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August 8, 2023

On August 3, 2023, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation — created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to facilitate collaboration between the U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and Transportation (DOT) — officially announced the members of its Electric Vehicle (EV) Working Group, an independent advisory board. Parties interested in the growth of EVs in the United States should take note of the group, which will coordinate and consult on the development, adoption, and integration of EVs into the transportation and energy systems of the United States.

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Samuel B. Boxerman

Washington, D.C.

sboxerman@sidley.com

Rose Quam-Wickham

Aug 32023

Regulated Entities in California Communities May Face More Investigation and Enforcement by California Air Resources Board

California Air Resources Board, CARB, Clean Air Act, Emissions, Enforcement, Oversight, Pollutants, Stationary Source

Samuel B. Boxerman, Maureen F. Gorsen and Marie E.A. Allison

August 3, 2023

Regulated entities in designated communities — compiled and termed the “Consistently Nominated AB 617 Communities list” — will want to pay close attention to updates from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on its Community Protection Program Blueprint 2.0. Currently, communities in the Bay Area, Imperial, San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento Metropolitan, and South Coast air districts are on the list. As part of a mandate to reduce toxic air contaminant and criteria pollutant emissions in communities that have a high cumulative exposure burden, CARB is updating the Program Blueprint 2.0 as required under Assembly Bill 617, adopted by the California Legislature July 26, 2017. CARB’s present revisions may result in increased investigation and enforcement of regulated entities in these communities.

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