A California official on Tuesday defended her state’s new pollution rules for trains to Republicans lawmakers eager to kill the mandates.
A House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee held the second hearing in recent weeks on the rules, which are pending before EPA.
“Reduction of the pollution caused by locomotives operating in the state is critical for California to meet it’s Clean Air Act obligations,” said Heather Arias, chief of the Transportation and Toxins division of the California Air Resources Board.
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The rule would require older trains to be phased out. It also moves against idling and would make companies pay for emissions.
