49-U.S.C.-32906
§32906 – Maximum Fuel Economy Increase For Alternative Fuel Automobiles
Pathway
Title 49 > Subtitle VI > Part C > Chapter 329 > Section 32906
Details
- Reference: Section 32906
- Legend: §32906 – Maximum Fuel Economy Increase For Alternative Fuel Automobiles
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) In General.—For each of model years 1993 through 2019 for each category of automobile (except an electric automobile), the maximum increase in average fuel economy for a manufacturer attributable to dual fueled automobiles is—
(1) 1.2 miles a gallon for each of model years 1993 through 2014;
(2) 1.0 miles per gallon for model year 2015;
(3) 0.8 miles per gallon for model year 2016;
(4) 0.6 miles per gallon for model year 2017;
(5) 0.4 miles per gallon for model year 2018;
(6) 0.2 miles per gallon for model year 2019; and
(7) 0 miles per gallon for model years after 2019.
(b) Calculation.—In applying subsection (a), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall determine the increase in a manufacturers average fuel economy attributable to dual fueled automobiles by subtracting from the manufacturers average fuel economy calculated under section 32905(e) the number equal to what the manufacturers average fuel economy would be if it were calculated by the formula under section 32904(a)(1) by including as the denominator for each model of dual fueled automobiles the fuel economy when the automobiles are operated on gasoline or diesel fuel.
(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1067; Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, §772(b), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 834; Pub. L. 110–140, title I, §109(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1505.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 32906(a) | 15:2013(g)(1). | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, 86 Stat. 947, §513(g)(1), (2)(A); added Oct. 14, 1988, Pub. L. 100–494, §6(a), 102 Stat. 2449; Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102–486, §403(5) (G)(i), (ii)(I), 106 Stat. 2877. |
| 32906(b) | 15:2013(g)(2)(A). |
Amendments
2007—Pub. L. 110–140 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to maximum increase in average fuel economy for each of model years 1993 through 2019 and calculation of each such increase for provisions relating to maximum increase for each of model years 1993 through 2010 and authorizing offsets if the Secretary of Transportation reduced the average fuel economy standard for passenger automobiles for any model year below 27.5 miles per gallon.
2005—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 109–58, §772(b)(1), substituted model years 1993–2010 for the model years 1993–2004.
Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 109–58, §772(b)(2), substituted model years 2011–2014 for the model years 2005–2008.
Effective Date of 2007 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
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