U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle Technologies Program – Energy Policy Act (EPAct)

Docket for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Replacement Fuel Goal (RIN 1904-AB67)

In March 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) January 2004 decision not to implement an alternative fuel vehicle mandate for private and local government fleets. The Court directed DOE to issue a draft rule on the replacement fuel goal and complete draft and final determinations on the Private and Local Government Fleet Rule in compliance with the Court Order. As the first part of the compliance action, DOE issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking modifying the EPAct 1992 Replacement Fuel Goal to make it more achievable.

This publicly available docket provides the documentation related to DOE's proposed rulemaking. It includes the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, public comments, and supporting documents.

Due to technical difficulties in receiving electronic comments on the proposed rule for the Replacement Fuel Goal, the comment period, which originally ended on November 3, 2006, was extended until January 31, 2007. A notice to this effect was published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2007 (see below). All comments received by DOE are posted in section C., Written Comments, below.

On March 6, 2007, DOE signed the final rule on the Replacement Fuel Goal. It was published in the Federal Register on March 15, 2007 (PDF 226 KB).

The documents included in docket RIN 1904-AB67 are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

A. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

• Federal Register Notice: Alternative Fuel Transportation Program; Replacement Fuel Goal Modification, Reopening of Comment Period, January 2007 (PDF 61 KB)

• Federal Register Notice: Alternative Fuel Transportation Program; Replacement Fuel Goal Modification, September 2006 (PDF 252 KB)

B. Hearing Information

• October 3, 2006
  9 a.m. — 5 p.m.
  DOE Headquarters

C. Written Comments

• C1. American Automotive Leasing Association (PDF 61 KB)
• C2. Center for Biological Diversity (PDF 126 KB)
• C3. Central Texas Clean Cities (PDF 30 KB)
• C4. DieselGreen Fuels (PDF 25 KB)
• C5. Granite State Clean Cities (PDF 103 KB)
• C6. Greater New Haven Clean Cities (PDF 73 KB)
• C7. Greater New Orleans Regional Planning Commission (PDF 12 KB)
• C8. Kansas City Clean Cities (PDF 56 KB) 
• C9. Maine Clean Cities (PDF 85 KB) 
• C10. National Association of Fleet Administrators (PDF 757 KB)
• C11. National Propane Gas Association (PDF 53 KB) 
• C12. NGV America (PDF 193 KB)
• C13. Norwich Clean Cities (PDF 26 KB)
• C14. Public Solutions Group (PDF 67 KB) 
• C15. St. Louis Clean Cities (PDF 27 KB)
• C16. Synetek Research Co. (PDF 17 KB) 
• C17. Victoria Clean Cities (PDF 653 KB)

D. Supporting Documents

• D1. Advanced Energy Initiative(PDF 2.6 MB)
• D2. The Alternative Fuel Transition: Results from the TAFV Model of Alternative Fuel Use in Light-Duty Vehicles 1996-2010 (PDF 417 KB)
• D3. Annual Energy Outlook 2006
  • Petroleum Production (AEO 2006) (Excel 98 KB)
  • U.S. Biodiesel Production (Excel 44 KB)
• D4. Annual Energy Outlook 2006 with Projections to 2030, on the Energy Information Administration Website
• D5. Annual Energy Review 2004, on the Energy Information Administration Website
• D6. Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply - April 2005 (PDF 5.5 MB)
• D7. Biomass Oil Analysis: Research Needs and Recommendations (PDF 1.3 MB)
• D8. The Biomass Program (PDF 1.0 MB) 
• D9. Breaking the Biological Barriers to Cellulosic Ethanol: A Joint Research Agenda, on the DOE Genomes to Life Project Website
• D10. Driving the Solution: The Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle (PDF 1.1 MB)
• D11. FY2007 GPRA Benefits Estimates, on the EERE Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis (PBA) Website
• D12. Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Production (PDF 132 KB)
• D13. Highway Statistics 2000 - Section I: Motor Fuel, on the Federal Highway Administration Website
• D14. Monthly Energy Review - May 2006 (PDF 2.4 MB)
• D15. NCGA Corn to Ethanol Capacity Estimates (PDF 249 KB) 
• D16. Order on Cross-Motions for Partial Summary Judgment - March 2006 (PDF 361 KB)
• D17. Order Retiming of Relief - March 2006 (PDF 65 KB)
• D18. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PDF 179 KB) 
• D19. Replacement Fuel and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technical and Policy Analysis (PDF 2.5 MB)
• D20. Replacement Fuel Goal (PDF 442 KB)
• D21. Statement of C. Lowell Miller (PDF 128 KB)
• D22. Transportation Energy Data Book, 26th Edition: Alternative Fuel and Oxygenate Consumption 1995-2004 (chart) (PDF 92 KB)
• D23. Transportation Sector Key Indicators and Delivered Energy Consumption
  • Table 1 (Excel 741 KB)
  • Table 2 (Excel 743 KB)
  • Table 3 (Excel 742 KB)
  • Table 4 (Excel 760 KB)
• D24. The VISION Model: Base Cases of Highway Fuel Use and Carbon Emissions, on the Argonne National Laboratory Website
• D25. VISION Summary (with 2025 Energy Use Results Added) (Excel 115 KB)

E. Final Rule

• Alternative Fuel Transportation Program; Replacement Fuel Goal Modification Final Rule (Federal Register Notice) (PDF 226 KB)