---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 610.12"
title: "40"
number: "610.12"
heading: "Program initiative."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/610.12"
---

# §610.12. Program initiative.


A retrofit device evaluation program will be initiated as follows:

- (a) At the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) when it has reason to believe that fuel economy representation made for a retrofit device being marketed may be inadequate,
- (b) At the EPA Administrator's initiative, or
- (c) Upon the application of any manufacturer of a retrofit device (or prototype thereof) for which a fuel economy improvement claim is made.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 511, Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, as amended (sec. 301, Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 915 (15 U.S.C. 2011)).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 17946, Mar. 23, 1979, unless otherwise noted.