[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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