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Petition for Rulemaking To Update Department of Energy Regulations at 10
CFR Part 474: Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Program; PetroleumEquivalent Fuel Economy Calculation Date:
October 22, 2021
Submitted via email Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club submit the following petition for rulemaking to update Department of Energy regulations at 10
CFR part 474 that contain procedures for calculating a value for the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles for use in the Department of Transportations Corporate Average Fuel Economy program, as required by 49 U.S.C.
32904a2. The subject regulations have not been updated in more than twenty years and must be revised to account for the best available current data so as to not undermine the effectiveness of federal fuel economy standards.
Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club submit this petition under 5 U.S.C. 553e for the Department of Energy DOE to update its regulations at 10 CFR part 474
concerning procedures for calculating a value for the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles EVs for use in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program administered by the Department of Transportation DOT.1
The existing DOE regulations were promulgated via the final rule Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Program; Petroleum-Equivalent Fuel Economy Calculation, 65 FR 36986 Jun.
12, 2000. As explained below, DOE is required to review these regulations annually and determine appropriate petroleum equivalent fuel economy values for EVs based on enumerated statutory factors. DOE has not revised these regulations in more than twenty 1 5 U.S.C. 553e provides that each agency shall give an interested person the right to petition for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule.

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