Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations

Marginal note:Nitrous oxide and methane emission standards

• 10 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 12, passenger automobiles and light trucks of the 2012 model year or a subsequent model year must conform to the following exhaust emission standards for nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄) for the applicable model year:

  • (a) the standards for nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄) set out in section 1818(f)(1) of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart S, of the CFR;

  • (b) the standards for nitrous oxide (N₂O) set out in section 1818(f)(1) of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart S, of the CFR and the alternative standards for methane (CH₄) determined in accordance with section 1818(f)(3) of that subpart;

  • (c) the alternative standards for nitrous oxide (N₂O) determined in accordance with section 1818(f)(3) of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart S, of the CFR and the standards for methane (CH₄) set out in section 1818(f)(1) of that subpart; or

  • (d) the alternative standards for nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄) determined in accordance with section 1818(f)(3) of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart S, of the CFR.

• Marginal note:Fleet emission calculation

  (2) Instead of complying with subsection (1), a company may elect to include the exhaust emissions of nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄) of its passenger automobiles and light trucks of a model year when calculating their carbon-related exhaust emission value as set out in subsection 18.1(2) in respect of each of its fleets of that model year.

• Marginal note:Election applicable to all models

  (3) A company that makes an election under subsection (2) must ensure that it applies to all models of passenger automobiles and light trucks that it manufactures or imports.