§ 490.308 - Annual reporting requirements.

§ 490.308 Annual reporting requirements.

(a) If a person is required to comply with the vehicle acquisition schedule in section 490.302, that person shall file an annual report under this section, on a form obtainable from DOE, with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, EE-33, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, or such other address as DOE may publish in the Federal Register, on or before the December 31 after the close of the applicable model year.

(b) This report shall include the following information -

(1) Number of new light duty motor vehicles acquired by the covered person in the United States during the model year;

(2) Number of new light duty alternative fueled vehicles that are required to be acquired during the model year;

(3) Number of new light duty alternative fueled vehicle acquisitions in the United States during the model year;

(4) Number of alternative fueled vehicle credits applied towards acquisition requirements pursuant to § 490.505;

(5) For each new light duty alternative fueled vehicle acquisition -

(i) Vehicle make and model;

(ii) Model year;

(iii) Vehicle Identification Number;

(iv) An indication of whether the vehicle is a dedicated vehicle or a dual fueled vehicle;

(v) Type(s) of alternative fuel on which the vehicle is capable of operating;

(vi) Acquisition date; and

(vii) If the annual report shows that the covered person did not satisfy its alternative fueled vehicle acquisition mandate, an indication of whether the covered person intends to submit a request for exemption under § 490.307.

(c) If banked alternative fueled vehicle credits are applied towards a covered person's alternative fueled vehicle acquisition requirements pursuant to § 490.505, or if allocation of alternative fueled vehicle credits is sought under subpart F of this part, then a credit activity report, as described in § 490.508, must be included with the annual report submitted under this section.

(d) Records shall be maintained and retained for a period of three years.

[61 FR 10653, Mar. 14, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 79 FR 15904, Mar. 21, 2014]