Air Act.

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