California sued the Trump administration Monday, claiming the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent move to reclassify federal waivers that allow the state to set stricter emissions standards as rules is illegal.
State Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said in a press release that the EPA has always considered waivers as “orders” and that they “have never been considered rules subject to Congressional disapproval” since the Clean Air Act became law. That would mean the Congressional Review Act—which Congress used last year to revoke waivers granted to the state—wouldn’t apply, California said.
The state filed its lawsuit in the US District Court …