§13252 Replacement Fuel Supply and Demand Program

Summary

The Secretary must set up a program to push for using replacement fuels in light-duty cars and trucks. The program must try to replace as much petroleum fuel as possible. It should focus on fuels that cut oil imports, help the economy, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. By October 1, 1993, the Secretary, working with the EPA Administrator and the Secretaries of Transportation, Agriculture, Commerce, and other agency heads, must review information and do several things. They must estimate how much replacement fuel and alternative-fuel vehicles can be made here and abroad. They must decide if it is technically and economically possible to meet goals of replacing, on an energy-equivalent basis, at least 10% of U.S. motor fuel by 2000 and at least 30% by 2010, with at least half of those replacement fuels made in the United States. They must find the best ways to boost production, distribution, and use; identify ways to build a reliable U.S. industry and the barriers to that; and estimate how much greenhouse gas pollution could be reduced. The Secretary must publish the results in the Federal Register and allow the public to comment.