. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/494 
6 October 2009  
 (09-4769) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  National Highway Traffic Safety  Administration  (NHTSA) (511) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cars,  light trucks  
(HS: 8703, ICS: 71.100.45, 13.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notice of Availability 
of a Draft Environmental Impact Statemen t (DEIS) for New Corporate Average Fuel 
Economy Standards (7 pages, in English)      
6. Description of content:  NHTSA has prepared a DEIS to disclose and analyze the potential 
environmental impacts of proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for 
model year (MY) 2012-2016 passenger cars and light trucks, which NHTSA recently 
proposed pursuant to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and a reasonable 
range of alternative standards.  To inform de cision makers and the public, the DEIS compares 
the potential environmental im pacts of the proposed standard s and alternative standards 
reflecting a full range of stringencies, and it an alyzes direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts 
in proportion to their significance. The DEIS prov ides a detailed analysis of potential impacts 
on energy resources, air quality, and climate. The DEIS uses climate modeling and NHTSA's own computer model (known as the Volpe mo del) to provide quan titative estimates of 
potential impacts on air quality, carbon dioxi de (CO2) emissions, global mean surface 
temperature, precipitation, a nd sea level rise. The DEIS provi des a qualitative analysis of 
resources that may be impacted by changes in climate, such as freshwater resources, terrestrial ecosystems, coastal ecosystems, land us e, human health, and environmental  justice.  
It examines these impacts on the U.S. and on a global scale. In addition, the DEIS analyzes potential environmental impacts  unrelated to climate change. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Environmental protection  
8. Relevant documents:   74 Federal Register (FR) 48894 25 September 2009; Title 49  Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 523 , 531, 533, 534, 536 and 537.    G/TBT/N/USA/494 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  9 November 2009 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:   Internet URLs: 
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-23199.htm  
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-23199.pdf