NTL Record

Title National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards
Record ID 48758
Personal Name
Creator
Anderson, Jon; Green, Kevin; Lopez-Bernal, Kristina E.; Mantilla, Jose G.; Marville, Robert; Papazian, Jennifer; Pickrell, Don; Valihura, Paul; Wayson, Roger
Source 101p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication Date 20030101
Language English
Abstract The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) must set Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light trucks. This was authorized by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, which added Title V: Imporving Automotive Fuel Efficiency to the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Saving Act (now codified at 49 U.S.C. Chapter 329). NHTSA is statutorily required to set CAFE standards at the "maximun feasible level" based on four criteria: technological feasibility, economic practicability, the effect of government motor vehicle standards on fuel econmy and the need of the U.S. to conserve energy. With the lifting of the Congressional freeze on CAFE standards in December 2001, NHTSA is proposing new CAFE standard for MY 2005-2007 light trucks. To satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), NHTSA, with the assistance of the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment, assessing the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. This Final Environmental Assessment provides responses to comments received on the Draft and includes refinements to the analytical methodology and assumptions.
Rosap ID dot:10256
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10256
TRT Terms Regulations; Fuel consumption; Environmental impacts; Light trucks; Standards
General Subjects Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - Environment;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1516341
Report Number DOT-VNTSC-NHTSA-01-01
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48700/48758/FinalAnvironmentAss-NHTSA-2002-11419.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository