[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 30101-30102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14904]


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                Proclamation 7101 of May 29, 1998

                
National Alternative Fuels Week, 1998

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                 In today's robust and growing economy, the United 
                States faces major challenges in meeting the ever-
                increasing demand for transportation goods and services 
                while minimizing the adverse impact on our energy 
                resources, environment, and future prosperity.

                 Today's American transportation system remains 
                enormously dependent on oil. Highway transportation 
                alone accounts for more than half of our Nation's oil 
                demand, and the number of vehicles and miles driven on 
                our roads is steadily increasing. Transportation is the 
                second largest contributor to U.S. greenhouse gas 
                emissions and will likely be the most significant 
                contributor by the year 2000.

                 Fortunately, vehicles that are powered by alternatives 
                to conventional gasoline and diesel fuels are already 
                on the market, and domestically produced, renewable 
                alternative fuels are readily available to American 
                consumers. These alternative fuels--such as ethanol, 
                methanol, natural gas, propane, electricity, and 
                biodiesel--can make significant contributions to our 
                energy security and environmental quality. By 
                increasing the use of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), 
                we can reduce our demand for imported oil, create new 
                products, jobs, and businesses, and improve air quality 
                by dramatically reducing carbon dioxide emissions as 
                well as the hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and 
                particulate matter that are such major contributors to 
                urban air pollution.

                 More than 350,000 AFVs are already on the road in the 
                60 communities participating in the Department of 
                Energy's Clean Cities Program. This program is 
                fostering the development of AFV markets in a network 
                of cities across the country through partnerships among 
                fuel suppliers, vehicle fleet operators, Federal, 
                State, and local governments, and private sector 
                organizations. Through the efforts of program 
                participants, we are moving closer to our goal of 
                building a transportation system for our Nation that 
                meets the energy, economic, and environmental needs of 
                Americans today and of generations yet to come.

                 NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of 
                the United States, do hereby proclaim May 31 through 
                June 6, 1998, as National Alternative Fuels Week. I 
                call upon all Americans to observe this week with 
                appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-second.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 98-14904
Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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