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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Myron Ebell [Myron.Ebell@cei.org] 4/3/2018 6:53:17 PM Myron Ebell [Myron.Ebell@cei.org] Cooler Heads Coalition alert on EPA's CAFE mid-term review and notice of our next meeting-Monday, 9th April Reminder: the Cooler Heads Coalition will hold its next monthly strategy meeting on Monday, 9thApril, beginning at 12 noon at CEI, 1310 L Street, N. W., Seventh Floor. Please e-mail or ring me at! Ex. 6 with questions or agenda items. Rupert Darwall from London will be our special guest. CAF Mid-Term Review The EPA on Monday announced the results of its mid-term review of the 2021-25 CAFE standards. Here is the press release: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-adniinisiratorpruitt-ghg-emissionS"Staiida.rdS"Cars-and"light4mckS"Should-be. Here is the document: https://wfww.e'pa.gov/regnlations-emissionS"Vehieles-and-engines/midterm" evaluation-light-duty-vehicle-greenhouse-gas. Clearly, this is a big step in the right direction. Pasted below are some resources that might be useful in talking or writing about it. Here are links to two joint letters on CAF, the first organized by Tom Pyle at the American Energy Alliance and the second by Steve Pociask at the American Consumer Institute: https://gaJIery.maiIchimp.com/7cbc7dd7983 Ia84c870t9842e/files/eedabdld"cdb2"4b6e-al9a165ba? 1dl 13/CAFE Coal itiooletter, pdf http://www.theamericanconsiuTier.org/wp-content/uploads/201 S/03/ACI-Coalition-Letter-Finalpdf Here is my colleague Mario Lewis's op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle: http s://www.sfebronicle.coiTt/op in io n /o pen fo ru m /article/O p in io n -C u tting-tatlp i pe-enTission-notthai-12799988.php. Here is CEFs press release: https://cei.org/content/cei-commends-epareviewing-cafe-rules. Here are EPA's talking points: In 2012, EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) set greenhouse gas (GHG) and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light-duty vehicles starting in Model Year (MY) 2017-2025. As part of the 2012 rulemaking, EPA made a regulatory commitment to conduct a Midterm Evaluation of the standards for MY 2022-2025 no later than April 1, 2018. This Evaluation would determine whether the standards remain appropriate or should be made more or less stringent. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00072720-00001  In November 2016, the Obama Administration cut short the Midterm Evaluation process and rushed out a Final Determination days before leaving office, on January 12, 2017. Since then, the auto industry and other stakeholders sought a reinstatement of the original Midterm Evaluation timeline, so that the Agency could review the latest information. On March 15, 2017, President Trump alongside EPA Administrator Pruitt and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Chao announced a reestablishment of the Midterm Evaluation process. In August 2017, EPA and NHTSA formally reopened the regulatory docket initiating a 45-day comment period asking for additional information and data relevant to assessing whether the GHG emissions standards remain appropriate, including information on: consumer behavior, feedback on modeling approaches, costs and assessing advanced fuels technologies. EPA held a public hearing in Washington, DC, on September 6, 2017. By the end of the comment period, EPA received over 290,000 comments. Based on EPA's review and analysis of the comments and information received, and the Agency's own analysis, the Administrator believes that the current GHG emission standards for MY 2022-2025 light-duty vehicles are not appropriate and should be revised. Future changes to the standards will ensure that auto-manufacturers can make cars that consumers both want and can afford. They will also treat all advanced vehicle technologies the same, including the potential of natural gas vehicles and the role of high-octane fuels. EPA will continue its close partnership with NHTSA to ensure there is adequate consideration of any potential impacts on automobile safety. Myron Ebell Director, Center for Energy and Environment Competitive Enterprise Institute 1310 L Street, N. W., Seventh Floor Washington, DC 20005, USA Ex. 6 Tel direct: (I Tel mobile:! E-mail: Myron .Ebe Sijhjcei.org Stop continental drift! Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00072720-00002