What are the requirements of The Clean Air Act?
The Federal Government has passed two pieces of legislation affecting the use of alternative fuels. The first is the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA) and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT). Both of these acts are designed to promote the use of alternate transportation fuels and alternate transportation vehicles. CAAA requires private and governmental fleets to use clean fuel vehicles in specified non-attainment areas beginning with the 1998 model year. Requirements for federal fleets began in 1993 and those for state fleets began in 1995. EPACT requires the use of alternate fuel vehicles for light-duty fleets with 50 or more vehicles located in metropolitan areas with populations greater than 250,000. In addition, many states are enacting requirements that exceed the mandates of federal legislation.
