Section 326IAC19-3-3. General purchase requirements

   (a) Beginning in model year 1999 and in each year thereafter, a percentage of new covered fleet vehicles purchased by each fleet owner or operator subject to this rule shall be clean fuel vehicles. The new vehicle purchase percentages for each vehicle type shall be:

Vehicle Type	MY 1999	MY 2000	MY 2001 and after
LDV	30%	50%	70%
LDT	30%	50%	70%
HDV	50%	50%	50%

  (b) The requirements of subsection (a) may be met through the conversion of existing or new gasoline or diesel powered vehicles to clean fuel vehicles in accordance with the requirements for clean fuel vehicle conversions contained in 40 CFR 88, Subpart C, 88.306-94*.

  (c) Purchase requirements may be met by purchasing vehicles that meet or exceed the LEV standard or through the purchase of credits from another fleet in the Chicago severe nonattainment area so that the total equals the minimum requirement.

  (d) The fleet owner or operator shall decide which vehicles and fuels to use to comply with the requirements of this rule.

  (e) A fleet owner or operator who purchases vehicles certified as LEVs, ULEVs, and ZEVs beyond the percentage required in subsection (a) shall receive credits as described in section 4(e) of this rule.

  (f) Vehicles purchased to satisfy the requirements of this section shall be operated on the clean alternative fuel on which they were certified to meet the clean fuel vehicle emissions standards when operating in Lake or Porter County.

  *This document is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. (Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 19-3-3; filed Dec 19, 1995, 3:00 p.m.: 19 IR 1045; errata filed Apr 9, 1996, 2:30 p.m.: 19 IR 2044; filed Jun 1, 1998, 3:36 p.m.: 21 IR 3774; filed May 21, 2002, 10:20 a.m.: 25 IR 3088)