Final Rule

The following documents relate to the Tier 2 Vehicle & Gasoline Sulfur Program Final Rule. To navigate to a specific section, select from these topics:

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Preamble and Regulations

February 28, 2000 Corrections Notice for the Tier 2/Gasoline Sulfur Final Rulemaking

February 10, 2000 Tier 2/Gasoline Sulfur Final Rule as published in the Federal Register on February 10, 2000

Preamble (PDF) (1.2MB, entire document)
Regulations (PDF) (344K, entire document)
Preamble and Regulations (by specific pages) (PDF and Summary files are from the Government Printing Office Access )
- Preamble: Pages 6697-6746 or PDF or Summary
- Preamble: Pages 6747-6796 or PDF or Summary
- Preamble and Regulations: Pages 6797-6846 or PDF or Summary
- Regulations: Pages 6847-6870 or PDF or Summary

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Announcement Materials

EPA Fact Sheet: EPA's Program for Cleaner Vehicles and Cleaner Gasoline (PDF) (13K, EPA420-F-99-051, December 1999)
December 21, 1999 Transcript of President Clinton's speech at Maury Elementary School in Washington, D.C. at the Clean Car Event (PDF) (12K)
December 21, 1999 White House Fact Sheet: President Clinton and Vice President Gore: Cleaner Cars, Cleaner Air, Healthier Kids (PDF) (7K)
December 21, 1999 White House Fact Sheet: Cleaner Cars and Cleaner Fuels for the 21st Century (PDF) (7K)
December 21, 1999 White House Fact Sheet: President Clinton and Vice President Gore Clean Air: A Record of Accomplishment (PDF) (6K)
December 21, 1999 White House Chart of Emission Reductions by State (PDF) (6K)

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Regulatory Impact Analysis

Regulatory Impact Analysis (EPA 420-R-99-023, December 22, 1999)
The original version of this document was created in WordPerfect. The pagination may have changed slightly in creating this PDF version. All of the following files are in PDF format.

Full Document (2 MB, EPA 420-R-99-023, December 1999)
Executive Summary (20K)
Table of Contents (27K)
List of Acronyms (10K)
List of Tables (30K)
List of Figures (8K)
Chapter I: Introduction (18K)
Chapter II: Health and Welfare Concerns (31K)
Chapter III: Environmental Impact (480K)
Chapter IV: Technological Feasibility (272K)
Chapter V: Economic Impact (389K)
Chapter VI: Cost-Effectiveness (100K)
Chapter VII: Benefit-Cost Analysis (364K)
Chapter VIII: Regulatory Flexibility (41K)
Appendix A: 47-State and Four-Cities Emission Inventories (40K)
Appendix B: Evidence Supporting the Irreversibility of Sulfur's Emission Impact (120K)
Appendix C: Refinery Energy and Global Warming Impacts and Emissions (44K)
Appendix D: EPA's Legal Authority for Gasoline Sulfur Control (34K)

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Response to Comments

Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements: Response to Comments (PDF) (2.2MB)
Appendix to 27.1H, Lotus Freelance Presentation 257K PRZ or 646K ZIP

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