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<br />Additional provisions of EISA address energy savings in government and public institutions, promote research
<br />for alternative energy, additional research in carbon capture, international energy programs, and the creation
<br />of green jobs.12
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<br />Executive Order 13432
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<br />In response to the Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency ruling, the President signed Executive
<br />Order 13432 on May 14, 2007, directing the USEPA, along with the Departments of Transportation, Energy,
<br />and Agriculture, to initiate a regulatory process that responds to the Supreme Court’s decision. Executive
<br />Order 13432 was codified into law by the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Law signed on February 17, 2009.
<br />The order sets goals in the areas of energy efficiency, acquisition, renewable energy, toxics reductions,
<br />recycling, sustainable buildings, electronics stewardship, fleets, and water conservation. Light-Duty Vehicle
<br />Greenhouse Gas and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards.
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<br />On May 19, 2009, President Obama announced a national policy for fuel efficiency and emissions standards
<br />in the United States auto industry. The adopted federal standard applies to passenger cars and light-duty
<br />trucks for model years 2012 through 2016. The rule surpasses the prior Corporate Average Fuel Economy
<br />standards (CAFE)13 and requires an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 miles per gallon (mpg) and 250
<br />grams of CO2 per mile by model year 2016, based on USEPA calculation methods. These standards were
<br />formally adopted on April 1, 2010. In August 2012, standards were adopted for model year 2017 through
<br />2025 for passenger cars and light-duty trucks. By 2025, vehicles are required to achieve 54.5 mpg (if GHG
<br />reductions are achieved exclusively through fuel economy improvements) and 163 grams of CO2 per mile.
<br />According to the USEPA, a model year 2025 vehicle would emit one-half of the GHG emissions from a model
<br />year 2010 vehicle.14 In 2017, the USEPA recommended no change to the GHG standards for light-duty
<br />vehicles for model years 2022-2025.
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<br />Issued by NHTSA and EPA in March 2020 (published on April 30, 2020 and effective after June 29, 2020),
<br />the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Rule would maintain the CAFE and CO2 standards applicable in
<br />model year 2020 for model years 2021 through 2026. The estimated CAFE and CO2 standards for model
<br />year 2020 are 43.7 mpg and 204 grams of CO2 per mile for passenger cars and 31.3 mpg and 284 grams of
<br />CO2 per mile for light trucks, projecting an overall industry average of 37 mpg, as compared to 46.7 mpg
<br />under the standards issued in 2012. This Rule also excludes CO2- equivalent emission improvements
<br />associated with air conditioning refrigerants and leakage (and, optionally, offsets for nitrous oxide and methane
<br />emissions) after model year 2020.15
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<br />On May 12, 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a notice of
<br />proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, proposing to repeal “The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE)
<br />Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program,” published Sept. 27, 2019 (SAFE I Rule), in which NHTSA
<br />codified regulatory text and made additional pronouncements regarding the preemption of state and local
<br />laws related to fuel economy standards. Specifically, this document proposes to fully repeal the regulatory
<br />text and appendices promulgated in the SAFE I Rule. In addition, this document proposes to repeal and
<br />withdraw the interpretative statements made by the Agency in the SAFE I Rule preamble, including those
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<br />12 A green job, as defined by the United States Department of Labor, is a job in business that produces goods or provides services that
<br />benefit the environment or conserve natural resources.
<br />13 The Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards are regulations in the United States, first enacted by Congress in 1975, to improve
<br />the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks. The U.S Department of Transportation has delegated the National Highway Traffic
<br />Safety Administration as the regulatory agency for the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards.
<br />14 United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA and NHTSA Set Standards to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Improve Fuel
<br />Economy for Model Years 2017-2025 Cars and Light Trucks, August 2012,
<br />https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/P100EZ7C.PDF?Dockey=P100EZ7C.PDF.
<br />15 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2018. Federal Register
<br />/ Vol. 83, No. 165 / Friday, August 24, 2018 / Proposed Rules, The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model
<br />Years 2021–2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks 2018. Available at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-08-24/pdf/2018-
<br />16820.pdf.
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