98-10151. Clean Fuel Fleet Program  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 20103-20107]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-10151]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Part 88
    
    [FRL-5994-5]
    RIN 2060-AH56
    
    
    Clean Fuel Fleet Program
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
    
    ACTION: Direct final rule; delay of implementation date.
    
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    SUMMARY: The provisions of subpart C of Title II of the Clean Air Act 
    require states with certain ozone and carbon monoxide (CO) 
    nonattainment areas to revise their State Implementation Plans (SIP) to 
    incorporate a Clean Fuel Fleet
    
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    Program. Under this program, specified percentages of new vehicles 
    acquired by covered fleet operators in certain ozone and CO 
    nonattainment areas must meet EPA's clean-fuel vehicle (CFV) emissions 
    standards. Today's action delays by one model year, the requirement 
    that a covered area's State Implementation Plan implement a Clean Fuel 
    Fleet Program (CFFP) fleet operator purchase requirement. As a result, 
    EPA may approve a CFFP SIP revision which provides that covered fleet 
    operators must include a certain percentage of CFVs in their fleet 
    vehicle purchases each year beginning with model year 1999. This action 
    is intended to ensure successful implementation of the CFFP, and to 
    ensure that an adequate supply of appropriate vehicles is available for 
    fleet operators to purchase and use once the program is underway, so 
    that compliance with the mandatory purchase requirements will be 
    possible and economically feasible for covered fleet operators.
    
    DATES: This rule will become effective on June 8, 1998 unless the 
    Agency receives relevant adverse comment by May 26, 1998. Should the 
    Agency receive such comments, it will publish notification withdrawing 
    this rule.
    
    ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit written comments in response 
    to this rule (in duplicate if possible) to Public Docket No. A-97-53. 
    It is requested that a duplicate copy may be submitted to Sally 
    Newstead at the address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
    below. The docket is located at the Air Docket, Room M-1500 (6102), 
    Waterside Mall SW, Washington, DC 20460. The docket may be inspected 
    between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on weekdays, excluding holidays. A 
    reasonable fee may be charged for copying docket material.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Newstead, Office of Mobile 
    Sources, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, 2565 Plymouth 
    Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105. Telephone (734) 668-4474.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Statutory Authority
    
        The statutory authority for this action is provided by sections 246 
    and 301 of the Clean Air Act.
    
    Background
    
        EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the 
    Agency views this as a noncontroversial action and anticipates no 
    adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this 
    Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document 
    that will serve as the proposal for this action should relevant adverse 
    comments be filed. This rule will be effective June 8, 1998 without 
    further notice unless the Agency receives relevant adverse comments by 
    May 26, 1998. If EPA receives such comments, EPA will publish a 
    document withdrawing this final rule and informing the public that the 
    rule did not take effect. All public comments received will then be 
    addressed in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. EPA 
    will not institute a second comment period on the proposed rule.
        The Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (``CAA'' or ``the Act''), 
    requires certain states to adopt and submit to EPA a State 
    Implementation Plan (SIP) containing a CFFP for nonattainment areas 
    with 1980 populations greater than 250,000 that are classified as 
    serious or worse for ozone, or with a design value of at least 16.0 ppm 
    for carbon monoxide (CO). The nonattainment areas currently covered by 
    the requirement to adopt and submit a CFFP are Atlanta, Washington DC 
    metropolitan area, Chicago-Gary-Lake Counties, Milwaukee-Racine, Baton 
    Rouge, and Denver-Boulder.1
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        \1\ States with covered nonattainment areas may opt out of the 
    CFFP with an adequate substitute program. See CAA Section 
    182(c)(4)(B). Eleven states have opted out of the CFFP pursuant to 
    this provision. Areas reclassified for ozone, that have a 1980 
    population of at least 250,000, must also submit a SIP revision with 
    a CFFP within one year of such reclassification. See CAA Section 
    246(a)(3).
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        Section 246 of the CAA provides that a states' SIP submission must 
    require fleet operators with 10 or more vehicles that are centrally 
    fueled or capable of being centrally fueled, to include a specified 
    percentage of clean-fuel vehicles (CFVs) in their new vehicle purchases 
    each year. In addition, states CFFP SIP submissions must comply with 
    other specifications in Section 246, including the requirement that 
    covered fleet operators must operate their CFVs in covered 
    nonattainment areas on a clean alternative fuel, defined as a fuel on 
    which the vehicle meets EPA's CFV standards when using such fuel. EPA 
    promulgated emissions standards for CFVs in September 1994. See 40 CFR 
    Part 88. EPA estimates that demand for CFVs by covered fleets in model 
    year 2 1998 would be approximately 47,000 light duty 
    vehicles and 12,000 heavy duty vehicles.
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        \2\ A ``model year'' for purposes of fleet operators' compliance 
    with CFFP purchase requirements, and as used in this notice, is not 
    the same as ``model year'' as defined for purposes of motor vehicle 
    production. The definition of ``model year'' for the CFFP means 
    September 1 of the preceding year through August 31 of the named 
    year. Therefore, model year 1998 for the CFFP runs from September 1, 
    1997 through August 31, 1998. See 40 CFR 88.302-94.
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    Start Date for CFFP Purchase Requirement
    
        Section 246(c) of the CAA provides that the specified percentage of 
    new light duty vehicle purchases by covered fleet operators that must 
    be CFVs in a given model year shall be 30% in model year 1998, 50% in 
    model year 1999, and 70% in model year 2000 and later years, if certain 
    categories of new vehicles (light duty trucks (LDTs) below 6000 lbs 
    gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) and light duty vehicles (LDVs)) 
    certified to the Phase II CFV exhaust emissions standards are offered 
    for sale in California.3 In March 1993, EPA stated its 
    expectation that the vehicles specified in Section 246(c) would be 
    offered for sale in California by model year 1997, and therefore 
    states' SIP submissions should provide for implementation of the CFFP 
    purchase requirement beginning in model year 1998. EPA also stated its 
    intent to delay this implementation date if it later determined that 
    the requisite vehicles would not be offered for sale in California in 
    model year 1997. See 58 FR 11888 (March 1, 1993).
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        \3\ The Phase II CFV exhaust emissions standards are found in 
    CAA Section 243(a)(2) and 243(b)(2), and include standards for non-
    methane organic gases (NMOG), CO, oxides of nitrogen 
    (NOX), particulate matter (PM), and formaldehyde that are 
    identical to California's Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) exhaust 
    emissions standards.
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        EPA cannot mandate that vehicle manufacturers produce CFVs for 
    fleets to purchase to meet the CFFP requirements--Congress intended 
    that the creation of a market for CFVs would provide an incentive for 
    vehicle manufacturers to produce and sell such vehicles outside 
    California, ultimately resulting in broader market penetration. The 
    specification in section 246 (c) that certain vehicles meeting CFV 
    exhaust emissions standards must be available for sale in California 
    for implementation of the CFFP purchase requirement to begin in model 
    year 1998 was intended to provide a minimum level of reasonable 
    assurance that complying vehicle technology was available and being 
    produced.4 Without some such evidence of vehicle 
    availability, fleet operators cannot realistically be expected to 
    comply with the CFFP purchase requirements. However, Section 246 is not 
    clear on the issue of how many of the vehicles specified in Section 
    246(c) must be offered for sale in California before triggering
    
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    implementation of the CFFP purchase requirements.
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        \4\ See A Legislative History of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 
    1990, Volume 1 at 903.
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        In today's action, EPA is delaying the start date that the SIP must 
    contain for implementation of the CFFP purchase requirements from model 
    year 1998 to model year 1999, and intends to approve state SIP 
    submissions with CFFPs that start in model year 1999. EPA has received 
    information from various stakeholders, including states, covered fleet 
    operators, and vehicle manufacturers on this issue, and has concluded 
    that a delay until model year 1999 will result in a successful, 
    effective fleet program that advances the penetration of CFVs and clean 
    alternative fuels into the national market, and is consistent with the 
    provisions of Section 246(c) and with Congress' intent in adopting the 
    CFFP provisions of the Act.
        The legislative history of the 1990 amendments to the CAA indicates 
    that, in adopting the CFFP, Congress made a clear choice between two 
    alternatives: requiring auto manufacturers to produce and sell CFVs, or 
    creating a market for CFVs and for clean alternative fuels by requiring 
    fleet operators to purchase such vehicles and operate on such fuels. In 
    choosing the latter option, Congress attempted to minimize the burden 
    on fleet operators by requiring some evidence of vehicle availability 
    in California as a precondition to implementation of the purchase 
    requirement before model year 2001. However, the Act does not provide a 
    clear indication of Congressional intent regarding the number of 
    vehicles in each weight category specified in Section 246(c) that must 
    be offered for sale in California to trigger the fleet operators' 
    purchase requirement. Because the CAA is silent on this particular 
    issue, and in the absence of a clear indication of Congressional 
    intent, it is appropriate for EPA to reasonably exercise its discretion 
    in a way that furthers the goals of the CFFP provisions, and determine 
    whether a sufficient number of requisite vehicle models are offered for 
    sale in California to require that other states SIPs implement the CFFP 
    in MY1998.
        Auto manufacturers have certified a number of vehicle models to the 
    LEV standards in California on California reformulated gasoline, and 
    EPA expects these vehicles could be certified as federal CFVs. However, 
    because of the Act's requirement that fleet operators operate CFVs on 
    clean alternative fuels, as defined in Section 241(b), fleet operators 
    who purchase such CFVs to meet CFFP purchase requirements may have to 
    operate these vehicles on California reformulated gasoline, which is 
    generally not available outside California. EPA cannot conclude at this 
    time that federal reformulated gasoline or federal conventional 
    gasoline qualify as clean alternative fuels for CFVs certified to LEV 
    standards on California reformulated gasoline, due to potential 
    emissions differences resulting from differences in fuel composition 
    between California reformulated gasoline and federal fuels. EPA expects 
    that manufacturers could certify LEVs that have been certified to 
    California LEV standards on California reformulated gasoline as federal 
    CFVs on federal fuels--if manufacturers did so, fleet operators could 
    purchase such vehicles to meet CFFP purchase requirements, and operate 
    them on federal fuels in covered nonattainment areas without violating 
    the fuel use requirement of the CFFP. Certain new light duty trucks 
    (LDTs) below 6000 pounds GVWR and new light duty vehicles (LDVs) 
    certified to LEV exhaust emissions standards are currently being 
    offered for sale in California. However, only a limited number of LDTs 
    below 6000 lbs. GVWR were certified to California's LEV standards and 
    offered for sale in California in MY1997 as indicated in the following 
    chart.
    
                                                List of Certified CA LEVs Offered for Sale in California in MY97                                            
                                                                       [As of April 1997]                                                                   
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               Manufacturer                Certification number               Models                    Type               Standard              Fuel       
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    Ford..............................  FORD-LDV-97-01-00.........  Escort, Escort Wagon......  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                        FORD-LDV-97-38-00.........  Sable, Sable Wagon,         LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                                                     Taurus, Taurus Wagon.                                                                  
    General Motors....................  GM-LDT-97-29-00...........  Astro AWD (C&P)* Passenger  LDT                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                        GM-LDT-97-40-00...........  Safari AWD (P), Astro AWD   LDT                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                                                     (C&P).                                                                                 
    Honda.............................  HONDA-LDV-97-19-00........  Civic, del Sol............  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                        HONDA-LDV-97-20-00........  Civic.....................  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                        HONDA-LDV-97-21-00........  Civic, del Sol............  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                        HONDA-LDV-97-22-00........  Civic.....................  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
    Nissan............................  NISSN-LDV-97-06-00........  Sentra/200SX..............  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
    Suzuki............................  SUZUK-LDV-97-05-00........  Metro.....................  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                        SUZUK-LDV-97-06-00........  Metro, Swift..............  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
    Toyota............................  TOYOT-LDV-97-11-00........  Camry.....................  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
                                        TOYOT-LDV-97-12-00........  Camry.....................  LDV                  LEV                  CA RFG.           
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    * P=Passenger, C=Cargo.                                                                                                                                 
    
        In order to meet the MY98 purchase requirements, fleet operators 
    must have placed vehicle orders in April, 1997; however, the supply of 
    federally certified CFVs at this time was limited. Based on the limited 
    numbers of light duty vehicles and trucks offered for sale in 
    California in MY1997, and particularly the limited number of LDTs <6000 pounds="" gvwr,="" epa="" believes="" that="" a="" short="" delay="" of="" the="" required="" implementation="" date="" of="" the="" cffp="" for="" one="" model="" year="" is="" reasonable="" to="" avoid="" the="" potential="" for="" serious="" disruption="" of="" the="" initial="" implementation="" of="" this="" program="" from="" an="" inadequate="" supply="" of="" vehicles.="" given="" the="" list="" of="" current="" federally="" certified="" cfvs,="" the="" available="" choices="" for="" passenger="" cars,="" pick-up="" trucks,="" vans="" and="" sport="" utility="" vehicles="" is="" limited="" to="" the="" following:="" [[page="" 20106]]="" list="" of="" certified="" cfvs="" offered="" for="" sale="" in="" my97="" [as="" of="" april="" 30,="" 1997]="" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" manufacturer="" certification="" number="" models="" type="" standard="" fuel="" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" light="" duty="" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" impco="" tech........................="" impco-ldcngt-97-01........="" sierra="" c="" pickup..........="" ldt="" lev="" cng.="" chrysler..........................="" chrysler-ldclt-97-01-00...="" caravan(2wd),="" ldclt="" ilev+ulev="" cng.="" voyager(2wd).="" chrys-zev-97-01...........="" caravan(2wd),="" ldt="" zev="" electricity.="" voyager(2wd).="" ford..............................="" ford-ldcngv-97-01.........="" crown="" victoria...........="" ldv="" ilev+ulev="" cng.="" ford-ldcngt-97-01.........="" f250(2wd)................="" ldt="" ilev+ulev="" cng.="" ford-ldcngt-97-02.........="" e250(2wd),="" e350(2wd).....="" ldt="" ilev+ulev="" cng.="" general="" motors....................="" gm-zev-97-01..............="" ev1......................="" ldv="" ilev+zev="" electricity.="" gn-zev-ldt-97-01..........="" s10="" pickup...............="" ldt="" ilev+zev="" electricity.="" honda.............................="" hn-zev-97-01..............="" ev="" plus..................="" ldv="" ilev+zev="" electricity.="" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" manufacturer="" certification="" number="" models="" standard="" fuel="" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" heavy="" duty="" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" cummins...........................="" cummins-nge="" (mhdd)-97-18............="" b5.9-195g.......................="" lev="" cng.="" cummins-nge="" (mhdd)-97-19............="" b5.9-195f.......................="" lev="" cng.="" cummins-nge="" (mhdd)-97-22............="" c8.3-250g.......................="" lev="" cng.="" cummins-nge="" (mhde)-97-01............="" b5.9-195g.......................="" ulev="" cng.="" detroit="" diesel....................="" ddc-nge="" (lhdde)-97-01...............="" series="" 30g......................="" lev="" cng.="" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------="" sip="" revisions="" in="" light="" of="" this="" action,="" states="" with="" adopted="" cffp="" sips="" may="" revise="" their="" sips="" to="" provide="" for="" a="" model="" year="" 1999="" start="" date="" for="" the="" cffp="" purchase="" requirements.="" fleet="" operators="" may="" still="" earn="" credits="" for="" early="" purchase="" of="" cfvs="" that="" meet="" all="" applicable="" requirements,="" including="" the="" requirement="" that="" fleet="" operators="" operate="" their="" cfvs="" on="" clean="" alternative="" fuels="" when="" in="" the="" covered="" nonattainment="" area.="" the="" epa="" believes="" this="" action="" will="" provide="" states="" and="" fleet="" owners="" the="" necessary="" flexibility="" in="" those="" areas="" that="" are="" unable="" to="" meet="" the="" cff="" purchase="" requirements="" cited="" in="" the="" caaa.="" administrative="" requirements="" a.="" administrative="" designation="" under="" executive="" order="" 12866,="" (58="" fr="" 51735="" (october="" 4,="" 1993))="" the="" agency="" must="" determine="" whether="" the="" regulatory="" action="" is="" ``significant''="" and="" therefore="" subject="" to="" office="" of="" management="" and="" budget="" (omb)="" review="" and="" the="" requirements="" of="" the="" executive="" order.="" the="" order="" defines="" ``significant="" regulatory="" action''="" as="" one="" that="" is="" likely="" to="" result="" in="" a="" rule="" that="" may:="" (1)="" have="" an="" annual="" effect="" on="" the="" economy="" of="" $100="" million="" or="" more="" or="" adversely="" affect="" in="" a="" material="" way="" the="" economy,="" a="" sector="" of="" the="" economy,="" productivity,="" competition,="" jobs,="" the="" environment,="" public="" health="" or="" safety,="" or="" state,="" local,="" or="" tribal="" governments="" or="" communities;="" (2)="" create="" a="" serious="" inconsistency="" or="" otherwise="" interfere="" with="" an="" action="" taken="" or="" planned="" by="" another="" agency;="" (3)="" materially="" alter="" the="" budget="" impact="" of="" entitlement,="" grants,="" user="" fees,="" or="" loan="" programs="" or="" the="" rights="" and="" obligations="" of="" recipients="" thereof;="" or="" (4)="" raise="" novel="" legal="" or="" policy="" issues="" arising="" out="" of="" legal="" mandates,="" the="" president's="" priorities,="" or="" the="" principles="" set="" forth="" in="" the="" executive="" order.="" pursuant="" to="" the="" terms="" of="" executive="" order="" 12866,="" epa="" believes="" that="" this="" final="" action="" is="" not="" a="" significant="" regulatory="" action="" and="" therefore="" not="" subject="" to="" omb="" review.="" approvals="" of="" sip="" submittals="" under="" section="" 110="" and="" subchapter="" i,="" part="" d="" of="" the="" clean="" air="" act="" do="" not="" create="" any="" new="" requirements="" but="" simply="" approve="" requirements="" that="" the="" state="" is="" already="" imposing.="" this="" action="" simply="" revises="" regulations="" governing="" the="" requirements="" states'="" cffp="" sip="" submissions="" must="" meet.="" it="" serves="" to="" delay="" states'="" required="" implementation="" of="" cffp="" purchase="" requirements.="" therefore,="" it="" has="" been="" determined="" that="" this="" action="" does="" not="" constitute="" a="" ``major''="" regulation.="" b.="" reporting="" and="" recordkeeping="" requirement="" there="" are="" no="" information="" requirements="" in="" this="" direct="" final="" rule="" which="" require="" the="" approval="" of="" the="" office="" of="" management="" and="" budget="" under="" the="" paperwork="" reduction="" act="" 44="" u.s.c.="" 3501="" et="" seq.="" c.="" regulatory="" flexibility="" epa="" has="" determined="" that="" it="" is="" not="" necessary="" to="" prepare="" a="" regulatory="" flexibility="" analysis="" in="" connection="" with="" this="" final="" rule.="" epa="" has="" also="" determined="" that="" this="" rule="" will="" not="" have="" significant="" economic="" impact="" on="" a="" substantial="" number="" of="" small="" entities.="" this="" is="" based="" on="" the="" fact="" that="" this="" action="" does="" not="" impose="" any="" new="" requirements,="" but="" simply="" delays="" the="" applicable="" start="" date="" of="" the="" cffp="" purchase="" requirements="" that="" must="" be="" included="" in="" certain="" state's="" sips,="" pursuant="" to="" the="" caa.="" thus,="" the="" impact="" created="" by="" the="" proposed="" action="" does="" not="" increase="" the="" preexisting="" burden="" of="" the="" existing="" rules="" which="" this="" proposal="" seeks="" to="" amend.="" d.="" submission="" to="" congress="" the="" congressional="" review="" act,="" 5="" u.s.c.="" 801="" et="" seq.,="" as="" added="" by="" the="" small="" business="" regulatory="" enforcement="" fairness="" act="" of="" 1996,="" generally="" provides="" that="" before="" a="" rule="" may="" take="" effect,="" the="" agency="" promulgating="" the="" rule="" must="" submit="" a="" rule="" report,="" which="" includes="" a="" copy="" of="" the="" rule,="" to="" each="" house="" of="" the="" congress="" and="" to="" the="" comptroller="" general="" of="" the="" united="" states.="" epa="" will="" submit="" a="" report="" containing="" this="" rule="" and="" other="" required="" information="" to="" the="" u.s.="" senate,="" the="" u.s.="" house="" of="" representatives,="" and="" the="" comptroller="" general="" of="" the="" united="" states="" prior="" to="" publication="" of="" the="" rule="" in="" the="" federal="" register.="" this="" rule="" is="" not="" a="" ``major="" rule''="" as="" defined="" by="" 5="" u.s.c.="" 804(2).="" [[page="" 20107]]="" e.="" unfunded="" mandates="" act="" under="" section="" 202="" of="" the="" unfunded="" mandates="" reform="" act="" of="" 1995="" (``unfunded="" mandates="" act''),="" signed="" into="" law="" on="" march="" 22,="" 1995,="" epa="" must="" prepare="" a="" budgetary="" impact="" statement="" to="" accompany="" any="" proposed="" or="" final="" rule="" where="" the="" estimated="" costs="" to="" state,="" local,="" or="" tribal="" governments,="" or="" to="" the="" private="" sector,="" will="" be="" $100="" million="" or="" more.="" under="" section="" 205,="" epa="" must="" select="" the="" most="" cost-effective="" and="" least="" burdensome="" alternative="" that="" achieves="" the="" objective="" of="" the="" rule="" and="" is="" consistent="" with="" statutory="" requirements.="" section="" 203="" requires="" epa="" to="" establish="" a="" plan="" for="" informing="" and="" advising="" any="" small="" governments="" that="" may="" be="" significantly="" impacted="" by="" the="" rule.="" to="" the="" extent="" that="" the="" rules="" being="" adopted="" in="" this="" action="" would="" impose="" any="" mandate="" at="" all="" as="" defined="" in="" section="" 101="" of="" the="" unfunded="" mandates="" act="" upon="" the="" state,="" local,="" or="" tribal="" governments,="" or="" the="" private="" sector,="" as="" explained="" above,="" this="" rule="" is="" not="" estimated="" to="" impose="" costs="" in="" excess="" of="" $100="" million.="" epa="" has="" determined="" that="" today's="" action="" simply="" delays="" the="" purchase="" requirements="" under="" state="" cffps="" and="" does="" not="" impose="" additional="" costs="" or="" regulatory="" burdens.="" in="" fact,="" the="" one-year="" delay="" of="" implementation="" of="" the="" purchase="" requirements="" is="" expected="" to="" reduce="" costs="" of="" compliance="" and="" ease="" regulatory="" burdens.="" list="" of="" subjects="" in="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 88="" environmental="" protection,="" labeling,="" motor="" vehicle="" pollution,="" reporting="" and="" recordkeeping="" requirements.="" dated:="" april="" 3,="" 1998.="" carol="" m.="" browner,="" administrator.="" for="" the="" reasons="" set="" out="" in="" the="" preamble,="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 88="" is="" amended="" as="" follows:="" part="" 88--[amended]="" 1.="" the="" authority="" citation="" for="" part="" 88="" continues="" to="" read="" as="" follows:="" authority:="" 42="" u.s.c.="" 7410,="" 7418,="" 7581,="" 7582,="" 7583,="" 7584,="" 7586,="" 7588,="" 7589,="" 7601(a).="" 2.="" section="" 88.308.94="" is="" amended="" by="" designating="" the="" existing="" text="" as="" paragraph="" (a)="" and="" by="" adding="" paragraph="" (b)="" to="" read="" as="" follows:="" sec.="" 88.308.94="" programmatic="" requirements="" for="" clean-fuel="" fleet="" vehicles.="" *="" *="" *="" *="" *="" (b)="" program="" start="" date.="" the="" sip="" revision="" shall="" provide="" that="" the="" clean="" fuel="" vehicle="" purchase="" requirements="" begin="" to="" apply="" no="" later="" than="" model="" year="" 1999.="" [fr="" doc.="" 98-10151="" filed="" 4-22-98;="" 8:45="" am]="" billing="" code="" 6560-50-p="">

Document Information

Effective Date:
6/8/1998
Published:
04/23/1998
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Direct final rule; delay of implementation date.
Document Number:
98-10151
Dates:
This rule will become effective on June 8, 1998 unless the Agency receives relevant adverse comment by May 26, 1998. Should the Agency receive such comments, it will publish notification withdrawing this rule.
Pages:
20103-20107 (5 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FRL-5994-5
RINs:
2060-AH56: Clean Fuel Fleet Program; Rule Amendment
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2060-AH56/clean-fuel-fleet-program-rule-amendment
PDF File:
98-10151.pdf
Supporting Documents:
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CFR: (1)
40 CFR 88.308.94