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i think flextek might have an opening there. i now it meant new cars but that was before flextek and our oil treatments



DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
48 CFR Parts 923 and 970
RIN 1991–AB59
Acquisition Regulation: Motor Vehicle
Fleet Fuel Efficiency
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(DOE) is amending its acquisition
regulation to implement Executive
Order 13149, dated April 21, 2000,
entitled Greening the Government
Through Federal Fleet and
Transportation Efficiency. Specifically,
the Department is addressing the
requirements relating to Procurement of
Environmentally Preferable Motor
Vehicle Products and Government-
Owned Contractor Operated Vehicles, as
they relate to the Department’s
acquisition program, including its
management contracts with motor
vehicle fleet responsibilities.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Langston at (202) 586–8247 or
[e-mail].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background
II. Section-by-Section Analysis
III. Procedural Requirements
A. Review Under Executive Order 12866
B. Review Under Executive Order 12988
C. Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility
Act
D. Review Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act
E. Review Under the National
Environmental Policy Act
F. Review Under Executive Order 13132
G. Review Under the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995
H. Review Under the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1999
I. Congressional Review
J. Review Under Executive Order 13211
K. Review Under the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2001
L. Approval by the Office of the Secretary
of Energy
I. Background
The purpose of this rulemaking is to
implement the goals and requirements
of Executive Order 13149, dated April
21, 2000 (65 FR 24593), entitled
Greening the Government Through
Federal Fleet and Transportation
Efficiency.
The purpose of the Executive Order is
to ensure that the Federal Government
exercises leadership in the reduction of
petroleum consumption through
improvements in fleet fuel efficiency
and the use of alternative fuel vehicles
and alternative fuels. The specific
provisions affecting the Department’s
acquisition program including its
management contracts with motor
vehicle fleet responsibilities are as
follows. Part 2 of the Executive Order
establishes goals for the reduction of
petroleum consumption in the Federal
Government motor vehicle fleet and
requires the development of strategies
for the increased use of alternative fuel
vehicles, increased use of alternative
fuels accompanied by improved
alternative fuel infrastructure, and the
acquisition of higher fuel economy
vehicles. In addition, section 403 of the
Executive Order encourages the
acquisition by Federal agencies of
environmentally preferable motor
vehicle products, including the use of
biobased motor vehicle products.
Section 403.a emphasizes the current
restriction on the use of other than rerefined
motor vehicle lubricating oils
(found in section 507 of Executive Order
13101, and implemented by 48 CFR
(FAR) 23.404) by restating that
restriction as a prohibition on the
acquisition of virgin petroleum motor
vehicle lubricating oils. That restriction
and the requirements of Sections 403.b
and 403.c are addressed by the
Department’s Affirmative Procurement
Program. An Affirmative Procurement
Program is required of Federal agencies
by 48 CFR (FAR) 23.404, Agency
affirmative procurement programs, and
is implemented in DOE by 48 CFR
(DEAR) 923.405, Procedures [DOE
supplemental coverage—paragraph (e)].
The Department’s Affirmative
Procurement Program extends to its
management contractors pursuant to 48
CFR (DEAR) 970.2304, Use of
recovered/recycled materials. Section
505 of the Executive Order requires
agencies to ensure that the goals and
requirements of the Executive Order are
incorporated into management contracts
which involve management of Federal
fleet motor vehicles. Finally, Section
506 of the Executive Order exempts
military tactical, law enforcement and
emergency vehicles from the
requirements of the Executive Order.
The clause specified by this rule is a
mandatory clause for use in
management and operating contracts
involving motor vehicle fleet operations.