Regulations and Legislation
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Federal Regulations:
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Department of Energy (DOE)
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Energy
Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) |
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Passed by Congress to reduce our nation's dependence
on imported petroleum. Requires certain fleets to acquire alternative
fuel vehicles (AFVs) that are capable of operating on non-petroleum
fuels. |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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EPA
Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) |
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OTAQ regulates air pollution from motor vehicles,
engines, and the fuels used to operate them, and encourages
travel choices that minimize emissions. These "mobile sources"
include cars and light trucks, large trucks and buses, nonroad
recreational vehicles, farm and construction equipment, lawn
and garden equipment, marine engines, aircraft, and locomotives. |
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Cars
and Light Trucks |
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Information on regulating emissions from passenger
cars and light trucks. This includes consumer information, vehicle
standards and regulations, certification and compliance, fuel
economy, and test data. |
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Heavy-Duty
Highway Engines |
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Information regarding EPA's diesel programs,
regulations, and retrofit/rebuild programs. Also includes general
information regarding heavy-duty highway engines, such as trucks
and buses, and their emissions. |
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Fuels |
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Information on programs and regulations, reformulated
gasoline, Tier 2/gasoline sulfur, diesel, alternative fuels
and MTBE. |
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Regulations |
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This page lists Federal Register notices originated
by the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) since
1994. |
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Department of Transportation (DOT)
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NHTSA
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) Regulations |
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Information on the CAFE program, including a program
overview, related rulemaking activities, research, fleet characteristics
and summaries of manufacturers' fuel economy performance since
1978. Regulating CAFE is the responsibility of two federal agencies:
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NHTSA sets fuel economy
standards for cars and light trucks sold in the U.S.; EPA calculates
the average fuel economy for each manufacturer. |
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Volumtary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) Program |
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Information on the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) VALE pilot program including announcements, reporting
requirements, summary reports and program guidance documents.
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Federal Legislation:
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U.S.
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EPA Voluntary Programs
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EPA's
Cleaner Diesel Programs
The EPA promotes clean diesel engines to improve air quality
and health while at the same time increase fuel efficiency
and durability of diesel engines. While the EPA has programs
to help diesel engines of today, these voluntary programs
may become regulatory measure for the diesel engines of tomorrow.
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Clean
School Bus USA
EPA's Clean School Bus USA program brings together partners
from business, education, transportation, and public health
organizations to work toward eliminating unnecessary public
school bus idling; retrofitting buses with better emission
control technologies; and replacing the oldest buses in the
fleet with new, less polluting buses.
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SmartWay
Transport
EPA created SmartWay Transport, a partnership with leading
freight-haulers, retailers and manufacturers, to reduce fuel
consumption from the transportation sector in the United States;
emissions affecting human health, especially in densely populated
urban areas; and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Voluntary
Diesel Retrofit Program
The Diesel Retrofit Program works to reduce pollution resulting
from existing diesel vehicles and equipment by encouraging
fleet owners to install pollution-reducing devices on the
vehicles and to use cleaner-burning diesel fuel. This involves
working with state, local, and industry partners to verify
the effectiveness of pollution-reducing technology and to
create retrofit projects around the country.
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California Air Resources
Board (ARB) Regulations:
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Regulatory and other information on all vehicles
sold in California including zero and near-zero emission vehicles,
fuel cells, heavy-duty vehicle inspection program, on-board
diagnostics, off-road emission reductions, voluntary accelerated
vehicle retirement program (also known as the "scrappage program"),
and search DriveClean.ca.gov
- ARB's car buyers guide to find the least polluting vehicles
on the market. |
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Information on the proposed development of regulations
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. Find
information concerning climate change including Assembly Bill
1493 (Pavley) signed by the Governor on July 22, 2002. |
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Includes all recent information on the Low Emission
Vehicle Program, including the LEV II amendments. |
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Includes information on current standards, test
procedures, regulatory documents, hearing notices, proposed
regulations and related programs. |
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Information regarding the ARB's efforts to reduce
both criteria pollutant emissions and exposure to toxic air
contaminants from urban buses. The regulation affects both public
transit operators and heavy-duty engine manufacturers |
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The ARB staff, in coordination with the California
Energy Commission and the local air pollution control districts,
is developing guidelines to establish a Lower Emission School
Bus Program. The guidelines will provide criteria for the purchase
of new school buses and retrofits of existing school buses to
reduce particulate matter emissions. |
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Information about the proposed School Bus Idling
airborne toxic control measure (ATCM). |
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Information on the proposed airborne toxic control
measure for diesel particulate matter (PM) from on-road heavy-duty
diesel-fueled residential and commercial solid waste collection
vehicles. |
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Information on the On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Truck
Idling Reduction Program. |
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General information regarding Zero Emission Vehicle
technologies, such as battery and fuel cell electric vehicles,
ARB regulatory activity, and links to other websites. |
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Information on alternative fuels, the cleaner-burning
gasoline program, diesel fuel regulations, plus fuel-related
enforcement activities. |
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Current text of local, state, and federal statutes,
plus state and local regulations affecting air quality management
in California. |
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These are updated annually and available electronically
for the years 1995 through 2004 in a variety of formats. In
addition, for 2004 only, a comprehensive search capability has
been added for the entire code book. |
California Legislation:
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State Legislature |
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Official site for California legislative information.
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