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- Reforming
the Automobile Fuel Economy Standards Program
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking -
[Docket No. 2003-16128] RIN 2127-AJ17
(HTML
Version) This document seeks comment on various issues
relating to the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program.
In particular, this document seeks comments relating to possible
enhancements to the program that will assist in furthering fuel
conservation while protecting motor vehicle safety and the
economic vitality of the auto industry. The agency is
particularly interested in improvements to the structure of the
CAFE program authorized under current statutory authority. The
focus of this document is to solicit comment on the structure of
the CAFE program, not the stringency level for a future CAFE
standard.
- Reforming
the Automobile Fuel Economy Standards Program; Request for Product
Plan Information
Request for Comments - [Docket No.
2003-16709]
(HTML
Version) The purpose of this request for comments is to
acquire information regarding vehicle manufacturers’ future
product plans to assist the agency in analyzing possible reforms
to the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program which are
discussed in a companion notice published today. The agency is
seeking information that will help it assess the effect of these
possible reforms on fuel economy, manufacturers, consumers, the
economy, motor vehicle safety and American jobs.
- Light Truck Average Fuel Economy Standards, Model Years
2005-2007
(Docket No.: NHTSA-2002-11419 or 68 FR
16867; April 7, 2003)
(HTML
Version) This final rule established the average fuel
economy standards for light trucks that will be manufactured in
the 2005-2007 model years (MYs). Chapter 329 of Title 49 of the
United States Code requires the issuance of these standards. The
standards for all light trucks manufactured by a manufacturer is
set at 21.0 mpg for MY 2005, 21.6 mpg for MY 2006, and 22.2 mpg
for MY 2007. This rule is effective May 5, 2003.
- Final
Environmental Assessment
[Docket No.:
NHTSA-2002-11419]
With the lifting of the Congressional
freeze on CAFE standards in December 2001, NHTSA established
new CAFE standards for MY 2005-2007 light trucks. To satisfy
the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), NHTSA, with the assistance of John A Volpe National
Transportation System Center, finalized this Final
Environmental Assessment, assessing the potential
environmental impacts associated with proposed action.
- Final
Economic Assessment
[Docket No.:
NHTSA-2002-11419]
This assessment examines the costs
and benefits of the final rule establishing corporate average
fuel economy (CAFE) standards for light trucks for model years
(MY) 2005-2007. It includes a discussion of the technologies
that can improve fuel economy, the potential impact of the
final rule on light truck retail prices and lifetime
discounted fuel savings, and the gallons of fuel that could be
potentially saved.
- Light
Truck Average Fuel Economy Standard, Model Year 2004
(Docket No. NHTSA-2001-11048 or 67 FR 16052; April 4, 2002)
This final rule established the average fuel
economy standard for light trucks manufactured in model year
(MY) 2004. Chapter 329 of Title 49 of the United States Code
requires the issuance of this standard. The standard for all
light trucks manufactured by a manufacturer was set at 20.7 mpg
for the 2004 model year. The amendment was effective May 6,
2002.
- Automotive Fuel Economy Manufacturing Incentives for
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
(Docket No.
NHTSA-2001-10774; Notice 2 or 67 FR 10873; March 11, 2002)
To provide an incentive for the production of
vehicles that can operate on certain alternative fuels as well
as on regular petroleum fuels, Congress established a special
procedure for calculating the fuel economy of those vehicles for
determining compliance with the Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Standards. This procedure increases the fuel economy attributed
to such "dual-fueled" vehicles, thus facilitating compliance
with those standards. By statute, the incentive is available
through the end of the 2004 model year and may be extended by up
to four additional years through rulemaking. This document
proposes to extend the availability of the incentive by four
years, i.e., through the end of the 2008 model
year.
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