10 CFR § 490.300 - Purpose and Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s490.300"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 490.300 - Purpose and Scope."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "490.300"
section_name: "Purpose and Scope."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
part_number: "490"
part_name: "ALTERNATIVE FUEL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7191  42 U.S.C. 13201, 13211, 13220, 13251  28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 10653, Mar. 14, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "490"
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# 490.300 Purpose and Scope.

This subpart implements section 501 of the Act, which requires, subject to some exemptions, that certain annual percentages of new light duty motor vehicles acquired by alternative fuel providers must be alternative fueled vehicles.