GAINESVILLE, Ga. — The National Chicken Council and 90 federal and state agriculture, transportation and infrastructure groups have written a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to air their grievances in regard to a new proposal set by California.
These organizations asked the EPA to reject the Golden’s State’s new proposal that would require trains within the state to use emission-free locomotives by 2030. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) asked the EPA to grant them these new regulations.
According to a statement given by the NCC, the regulations would:
1. Require the decommission of locomotives. . .