[Federal Register: August 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 155)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Department of Energy's Fleet Alternative Fueled Vehicle
Acquisition
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Department of Energy's Annual
Report on its Alternative Fueled Vehicle Acquisitions for Fiscal Year
2002.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Executive
Order 13149, this notice announces the availability of the 2002 report
which summarizes the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) compliance with
the annual alternative fueled vehicle acquisition requirement for its
vehicle fleet. Additionally, this report includes data concerning DOE's
efforts to reduce petroleum consumption.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies, EE-2G,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shabnam Fardanesh on (202) 586-7011 or
shabnam.fardanesh@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
13211-13219) (EPAct) as amended by the Energy Conservation and
Reauthorization Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-388) and Executive Order 13149
(April 2000) require Federal fleets to make 75 percent of their new
covered vehicle acquisitions alternative fueled vehicles, beginning in
fiscal year 1999. In fiscal year 2002, 83 percent of the covered
vehicles DOE acquired were alternative fueled vehicles, exceeding the
75 percent requirement by eight percent. DOE also exceeded its
alternative fueled vehicle acquisition requirements in fiscal years
1999, 2000 and 2001, and expects a similarly high level of compliance
for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 13218, DOE and other covered agencies are
required annually to submit to Congress reports
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on their alternative fueled vehicle acquisitions. These reports must
also be placed on a publicly available Web site and a notice of their
availability, including the Web site address, must be published in the
Federal Register.
The DOE report for fiscal year 2002 may be accessed on the Vehicle
Technology's Federal Fleet Web site at http://www.ott.doe.gov/epact/fed_fleet_prog.shtml
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Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2003.
David K. Garman,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 03-20497 Filed 8-11-03; 8:45 am]
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