CO Emission Limits for State Fleet Passenger Vehicles

(1) Purpose, Scope and Authority. The purpose of 310 CMR 60.06 is to assist the Commonwealth in achieving the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals adopted pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21N, § (3)(b) by reducing carbon dioxide (CO ) emissions from certain vehicles owned or leased by Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Offices through the imposition of declining annual aggregate emission limits. 310 CMR 60.06 is promulgated pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21N, § 3(d) and is also promulgated pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21A, §§ 2, 8 and 16, and M.G.L. c. 111, §§ 2C and 142A through 142M, to prevent and abate conditions of air pollution from the CO emissions from the mobile sources specified in 310 CMR 60.06. The CO emissions limits set forth in 310 CMR 60.06(6) are applicable for the years 2021 through 2025 and thereafter beginning January 1, 2021. (2) Definitions. The terms used in 310 CMR 60.06 are defined in 310 CMR 60.06 and in 310 CMR 60.00. Where a term is defined in 310 CMR 60.06 and in other sections of 310 CMR 60.00, the definition in 310 CMR 60.06 shall apply. Department means the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Emergency Vehicle means any publicly owned or leased vehicle operated by a sworn officer in performance of their duties, any authorized emergency vehicle used for fighting fires, any publicly owned or leased authorized emergency vehicle used by an emergency medical technician or paramedic, or used for towing or servicing other vehicles, or repairing damaged lighting or electrical equipment, or any ambulance used by a private entity under contract with a public agency. Executive Office means the Executive Office of Administration and Finance (A&F), the Executive Office of Education (EOE), the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED), the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD), the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), including the agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, councils, departments, divisions, groups, guards, homes, laboratories, libraries, offices, police, programs, systems, trusts, universities and other entities within each Executive Office, and entities whose governing members or board include(s) the Secretary of an Executive Office pursuant to appointment by the Governor, or to the requirements of a Massachusetts General or Session Law. Passenger Vehicle means any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 10,000 pounds designed primarily for transportation of persons and having a design capacity of 12 persons or less and that has an Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy sticker pursuant to 40 CFR Part 600 Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Exhaust Emissions of Motor Vehicles. Passenger vehicle does not include transit vehicles or vehicles primarily designed to transport property or with special features enabling off-road operation and use, including but not limited to, pickup trucks, cargo vans, emergency vehicles, test vehicles, non-road vehicles. Test Vehicle means an experimental or prototype motor vehicle which appears to have very low emission characteristics or a used motor vehicle within which an experimental motor vehicle pollution control device is installed, and which has also received a test vehicle or fleet permit from the California Air Resources Board pursuant to Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence No. 83-01. Transit Vehicle means any vehicle used to transport paying customers. (3) Applicability. 310 CMR 60.06 is applicable to Executive Offices, except that an Executive Office is not subject to annual CO emission limits unless it owns or leases 30 or more passenger vehicles, as determined by the Department in its sole discretion. (4) General Requirements. (a) For calendar year 2018 and for every calendar year thereafter, each Executive Office shall meet its passenger vehicle CO emission limit specified in 310 CMR 60.06(6). (b) By November 1, 2017, each Executive Office shall provide the Department with the information specified in 310 CMR 60.06(8) for the time period from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016 for each of its vehicles that is not a passenger vehicle. (c) By March 1, 2018, each Executive Office shall provide the Department with the information specified in 310 CMR 60.06(8) for the time period from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 for each of its vehicles that is not a passenger vehicle. (d) By March 1, 2019 and by March 1 of each year thereafter, each Executive Office shall st submit a report to the Department for the previous calendar year on its passenger vehicles as specified in 310 CMR 60.06(7). (e) The Department may specify the format and process by which any submission required pursuant to 310 CMR 60.06 shall occur, including electronic submission requirements. (5) Calculation of CO Emissions. Each Executive Office shall calculate the CO emissions for passenger vehicles by using the applicable equation: (a) for gasoline fueled vehicles: metric tons CO emitted/year = gallons of gasoline used * 19.8416 pounds of CO /gallon of gasoline/2000 pounds/short ton / 1.10231 short tons/metric ton (b) for diesel fueled vehicles: metric tons CO emitted/year = gallons of diesel used * 22.38 pounds of CO /gallon of diesel/2000 pounds/short ton / 1.10231 short tons/metric ton (c) for natural gas fueled vehicles: metric tons CO emitted/year = thousand cubic feet of natural gas used * 121.25 pounds of CO /thousand cubic feet of natural gas/2000 pounds/short ton / 1.10231 short tons/metric ton (6) Annual CO Emission Limits. (a) Individual Executive Office Limits. For each calendar year specified in 310 CMR