Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0208-0150
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2021-08-10T04:00Z

MemoTo:	Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0208
From:	Michael Shelby, U.S. EPA-OTAQ-TCD
CC:	Michael Olechiw, U.S. EPA-OTAQ-ASD
Date:	June 22[nd], 2021
Re:	Docket of Reference Materials (That are not Copyrighted) for VMT Rebound (Chapter 3.1 in DRIA NPRM LDV)
	Hello Michael 

      Here are the Reference materials that do not have copyright restrictions used for the VMT Rebound section of Chapter 3.1 of the DRIA of the NPRM for the LDV rule.
      
      The following Reference materials are for the docket (see attachments in accompanying file).
 The 2020 EPA Automotive Trends Report. Greenhouse gas emissions, fuel economy and technology since 1975. Executive Summary. U.S. EPA 420-5-21-001. January 2021.
 Gillingham, K. 2011. The Consumer Response to Gasoline Prices: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications, Stanford University Ph.D. Dissertation. Accessed at: https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:wz808zn3318/Gillingham_Dissertation-augmented.pdf
 Leung, W. 2015, Three Essays in Energy Economics, University of California San Diego PhD Dissertation, Accessed at: https://escholarship.org/content/qt3h51364m/qt3h51364m.pdf
 Wenzel, T. and Fujita, K. 2018. Elasticity of Vehicle Miles of Travel to Changes in the Price of Gasoline and the Cost of Driving in Texas, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-2001138. Accessed at: https://eln.lbl.gov/publications/elasticity-vehiclemiles-travel.
 U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis, The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Year 2021 - 2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, 2018. July. Updated August 2018; October 2018.
         
 The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks". 83 Fed. Reg. 42,986 Aug. 24, 2018.

 Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy−2025-2035, Committee on Assessment of Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles−Phase 3, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences. A Consensus Study Report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
 U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Annual Energy Outlook, 2021, https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/00%20AEO2021%20Chart%20Library.pdf, see slide entitled, Gross Domestic Product and population assumptions.