Section 487.03. General requirements.

 

(1)   General requirements. Each covered fleet operator shall include in the fleet's annual new vehicle acquisitions the following percentage of vehicles which meet the clean fuel fleet vehicle exhaust emission standards of this chapter:

(a) 30% of all LDVs and LDTs and 50% of all light and medium HDVs purchased or otherwise newly acquired in model year 1999.

(b) 50% of all LDVs and LDTs and 50% of all light and medium HDVs purchased or newly acquired in model year 2000.

(c) 70% of all LDVs and LDTs and 50% of all light and medium HDVs purchased or newly acquired in model year 2001 and every model year thereafter.

(2)   Compliance options. The acquisition percentage requirements of sub. (1) may be met in any of the following ways:

(a) By purchasing new vehicles which meet the clean fuel fleet vehicle LEV, ULEV, ZEV or ILEV standards shown in Tables 1 and 2.

(b) By converting conventional vehicles to clean fuel fleet vehicles which meet the applicable standards shown in Tables 1 and 2.

(c) By redeeming acquisition credits.

(3)   Dual fuel and hybrid electric vehicles. For a dual fuel or hybrid electric vehicle to be considered a clean fuel fleet vehicle, the vehicle shall operate in the covered area using the fuel or power source on which it was certified by the manufacturer to meet the LEV, ULEV or ZEV emission standards shown in Tables 1 and 2.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1995, No. 473 , eff. 6-1-95; am. (1) (a), (b) and (c), Register, September, 1998, No. 513 , eff. 10-1-98.