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Originally Posted by Epacy
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No, it will hve no effect. For purposes of GGT, the test results are based pm the numbers used for CAFE purposes, which are not changing.
“\39\ See 40 CFR 86.113-94.
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3. Relationship of Today’s Proposal With Other Statutes and Regulations
a. Automobile Disclosure Act. A provision in EPCA (at 49 U.S.C. 32908(b)(2)) allows the fuel economy information to be included on the
window sticker label of vehicle manufacturing and price information required by the Automobile Disclosure Act at 15 U.S.C. 1232 (the so-
called “Monroni'’ label.). To that end, the Federal Trade Commission issued a “Fuel Guide'’ concerning the fuel economy advertising for new
automobiles, published in the Federal Register at 16 CFR Part 259. This guide refers back to EPA’s fuel economy regulations and specifically to
how manufacturers are permitted to advertise the city and highway fuel economy of their vehicles.
b. Internal Revenue Code. This code contains the provisions governing the administration of the Gas Guzzler Tax.\40\ It contains the
table of applicable taxes and defines which vehicles are subject to the taxes. The IRS code specifies that the fuel economy to be used to
assess the amount of tax will be the combined city and highway fuel economy as determined by using the procedures in place in 1975, or
procedures that give comparable results (similar to EPCA’s requirements for determining CAFE). Today’s proposal does not impact these procedures.”