2018-22976. The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

ACTION:

Proposed rule; correction.

SUMMARY:

This document corrects information in the proposed rule published in the August 24, 2018 issue of the Federal Register entitled The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks. Specifically, a table in the Paperwork Reduction Act section is corrected; two minor changes are made to one amendatory instruction in NHTSA's regulatory text, and the coefficients specifying the proposed carbon dioxide standards in EPA's regulatory text have been corrected to reflect EPA's proposal to exclude credits for direct A/C emissions for purposes of compliance with carbon dioxide standards after model year 2020, as explained in Section III of the proposed rule. This document contains only clerical corrections and makes no updates to either the proposal or to the analysis underlying the proposal. For the reader's information, an updated Preliminary Regulatory Impact Assessment (PRIA) will also be made available concurrent with this notice; that document will include descriptions starting on the second page detailing the corrections to various tables and figures therein.

DATES:

Comments for the proposed rule must be received on or before October 26, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

EPA: Christopher Lieske, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: [phone]; fax number: [phone]; email address: [e-mail], or contact the Assessment and Standards Division, email address: [e-mail]. NHTSA: James Tamm, Office of Rulemaking, Fuel Economy Division, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; telephone number: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In the proposed rule beginning at 83 FR 42986, in the issue of August 24, 2018, make the following corrections:

On page 43480, replace the existing Table XII-2 with the following table:

Table XII-2—Estimated Burden for Reporting Requirements

	Manufacturers		Government
	Hours	Cost	Hours	Cost
Prior Collection	3,189.00	$24,573.50	975.00	$31,529.00
Current Collection	3,774.5	187,530.82	3,038.00	141,246.78
Difference	585.50	162,957.32	2,063.00	109,717.78

On page 43489, third column, remove the first instance of instruction 16 and in the second, in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) correct “8,877” to read “8,887.”

On page 43494, replace existing Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(2)(i)(A) with the following table:

Model year	CO2 target value (grams/mile)
2012	244.0
2013	237.0
2014	228.0
2015	217.0
2016	206.0
2017	195.0
2018	185.0
2019	175.0
2020	166.0
2021 and later	182.0

On Page 43495 replace Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(2)(i)(B) with the following table:

Model year	CO2 target value (grams/mile)
2012	315.0
2013	307.0
2014	299.0
2015	288.0
2016	277.0
2017	263.0
2018	250.0
2019	238.0
2020	226.0
2021 and later	244.0

On Page 43496 replace the table currently titled “Table 1 to Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(2)(i)(C)” with the following table header and table:

Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(2)(i)(C)

Model year	a	b
2012	4.72	50.5
2013	4.72	43.3
2014	4.72	34.8
2015	4.72	23.4
2016	4.72	12.7
2017	4.53	8.9
2018	4.35	6.5
2019	4.17	4.2
2020	4.01	1.9
2021 and later	4.09	14.6

On Page 43497 replace the table currently titled “Table 1 to Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(3)(i)(A)” with the following table header and table:

Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(3)(i)(A)

Model year	CO2 target value (grams/mile)
2012	294.0
2013	284.0
2014	275.0
2015	261.0
2016	247.0
2017	238.0
2018	227.0
2019	220.0
2020	212.0
2021 and later	227.0

On Page 43498 replace the table currently titled “Table 1 to Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(3)(i)(B)” with the following table header and table:

Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(3)(i)(B)

Model year	Maximum footprint	a	b
2012	66.0	4.04	128.6
2013	66.0	4.04	118.7
2014	66.0	4.04	109.4
2015	66.0	4.04	95.1
2016	66.0	4.04	81.1
2017	50.7	4.87	38.3
2018	60.2	4.76	31.6
2019	66.4	4.68	27.7
2020	68.3	4.57	24.6
2021 and later	68.3	4.57	39.9

On Page 43499 replace the table currently titled “Table 1 to Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(3)(i)(D)” with the following table header and table:

Table 1 to Paragraph (c)(3)(i)(D)

Model year	Minimum footprint	CO2 target value (grams/mile)
2012	66.0	395.0
2013	66.0	385.0
2014	66.0	376.0
2015	66.0	362.0
2016	66.0	348.0
2017	66.0	347.0
2018	66.0	342.0
2019	66.4	339.0
2020	68.3	337.0
2021 and later	68.3	352.0

Issued on October 16, 2018 in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.5.

Heidi R. King,

Deputy Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Dated: October 16, 2018.

William L. Wehrum,

Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency.