[Federal Register: December 19, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 244)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No. 021211304-2304-01]
Office of the Secretary; Posting of Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Reports on the Department of Commerce Web Site
AGENCY: Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce's (DoC) alternative fuel vehicle
(AFV) reports for FY 1999, FY 2000, and FY 2001 are posted on the
Internet at http://www.osec.doc.gov/oas/fleet.htm. The purpose of this
notice is to provide information on DoC's compliance with the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) (Pub. L. 102-486), which requires that AFV
reports for FY 1999 and beyond be made public including placing them on
a publicly available Web site and publishing the availability of the
reports, including the Web site address, in the Federal Register.
DATES: Pursuant to court order, this notice will be published in the
Federal Register prior to January 31, 2003, and posted on the DoC Web
site prior to January 31, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons without internet access can obtain copies
of the AFV reports from Mauryce Johnson at U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mauryce Johnson, (202) 482-8246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) (Pub.
L. 102-486) requires that seventy-five percent of all covered light-
duty vehicles acquired for Federal fleets in FY 1999 and beyond be
AFVs.
Earthjustice, on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, the
Bluewater Network, and the Sierra Club, brought suit against eighteen
Federal agencies, including DoC, in the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California, alleging noncompliance with
EPACT's provisions regarding Federal fleets. On July 26, 2002, the
court ordered that the named Federal agencies prepare and submit
overdue reports to Congress outlining their AFV and acquisitions for FY
1999, FY 2000, and FY 2001.
Pursuant to court order, each of the eighteen Federal agencies must
individually publish the availability of their reports in the Federal
Register no later than January 31, 2003. Additionally, the agencies
must post their reports on their Web sites, again no later than January
31, 2003.
Doc's AFV reports for FY 1999, FY 2000, and FY 2001, are currently
available at http://www.osec.doc.gov/oas/fleet.htm.
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Authority: Pub. L. 102-486, Title III, Sec. 310, Oct. 24, 1992,
106 Stat. 2874.
Denise L. Wells,
Acting Director for Administrative Services.
[FR Doc. 02-31924 Filed 12-18-02; 8:45 am]
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