DETROIT, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A senior California official

said Tuesday he expects the Environmental Protection Agency will

approve the state's landmark plan to end the sale of

gasoline-only vehicles by 2035.

The California Air Resources Board has sought a waiver from

the EPA for a waiver under the Clean Air Act to implement its

plan to end sales of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 and has

seven other waiver requests pending for other environmental

regulations. "We certainly made it clear that we expect EPA to

grant these waivers," CARB Executive Officer Steven Cliff said

at a Reuters Next conference in Detroit. "What's important is we

cannot enforce a rule without that waiver in place."