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 or subsequent model years must conform to the exhaust emission standards for nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄) set out in section 1818 of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter C, part 86, subpart S, of the CFR, for the applicable model year.

• 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(3) 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.