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42 U.S. Code § 13251. Mandate for alternative fuel providers
(a) In general
(1) The Secretary shall, before January 1, 1994, issue regulations requiring that of the new light duty motor vehicles acquired by a covered person described in paragraph (2), the following percentages shall be alternative fueled vehicles for the following model years:
(A)
30 percent for model year 1996.
(B)
50 percent for model year 1997.
(C)
70 percent for model year 1998.
(D)
90 percent for model year 1999 and thereafter.
(2) For purposes of this section, a person referred to in paragraph (1) is—
(A)
a covered person whose principal business is producing, storing, refining, processing, transporting, distributing, importing, or selling at wholesale or retail any alternative fuel other than electricity;
(B)
a non-Federal covered person whose principal business is generating, transmitting, importing, or selling at wholesale or retail electricity; or
(C) a covered person—
(i)
who produces, imports, or produces and imports in combination, an average of 50,000 barrels per day or more of petroleum; and
(ii)
a substantial portion of whose business is producing alternative fuels.