Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 134 — Energy Policy
§ 13233. Data acquisition program
Statutory text
Not later than one year after , the Secretary, through the Energy Information Administration, and in cooperation with appropriate State, regional, and local authorities, shall establish a data collection program to be conducted in at least 5 geographically and climatically diverse regions of the United States for the purpose of collecting data which would be useful to persons seeking to manufacture, convert, sell, own, or operate alternative fueled vehicles or alternative fueling facilities. Such data shall include—
identification of the number and types of motor vehicle trips made daily and miles driven per trip, including commuting, business, and recreational trips;
the projections of the Secretary as to the most likely combination of alternative fueled vehicle use and other forms of transit, including rail and other forms of mass transit;
cost, performance, environmental, energy, and safety data on alternative fuels and alternative fueled vehicles; and
other appropriate demographic information and consumer preferences.
The Secretary shall consult with interested parties, including other appropriate Federal agencies, manufacturers, public utilities, owners and operators of fleets of light duty motor vehicles, and State or local governmental entities, to determine the types of data to be collected and analyzed under subsection (a).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Policy Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–486 title IV § 407 · 106 Stat. 2776
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13233
(Pub. L. 102–486, title IV, § 407, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2881.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–486, title IV, § 407, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2881.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 407. DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM. (a) Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, through the Energy Information Administration, and in cooperation with appropriate State, regional, and local authorities, shall establish a data collection program to be conducted in at least 5 geographically and climatically diverse regions of the United States for the purpose of collecting data which would be useful to persons seeking to manufacture, convert, sell, own, or operate alternative fueled vehicles or alternative fueling facilities. Such data shall include— (1) identification of the number and types of motor vehicle trips made daily and miles driven per trip, including commuting, business, and recreational trips; (2) the projections of the Secretary as to the most likely combination of alternative fueled vehicle use and other forms of transit, including rail and other forms of mass transit; (3) cost, performance, environmental, energy, and safety data on alternative fuels and alternative fueled vehicles; and (4) other appropriate demographic information and consumer preferences. (b) The Secretary shall consult with interested parties, including other appropriate Federal agencies, manufacturers, public utilities, owners and operators of fleets of light duty motor vehicles, and State or local governmental entities, to determine the types of data to be collected and analyzed under subsection (a).
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