---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7582"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7582"
heading: "Requirements applicable to clean-fuel vehicles"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7582"
units:
  - "Chapter 85 — Air Pollution Prevention and Control"
  - "Subchapter II — Emission Standards for Moving Sources"
  - "Part C — Clean Fuel Vehicles"
---

# §7582. Requirements applicable to clean-fuel vehicles

- (a) **Promulgation of standards—** Not later than 24 months after November 15, 1990, the [Administrator](/usc/42/7602.md?p=a) shall promulgate regulations under this part containing [clean-fuel vehicle](/usc/42/7581.md?p=7) standards for the [clean-fuel vehicles](/usc/42/7581.md?p=7) specified in this part.
- (b) **Other requirements—** [Clean-fuel vehicles](/usc/42/7581.md?p=7) of up to 8,500 gvwr subject to standards set forth in this part shall comply with all [motor vehicle](/usc/42/7550.md?p=2) requirements of this subchapter (such as requirements relating to on-board diagnostics, evaporative emissions, etc.) which are applicable to conventional gasoline-fueled vehicles of the same category and model year, except as provided in [section 7584 of this title](/usc/42/7584.md) with respect to administration and enforcement, and except to the extent that any such requirement is in conflict with the provisions of this part. [Clean-fuel vehicles](/usc/42/7581.md?p=7) of 8,500 gvwr or greater subject to standards set forth in this part shall comply with all requirements of this subchapter which are applicable in the case of conventional gasoline-fueled or diesel fueled vehicles of the same category and model year, except as provided in [section 7584 of this title](/usc/42/7584.md) with respect to administration and enforcement, and except to the extent that any such requirement is in conflict with the provisions of this part.
- (c) **In-use useful life and testing—**
  - (1) In the case of light-duty vehicles and [light-duty trucks](/usc/42/7550.md?p=7) up to 6,000 lbs gvwr, the useful life for purposes of determining in-use compliance with the standards under [section 7583 of this title](/usc/42/7583.md) shall be—
    - (A) a period of 5 years or 50,000 miles (or the equivalent) whichever first occurs, in the case of standards applicable for purposes of certification at 50,000 miles; and
    - (B) a period of 10 years or 100,000 miles (or the equivalent) whichever first occurs, in the case of standards applicable for purposes of certification at 100,000 miles, except that in-use testing shall not be done for a period beyond 7 years or 75,000 miles (or the equivalent) whichever first occurs.
  - (2) In the case of [light-duty trucks](/usc/42/7550.md?p=7) of more than 6,000 lbs gvwr, the useful life for purposes of determining in-use compliance with the standards under [section 7583 of this title](/usc/42/7583.md) shall be—
    - (A) a period of 5 years or 50,000 miles (or the equivalent) whichever first occurs in the case of standards applicable for purposes of certification at 50,000 miles; and
    - (B) a period of 11 years or 120,000 miles (or the equivalent) whichever first occurs in the case of standards applicable for purposes of certification at 120,000 miles, except that in-use testing shall not be done for a period beyond 7 years or 90,000 miles (or the equivalent) whichever first occurs.

## Source credit

(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title II, § 242, as added Pub. L. 101–549, title II, § 229(a), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2513.)