42 U.S.C. § 13253 — Replacement fuel demand estimates and supply information

(a) Estimates: Starting no later than October 1, 1993, and every year after that, the Secretary — working with the EPA Administrator, the Secretary of Transportation, and other state and federal officials — must estimate, for the coming calendar year: (1) how many of each type of alternative-fuel vehicle will likely be in use in the United States; (2) roughly where those vehicles will be located; (3) how much of each type of replacement fuel will be available and where; and (4) how much greenhouse gas emissions replacement-fuel use is likely to cause. (b) Information: Starting October 1, 1994, the Secretary must every year require: (1) fuel suppliers to report how much of each type of replacement fuel they supplied the previous year and plan to supply the next year; (2) suppliers of alternative-fuel vehicles to report how many of each type they made available the previous year and plan to make available the next year; and (3) fuel suppliers to give the Secretary the information needed to figure out the greenhouse gas emissions from the replacement fuels used, counting the fuel's entire life cycle. (c) Protection of information: Information suppliers give the Secretary under subsection (b) is protected the same way the law protects trade secrets and confidential business and financial information, including under section 1905 of title 18.