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[CITE: 42USC13252]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
 SUBCHAPTER III--AVAILABILITY AND USE OF REPLACEMENT FUELS, ALTERNATIVE 
             FUELS, AND ALTERNATIVE FUELED PRIVATE VEHICLES
 
Sec. 13252. Replacement fuel supply and demand program


(a) Establishment of program

    The Secretary shall establish a program to promote the development 
and use in light duty motor vehicles of domestic replacement fuels. Such 
program shall promote the replacement of petroleum motor fuels with 
replacement fuels to the maximum extent practicable. Such program shall, 
to the extent practicable, ensure the availability of those replacement 
fuels that will have the greatest impact in reducing oil imports, 
improving the health of our Nation's economy and reducing greenhouse gas 
emissions.

(b) Development plan and production goals

    Under the program established under subsection (a) of this section, 
the Secretary, before October 1, 1993, in consultation with the 
Administrator, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of other 
appropriate agencies, shall review appropriate information and--
        (1) estimate the domestic and nondomestic production capacity 
    for replacement fuels and alternative fueled vehicles needed to 
    implement this section;
        (2) determine the technical and economic feasibility of 
    achieving the goals of producing sufficient replacement fuels to 
    replace, on an energy equivalent basis--
            (A) at least 10 percent by the year 2000; and
            (B) at least 30 percent by the year 2010,

    of the projected consumption of motor fuel in the United States for 
    each such year, with at least one half of such replacement fuels 
    being domestic fuels;
        (3) determine the most suitable means and methods of developing 
    and encouraging the production, distribution, and use of replacement 
    fuels and alternative fueled vehicles in a manner that would meet 
    the program goals described in subsection (a) of this section;
        (4) identify ways to encourage the development of reliable 
    replacement fuels and alternative fueled vehicle industries in the 
    United States, and the technical, economic, and institutional 
    barriers to such development; and
        (5) determine the greenhouse gas emission implications of 
    increasing the use of replacement fuels, including an estimate of 
    the maximum feasible reduction in such emissions from the use of 
    replacement fuels.

The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the results of 
actions taken under this subsection, and provide for an opportunity for 
public comment.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2888.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 13254, 13255, 13256, 13257 
of this title.
