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1988 27.4 20.6 24.5 31.5 24.6 30.0 28.8 21.3 26.0
1989 27.2 20.4 24.2 30.8 23.5 29.2 28.4 20.9 25.6
1990 26.9 20.3 23.9 29.9 23.0 28.5 28.0 20.8 25.4
1991 27.3 20.9 24.4 30.1 23.0 28.4 28.4 21.3 25.6
1992 27.0 20.5 23.8 29.2 22.7 27.9 27.9 20.8 25.1
1993 27.8 20.7 24.2 29.6 22.8 28.1 28.4 21.0 25.2
1994 27.5 20.5 23.5 29.6 22.0 27.8 28.3 20.7 24.7
1995 27.7 20.3 23.8 30.3 21.5 27.9 28.6 20.5 24.9
1996 28.1 20.5 24.1 29.6 22.2 27.7 28.5 20.8 24.9
1997 27.8 20.2 23.3 30.1 22.1 27.5 28.7 20.6 24.6
1998 28.6 20.5 23.3 29.2 22.9 27.6 28.8 21.1 24.7
1999 28.0 - -- 29.0 - -- 28.3 20.9 24.5
2000 28.7 - - - 28.3 - - - 28.5 21.2 24.7
2001 28.8 - -- 28.4 - -- 28.6 20.9 24.4
'Light trucks from foreign-based manufacturers.
Note: Beginning with MY 1999, the agency ceased categorizing the total light truck fleet by either domestic or
import fleets.
During the Clinton Administration, the Congress was chary of committing the United
States to the Kyoto Agreement, pending further decisions about the participation of
developing nations, and how the agreement would be enforced. However, on March 2'7,
2001, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman indicated
that the Bush Administration had "no interest" in any further negotiations on implementing
the Kyoto Protocol. On February 14, 2002, the President proposed his own plan to reduce
the growth in emissions.
NHTSA Rulemaking for MY2005-2007
Light Truck Fuel Economy
In late November 2002, it was reported that the Administration was reviewing a draft
proposal by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to boost the
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard CAFE for light duty trucks by 0.5 miles per
gallon (mpg) for each of MYs 2005-2007 a total of 1.5 mpg by MY200'7. On December
16, 2002, NHTSA issued the proposed rule, calling for an increase in light-duty truck CAFE
to 21.0 mpg in MY2005, 21.6 mpg in MY2006, and 22.2 mpg in MY200'7. Noting the target
of a5 billion gallon savings between MY2006 and MY2O12 called for in the conference bill,
NHTSA indicates that the proposed increases for MY2006-200'7 would save more than 3
billion gallons and, if the standard remained at 22.2 mpg through MY2O12, approximately
8 billion gallons of gasoline would be saved during the period of MY2006-2012. On April
1, 2003, NHTSA announced its adoption of the proposed rule.
In the December 2002 proposal, NHTSA expressed its belief that "some manufacturers
may be able to achieve CAFE performance better than they currently project." The agency' s
analysis assumed that compliance would be achieved by improvements in technology, and
not by lightening vehicles and jeopardizing vehicle safety. NHTSA also indicates that it has
"tentatively concluded that it is unnecessary for any manufacturer to restrict the utility of
their products to meet our proposed CAFE standards."
CRS-8
09-22-03