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Keep fuel economy rules with Transportation, not the EPA

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 19, p. 628. Written by Diana Furchtgott-Roth.

Keep fuel economy rules with Transportation, not the EPA

The document says “mustWho acts: DOT, EPAHow: regulationp. 628 in the PDF
What the document says

“Any EPA limits on carbon dioxide emissions, even if authorized under the Clean Air Act, must support and work in harmony with DOT standards”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 628

The chapter says environmental limits must not override or usurp the transportation department's role under the 1975 energy statute, and offers as an example that the environmental agency could regulate air conditioning systems and leave engine standards to transportation.

What the document actually says

“Any EPA limits on carbon dioxide emissions, even if authorized under the Clean Air Act, must support and work in harmony with DOT standards”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 628
That sentence, in plain words

Any carbon limits must fit with the transport rules. They must not override them.

What this is about

Two agencies both affect car rules. One covers mileage, one covers pollution. The book says the mileage agency should lead.

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