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OGC-96-11 1 (1996-05-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablnz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-271810.2 May 7, 1996 The Honorable Larry Pressler Chairman The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Chairman The Honorable John D. Dingell Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Light Truck Average Fuel Economy Standard, Model Year 1998 Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation, entitled Light Truck Average Fuel Economy Standard, Model Year 1998 (RIN 2127-AF16). We received the rule on April 22, 1996. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on April 3, 1996. 61 Fed. Reg. 14680. Section 32902(a) of title 49, United States Code, requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe by regulation, at least 18 months in advance of each model year, average fuel economy standards (known as Corporate Average Fuel Economy or CAFE standards) for non-passenger automobiles manufactured in that model year. Under subsections 32902(a) and (f), the standard is to be the maximum feasible average fuel economy level that the Secretary decides manufacturers can achieve in that model year taking into consideration technological feasibility, economic practicability, the effect of other Government GAO/OGC-96-11

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