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In 2014, to void the flexibility options provided in the 2014 amendments to the Regulation, John R. Lawson Rock and Oil of Fresno (Lawson) and the California Trucking Association (CTA) sued CARB in Fresno County Superior court.
In 2016, that court ruled in favor of Lawson and CTA, ordering CARB to set aside the regulation’s 2014 amendments. CARB appealed that decision to the 5th District court of Appeals. On January 31, 2018, the appellate court issued its decision upholding parts of the lower court’s ruling, including the court’s direction to set aside the regulation’s 2014 amendments.
If vehicles in your fleet are using one or more of the flexibility options that CARB added or amended in 2014, you will be impacted by the court’s decision.