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Report: EPA’s California Waiver Decision on Greenhouse Gas Automobile Emissions Met Statutory Procedural Requirements

Report #09-P-0056, December 9, 2008

What Was Found

In this case, Administrator Johnson conducted a notice and hearing phase and based his decision to deny the waiver on one of the three criteria set out in Section 209(b); therefore, he satisfied the procedural statutory requirements.

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Full Report (PDF)(5 pp, 67 K)