Government
Mar. 5, 2015
Concerned over air pollution, Southern California air district sues over train idling rules
The South Coast Air Quality Management has gone to the 9th Circuit to challenge a recent move by federal railroad regulators to put the kibosh on its locomotive pollution rules.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Southern California air quality regulators are facing off with the federal agency that oversees the railroad industry, asking a federal appellate court to greenlight its local train idling rules over objections from the federal Surface Transportation Board.
The struggle comes down to whether federal railroad law, which largely preempts local rules that affect railroads, trumps another federal law - t...
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