Western States Petroleum Ass'n. v. Cal. Air Resources Bd.

Filed 2/13/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

WESTERN STATES B327663

PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION,

(Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Appellant, Super. Ct. No. 20STCP03138)

v.

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES

BOARD,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mitchell L. Beckloff, Judge. Affirmed. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Michael S. McDonough, Margaret Rosegay, Stacey C. Wright, and Eric T. Moorman for Petitioner and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Tracy L. Winsor, Assistant Attorney General, Gary E. Tavetian, Kristin K. McCarthy, and Jessica Barclay-Strobel, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent. ___________________ The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is responsible for establishing air quality standards to protect public health across the state’s air basins. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 39600, 39601, subd. (a), 39606, subd. (a).) To do so, CARB is required to “adopt airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants from nonvehicular sources.” (Id., §§ 39659,…