[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47917-47918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20497]


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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 
[email protected].

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.

    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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