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Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It

Union of Concerned Scientists

We can rebuild it—we have the technology (and lax regulations) Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency sets emissions standards for engines in new locomotives. Beginning in 2001, emissions regulations were phased in for newly built locomotive engines, along with requirements for rebuilt engines.

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D.C. Circuit Vacates EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

The Energy Law

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) of the Clean Air Act (the “good neighbor” provision) which requires that State Implementation Plans contain adequate provisions to prevent a state’s emissions from affecting another state’s air quality. EPA issued CSAPR in August 2011 pursuant to Sec.