Workshop: Potential Impacts of Federal Vehicle Standards Rollback

May 16, 2019 in San Diego, California

In August 2018, in place of commonsense standards to increase vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as federal law requires, U.S. EPA and NHTSA proposed freezing the current standards at the 2020 level through the 2026 model year. The administration also proposed to act against established law and wrongly strip California and other states of their authority to protect their public health through California’s standards moving forward.

In addition to impacting local community public health, significantly increasing greenhouse gas emissions and accelerating the climate crisis, and enriching oil companies at the expense of drivers, the federal proposal may prevent transportation agencies from building local transportation projects.

The California Air Resources Board, California Transportation Commission, and California Department of Transportation held an informational workshop on May 16, 2019 discussing implications of the proposed federal action on air quality and transportation planning and funding in California and other states.

Webcasts

Part 1: Agenda Items 1-6
Part 2: Agenda Items 7-10

Agenda

#	Agenda Item	Presenter
1	Welcome, Meeting Purpose & Opening Remarks	Fran Inman, Chair California Transportation Commission Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board
2	California State Transportation Agency Remarks	Brian Annis, Secretary, California State Transportation Agency
3	California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency Remarks	Melinda Grant, Undersecretary, California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency
4	Overview of Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule California's Response, Actions to Date State and Local Air Quality Impacts State and Local Public Health Impacts	Jennifer Gress, California Air Resources Board (Presentation) Erik White, California Air Pollution Control Officers Association
5	Overview Regional Transportation Plans Air Quality Conformity	Tanisha Taylor, California Association of Councils of Governments
6	Caltrans and Regional Perspective - Impacts to Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy Implementation Highway and Transit Housing Economic Impacts	Darin Chidsey, Southern California Association of Governments Andy Chesley, San Joaquin Council of Governments Ross McKeown, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chris Schmidt, California Department of Transportation
7	National Perspective - Impacts to Other States	Miles Keogh, National Association of Clean Air Agencies
8	Next Steps	Jennifer Gress, California Air Resources Board Chris Schmidt, California Department of Transportation Tanisha Taylor, California Association of Councils of Governments
9	Public Comment	Submitted written comments: American Lung Association Sunrise Movement
10	Wrap-Up and Conclusion	Fran Inman, California Transportation Commission Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board

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