Review of Department of Transportation regulatory procedure (average fuel economy standards program). Final report

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5364523

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 required the Secretary of Transportation to establish energy efficiency standards for automobiles manufactured during 1981-1984 model years. The development of standards necessitated: development of an appropriate organizational structural within DOT (which was able to generate new information and use the results of existing Federal programs for automobiles); development of methodologies to determine technological feasibility and economic practicability; and collection and evaluation of large scale engineering, manufacturing, financial and economic data. The organizational structure, methodologies used to determine technological feasibility, and economic practicability are described. The data collected by the DOT in order to propose and finalize the standards are described. In addition, the procedures used to collect information from automobile manufacturers are described.

• Research Organization: Policy Planning and Evaluation, Inc., McLean, VA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS20335
• OSTI ID: 5364523
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/20335-T4; ON: DE84005689
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
AUTOMOBILES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
DATA ACQUISITION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT
ENFORCEMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FUEL ECONOMY
ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS
REGULATIONS
US DOT
ECONOMICS
LAWS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
STANDARDS
US ORGANIZATIONS
VEHICLES
320203* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Transportation- Land & Roadway
330000 - Advanced Propulsion Systems