[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR313.1]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 313_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT--Table of 
 
Sec. 313.1  Purpose, scope, and authority.

    (a) Chapter 77 (Energy Conservation) of Title 42 (The Public Health 
and Welfare), authorizes and directs certain actions to conserve energy 
supplies through energy conservation programs and where necessary, the 
regulation of certain energy uses, and to provide for improved energy 
efficiency of motor vehicles, major appliances, and certain other 
consumer products. In furtherance of these purposes, 42 U.S.C. 6362 
requires several transportation regulatory agencies, including DOT, to 
submit a number of reports to the Congress with respect to energy 
conservation and efficiency, and where practicable and consistent with 
the exercise of DOT's authority under other law, to include in any major 
regulatory action a statement of its probable impact on energy 
efficiency and energy conservation. 42 U.S.C. 6362(b) directs DOT to 
define the term ``major regulatory action'' by rule.
    (b) Section 40113 of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United States 
Code (Transportation)(``the Statute''), authorizes DOT to establish such 
rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the exercise of 
its functions and are consistent with the purposes of the Statute.
    (c) The purpose of these regulations is to establish procedures and 
guidelines for the implementation of DOT's responsibility under 42 
U.S.C. 6362 to include in any major regulatory action taken by DOT a 
statement of the probable impact on energy efficiency and energy 
conservation.
    (d) These regulations apply to all proceedings before DOT, as 
provided herein.

[Docket No. 82, 50 FR 2425, Jan. 16, 1985, as amended at 60 FR 43528, 
43529, Aug. 22, 1995]