Cal. Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition v. State Air Resources Bd.

Filed 8/27/24; certified for publication 9/24/24 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

CALIFORNIA NATURAL GAS VEHICLE

COALITION, F084229

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 20CECG02250)

v.

OPINION

STATE AIR RESOURCES BOARD,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. William Terrence, Judge. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Dario J. Frommer, Andrew Oelz, Ashley Vinson Crawford, Aileen M. McGrath, and Zach ZhenHe Tan for Plaintiff and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Assistant Attorney General, Tracy L. Winsor, Evan Eickmeyer, L. Elizabeth Sarine, and David M. Meeker, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant. Actium, Mike Gatto, Allan Johnson, and Jonathon D. Nicol for Western Growers Association, NGVAmerica, and Western Propane Gas Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. -ooOoo- This case considers whether the State Air Resources Board (Board) complied with applicable legal rules when adopting the Advanced Clean…