[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60832-60833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16240]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 523, 531, 533, 535, 536, and 537
[NHTSA-2023-0022]
RIN 2127-AM55
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and
Light Trucks for Model Years 2027-2032 and Fuel Efficiency Standards
for Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030-2035;
Correction
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that
appeared in the Federal Register on June 24, 2024, entitled ``Corporate
Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for
Model Years 2027-2032 and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty
Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030-2035.'' That document
finalized new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for
passenger cars and light trucks to be manufactured in model years (MYs)
2027-2031, and new fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty pickup
trucks and vans (HDPUVs) to be manufactured in MYs 2030-2035.
DATES: This rule is effective August 23, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Bayer, CAFE Program Division
Chief, Office of Rulemaking, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA has identified a few minor errors in
the final rule establishing new CAFE standards for passenger cars and
light trucks and new fuel efficiency standards for HDPUVs.
Specifically, NHTSA has identified three errors in the final rule
related to the minimum domestic passenger car standards (MDPCS) as
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well as one incorrect statutory citation. The final rule will continue
to be effective on August 23, 2024.
Regarding the MDPCS, in the preamble to the final rule, NHTSA
explained that, to account for recent projection errors as a part of
estimating the total passenger car fleet fuel economy, NHTSA was
retaining the 1.9 percent adjustment that was first used for the MDPCS
in the 2020 final rule.\1\ However, the MDPCS included in the June 24,
2024 final rule were not calculated using an adjusted projected total
passenger car fleet fuel economy. Instead, the MDPCS included in the
final rule were calculated at 92 percent of the unadjusted projected
fuel economy. To correct this oversight, NHTSA is issuing this notice
to correct the inconsistency in the MDPCS listed in two tables in the
preamble of the final rule as well as in the regulatory text. These
changes properly reflect the agency's original intent as described in
the final rule, and do not change the agency's intent regarding
manufacturers' compliance obligations.
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\1\ 89 FR 52540 at 52782.
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NHTSA was also made aware of an error on page 52834 in the issue of
June 24, 2024. Specifically, there is a sentence that explains that the
prohibition on considering the fuel economy of battery electric
vehicles ``applies only when NHTSA is making decisions about whether
CAFE standards are maximum feasible under 32902(c).'' However, the
correct statutory provision that should be referenced is 32902(f)
because the rule issues new CAFE standards and does not amend existing
standards.
I. Preamble Corrections
In final rule FR Doc. 2024-12864, beginning on page 52540 in the
issue of June 24, 2024, make the following corrections, in the
Supplementary Information section.
1. On page 52548, the existing Table I-3 is corrected as follows:
Table I-3--Minimum Domestic Passenger Car Standard With Offset (mpg)
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2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 (augural)
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54.2 55.2 56.4 57.5 58.7 59.9
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2. On page 52568, the existing Table II-1 is corrected as follows:
Table II-1--Final Minimum Domestic Passenger Car Standard (MPG)
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2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 (augural)
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54.2 55.2 56.4 57.5 58.7 59.9
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3. On page 52834, in the first and second columns, the sentence
``Which is to say, for purposes of this rulemaking, the prohibition
applies only when NHTSA is making decisions about whether the CAFE
standards are maximum feasible under 32902(c).'' is corrected to read
``Which is to say, for purposes of this rulemaking, the prohibition
applies only when NHTSA is making decisions about whether the CAFE
standards are maximum feasible under 32902(f).''
II. Regulatory Language Corrections
In final rule FR Doc. 2024-12864, beginning on page 52540 in the
issue of June 24, 2024, make the following corrections, in the
Regulatory Text section.
Sec. 531.5 [Corrected]
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1. On page 52948, in the first column, Table 4 to Paragraph (d) is
corrected as follows:
Table 4 to Paragraph (d)--Minimum Fuel Economy Standards for
Domestically Manufactured Passenger Automobiles, MYs 2011-2031
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Minimum
Model year standard
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2011....................................................... 27.8
2012....................................................... 30.7
2013....................................................... 31.4
2014....................................................... 32.1
2015....................................................... 33.3
2016....................................................... 34.7
2017....................................................... 36.7
2018....................................................... 38.0
2019....................................................... 39.4
2020....................................................... 40.9
2021....................................................... 39.9
2022....................................................... 40.6
2023....................................................... 41.1
2024....................................................... 44.3
2025....................................................... 48.1
2026....................................................... 53.5
2027....................................................... 54.2
2028....................................................... 55.2
2029....................................................... 56.4
2030....................................................... 57.5
2031....................................................... 58.7
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Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.95 and 501.5.
Sophie Shulman,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-16240 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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