Environmental Impact Statement for the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Year 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks

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Attached is a Supplemental Comment addressing additional studies and reports providing compelling evidence of the urgent need to reduce ongoing harm and grave danger to public health and welfare caused by greenhouse gas emissions. These studies and reports were released after the closing of the public comment period and are of central relevance to this rulemaking. This comment is submitted by Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, Environment America, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen, Inc., Sierra Club.

Attached is a Supplemental Comment submitted on behalf of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) addressing undisclosed meetings between senior Environmental Protection Agency officials and industry representatives related to this rulemaking. These meetings were brought to EDF's attention after the close of the comment period via a recently released congressional report and are of central relevance to this rulemaking.

For submission to Docket ID Nos. NHTSA-2018-0067 & NHTSA-2017-0069, attached is a Supplemental Comment addressing statements by agency leadership and others at the June 20, 2019, House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing regarding the proposed rule. This comment is submitted by Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club.

For submission to Docket ID Nos. NHTSA-2018-0067 & NHTSA-2017-0069, attached is a Supplemental Comment and Request for Correction addressing EPAs failure to publish the current version of the OMEGA model, commenters efforts to obtain the OMEGA model, and requesting a correction due to the agencies failure to disseminate accurate information about the cost to automakers of the proposed SAFE Rule. Additional supporting materials are also attached. This comment is submitted by Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen, Inc., and Union of Concerned Scientists.

The following attachments are in support of the Supplemental Comment addressing developments in vehicle technologies since the close of the comment period, as well as concerns about the manner in which this Administration is conducting the rulemaking process for the proposed SAFE Rule. This comment is submitted by Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen, Inc., and Union of Concerned Scientists.

The following attachments are in support of the Supplemental Comment addressing developments in vehicle technologies since the close of the comment period, as well as concerns about the manner in which this Administration is conducting the rulemaking process for the proposed SAFE Rule. This comment is submitted by Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen, Inc., and Union of Concerned Scientists.

This is a submission to Docket No. NHTSA-2017-0069 of correspondence from public interest organizations Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Safe Climate Campaign, and Union of Concerned Scientists, requesting that EPA and NHTSA release the OMEGA and Volpe models, respectively, as well as input files, decision trees, and other information related to the agencys models. This submission also contains return correspondence from NHTSA Deputy Administrator Heidi King regarding the organizations request. Please see the attached files. Sincerely, Erin Murphy Environmental Defense Fund 1875 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20009 emurphy@edf.org

Environmental Defense Fund is submitting the attached documents in support of our comment, which is responsive to EPA's notice of reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Midterm Evaluation for light-duty vehicle GHG emissions standards. The following materials were submitted to EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0827 to address EPA's unique obligation to regulate GHG emissions from vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Some of the information submitted in the comments, such as that related to technology costs, consumer issues, and product cycles, is also relevant to NHTSA's regulation of fuel economy. Therefore, we are also submitting these comments to the NHTSA docket.

Environmental Defense Fund is submitting the attached documents in support of our comment, which is responsive to EPA's notice of reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Midterm Evaluation for light-duty vehicle GHG emissions standards. The following materials were submitted to EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0827 to address EPA's unique obligation to regulate GHG emissions from vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Some of the information submitted in the comments, such as that related to technology costs, consumer issues, and product cycles, is also relevant to NHTSA's regulation of fuel economy. Therefore, we are also submitting these comments to the NHTSA docket.

Environmental Defense Fund is submitting the attached documents in support of our comment, which is responsive to EPA's notice of reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Midterm Evaluation for light-duty vehicle GHG emissions standards. The following materials were submitted to EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0827 to address EPA's unique obligation to regulate GHG emissions from vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Some of the information submitted in the comments, such as that related to technology costs, consumer issues, and product cycles, is also relevant to NHTSA's regulation of fuel economy. Therefore, we are also submitting these comments to the NHTSA docket.

Environmental Defense Fund is submitting the documents below in support of our comment, which is responsive to EPA's notice of reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Midterm Evaluation for light-duty vehicle GHG emissions standards. Because the file sizes of these documents are too large to attach through the regulations.gov portal, we are including descriptions and links to the files herein, with the understanding that these documents will be added to the administrative record. The following materials were submitted to EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0827 to address EPA's unique obligation to regulate GHG emissions from vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Some of the information submitted in the comments, such as that related to technology costs, consumer issues, and product cycles, is also relevant to NHTSA's regulation of fuel economy. Therefore, we are also submitting these comments to the NHTSA docket. Bolon, Kevin, "EPA's Technology Assessment for the 2025 GHG Standards," presented at the CTI Symposium USA (May 17, 2017), available at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-06/documents/cti-novi-2017-epa-2017-05-17.pdf. CARB, "California's Advanced Clean Cars Midterm Review," (Jan. 18, 2017), available at https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/acc/acc-mtr.htm EPA, NHTSA, & California Air Resources Board, Draft Technical Assessment Report: Midterm Evaluation of Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2022-2025, at ES-2 (July 2016), available at https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/P100OXEO.PDF?Dockey=P100OXEO.PDF EPA, "Proposed Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation: Technical Support Document," (Nov. 2016), available at https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P100Q3L4.pdf National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, "Cost, Effectiveness and Deployment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-Duty Vehicles" (2015), available at https://www.nap.edu/catalog/21744/cost-effectiveness-and-deployment-of-fuel-economy-technologies-for-light-duty-vehicles

Environmental Defense Fund is submitting the attached documents in support of our comment, which is responsive to EPA's notice of reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Midterm Evaluation for light-duty vehicle GHG emissions standards. The following materials were submitted to EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0827 to address EPA's unique obligation to regulate GHG emissions from vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Some of the information submitted in the comments, such as that related to technology costs, consumer issues, and product cycles, is also relevant to NHTSA's regulation of fuel economy. Therefore, we are also submitting these comments to the NHTSA docket.

Please find attached additional documents to be included in the docket for NHTSA's Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Model Year 2022-2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards. Please also include in the docket in full these two documents that are too large to upload. 1) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, California Air Resources Board, "Draft Technical Assessment Report: Midterm Evaluation of Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2022-2025," (July 2016). 2) Myhre, G., D. Shindell, F.-M. Bron, W. Collins, J. Fuglestvedt, J. Huang, D. Koch, J.-F. Lamarque, D. Lee, B. Mendoza, T. Nakajima, A. Robock, G. Stephens, T. Takemura and H. Zhang, 2013: Anthropogenic and Natural Radiative Forcing. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

Please find attached written comments by Environmental Defense Fund, the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, and the Clean Power Campaign on NHTSA's Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Model Year 2022-2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards.