Competitive Enter. Inst. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Admin.

ELR Citation: ELR 20542
No(s). 89-1422 (D.C. Cir. Feb 19, 1992)

The court holds that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) failed to adequately address safety issues in refusing to lower the corporate average fuel economy standard for model year 1990 cars below the statutory level of 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg). Automakers and other petition...