Public Hearing for 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

Public Hearing for 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

Publication: Federal Register
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Ann Carlson
Date: 25 August 2023
Subjects: American Government

, The Environment

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 164 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 58232-58233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18309]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 531, 533, 535, and 537

[NHTSA-2023-0022]
RIN 2127-AM55

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is
announcing a virtual public hearing to be held September 28, 2023, on
its proposal for the ``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,'' which was signed on July 28, 2023. This hearing also
allows the public to provide oral comments regarding the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement that accompanies the proposal. An
additional session will be held on September 29, if necessary, to
accommodate the number of people that sign up to testify.

DATES: NHTSA will hold a virtual public hearing on September 28, 2023.
An additional session will be held on September 29, if necessary, to
accommodate the number of people that sign up to testify. The hearing
will convene at 9 a.m. Eastern time and will conclude when the last
pre-registered speaker has testified but no later than 6 p.m. Eastern
time. All hearing attendees, including those who do not intend to
provide testimony, should preregister by September 22, 2023. Please
refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for additional
information on the public hearing.

ADDRESSES: The link to register will be available at https://www.nhtsa.gov/cafe. Additional information regarding the hearing
appears below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding how to
register to attend the hearing, please contact NHTSA's Office of
Communications at NHTSA.Communication@dot.gov. For any other questions
about this notice, please contact Mark Totten, Office of Rulemaking,
NHTSA, at (202)-209-3170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA, on behalf of the DOT, is proposing
new corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars
and light trucks for MYs 2027-2032, and new fuel efficiency standards
for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans (HDPUVs) for MYs 2030-2035. This
proposal responds to NHTSA's statutory obligation to set CAFE and HDPUV
standards at the maximum feasible level that the agency determines
vehicle manufacturers can achieve in each MY, in order to improve
energy conservation. Specifically, NHTSA is proposing new fuel economy
standards for passenger cars and light trucks and fuel efficiency
standards for model years (MYs) 2027-31 that increase at a rate of 2
percent per year for passenger cars and 4 percent per year for light
trucks, and new fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks
and vans (HDPUVs) for MYs 2030-2035 that increase at a rate of 10
percent per year. NHTSA is also setting forth proposed augural
standards for MY 2032 passenger cars and light trucks, which would
increase at 2 percent and 4 percent year over year, respectively, as
compared to the prior year's standards. In addition, NHTSA is also
proposing certain technical amendments to clarify and streamline our
compliance regulations. The proposal was signed on July 28, 2023, and
was published in the Federal Register on August 17, 2023. A notice of
availability for the accompanying Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(Draft EIS) was published in the Federal Register on August 04, 2023
(88 FR 51812). The Draft EIS is available on NHTSA's CAFE website,
https://www.nhtsa.gov/cafe, and is also available in Docket ID No.
NHTSA-2022-0075

Participation in Virtual Public Hearing

NHTSA will begin pre-registering speakers for the hearing upon
publication of this document in the Federal Register. To register to
speak at the virtual hearing, please follow the instructions below. The
last day to pre-register to speak at the hearing will be September 22,
2023.
To watch the hearing (without providing oral comments):
Click the link at https://www.nhtsa.gov/cafe and register. Indicate NO
on the registration page that you do not wish to provide testimony.
Within 24 hours of registering, you will be emailed your link to join.

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To comment at the hearing: Click the link at https://www.nhtsa.gov/cafe and register by September 22. Indicate YES on the
registration page that you would like to provide comments. Within 24
hours of registering, you will be emailed your link to join.
Additionally, you will receive an email on September 26 with your
approximate time to testify, and additional information about how to
turn on your audio and camera to comment. We recommend you join via a
computer, but if you are unable to do so, an option to join via phone
will also be provided in that email.
If you do not receive your confirmation email(s), or have further
questions about this hearing, please email NHTSA.Communication@dot.gov.
NHTSA is committed to providing equal access to this event for all
participants. Closed captioning will be available. People with
disabilities who need additional accommodations should send a request
to NHTSA.Communication@dot.gov no later than September 22.
Each commenter will have 3 minutes to provide oral testimony. NHTSA
may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations but will not
otherwise respond to the presentations at that time. NHTSA recommends
submitting the text of your oral comments as written comments to the
rulemaking docket or to the Draft EIS docket, as appropriate. Written
statements and supporting information submitted during the comment
period will be considered with the same weight as oral comments and
supporting information presented at the public hearing. If identical
comments are submitted by the same commenter more than once to the
docket, NHTSA does not consider those comments to carry more weight
than if they had been submitted only once. If the oral testimony is
specifically intended to reference the Draft EIS, please mention that
in your opening remarks.
Please note that any updates made to any aspects of the hearing
logistics, including any change to the date of the hearing or a
potential additional session on September 29, 2023, will be posted
online at the CAFE website, https://www.nhtsa.gov/cafe. While NHTSA
expects the hearing to go forward as set forth above, please monitor
our website or contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to determine if there are any updates. NHTSA does not
intend to publish a document in the Federal Register announcing
updates. Finally, NHTSA will post a video of the hearing at https://www.nhtsa.gov/cafe and will make a transcript of the hearing available
in the rule making docket as soon as practicable.

How can I get copies of the proposed action, the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement, and other related information?

NHTSA has established a docket for the proposal under Docket ID No.
NHTSA-2023-0022 and a separate docket for the Draft EIS at Docket ID
No. NHTSA-2022-0075. Relevant documents and information can also be
accessed at NHTSA's CAFE website, at https://www.nhtsa.gov/cafe. Please
refer to the notice of proposed rulemaking for detailed information on
accessing information related to the proposal and the Draft EIS.

Issued on August 21, 2023, in Washington, DC, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.95.
Ann Carlson,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-18309 Filed 8-24-23; 8:45 am]
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