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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Knauss, Chuck [CKnauss@hunton.com] 1/5/2018 2:53:21 PM Wehrum, Bill [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=33d96ae800cf43a3911d94a7130b6c41-Wehrum, Wil] FYI 2017-12-31 Mary Nichols Quoted in Guardian Article Re US Emission Standards.pdf - Adobe Acrobat Pro-c.pdf "This Environmental Protection Agency doesn't seem to have met an air regulation that it likes," said Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board and a former EPA assistant administrator. "I've not seen any evidence that this administration knows anything about the auto industry, they just seem to be against anything the Obama administration did. "Vehicle emissions are going up, so clearly not enough is being done on that front. The Trump administration is halting further progress at a critical point when we really need to get a grip on this problem." Nichols said she had been disturbed by signals coming from Pruitt and other EPA officials that she said show the federal government is looking to end California's waiver. "We are very concerned because these standards are the bedrock of our whole climate change platform," she said. "Scott Pruitt has made threatening noises about the Californian waiver, saying that we are trying to run the country. It feels like this is going to be the next shoe to drop. If it does, we will litigate and fight for our rights in the political arena with other states and consumer advocates." Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00184029-00001