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Events

Public Hearing: Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Location

Virtual Event

January 7, 2026
9 a.m. ET

NHTSA is announcing a virtual public hearing to be held January 7, 2026, on its proposal for The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule III for Model Years 2022–2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, which was signed on December 2, 2025. This hearing also allows the public to provide oral comments regarding the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) that accompanies the proposal. 

Those who wished to provide oral comments signed up by December 31. Based on the number of speakers who have signed up to provide oral comments, the public meeting will conclude no later than 3 p.m. ET on January 7. 

Anyone wishing to watch the hearing can still register. 

REGISTER TO WATCH

Schedule

Hour:Minute:Second | ET First Name Last Name Organization (As Submitted)
 
9:00:00 AM Welcome
9:05:00 AM Katherine Garcia Sierra Club
9:08:15 AM Fred Turatti American Fuels & Petrochemical Manufacturers
9:11:30 AM Melody Reis Moms Clean Air Force
9:14:45 AM Michael Hartrick Alliance for Automotive Innovation
9:18:00 AM Patricia Doersch National Automobile Dealers Association
9:21:15 AM Dave Cooke Union of Concerned Scientists
9:24:30 AM Samantha Schmitz Moms Clean Air Force
9:27:45 AM Jenna Riemenschneider Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
9:31:00 AM Emily Thompson American Lung Association
9:34:15 AM Cara Cook Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
9:37:30 AM Ann Mesnikoff Environmental Law & Policy Center
9:40:45 AM Almeta Cooper Moms Clean Air Force
9:44:00 AM Ingrid Malmgren Plug In America
9:47:15 AM Paul Billings Individual
9:50:30 AM William Barrett American Lung Association
9:53:45 AM Rob Sargent Coltura
9:57:00 AM Harold Wimmer American Lung Association
10:00:15 AM Margaretta Veltri BlueGreen Alliance
10:03:30 AM Milagros Elia Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
10:06:45 AM Kevin Brown Manufacturers of Emissions Controls Association (aka MECA Clean Mobility)
10:10:00 AM Darien Davis League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
10:13:15 AM Katie Dore PSR
10:16:30 AM Andrew Simrin Private Citizen
10:19:45 AM Catherine Forest UCSF Natividad Family Medicine Residency
10:23:00 AM Anne Clement Earthjustice
10:26:15 AM Daniel Galpern Climate Protection and Restoration Initiative
10:29:15 AM Break
10:45:00 AM Welcome Back
10:46:00 AM Nathaniel Shoaff Sierra Club
10:49:15 AM Peter Huether American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
10:52:30 AM Joshua Houdek Sierra Club Minnesota North Star Chapter
10:55:45 AM Lindsey Mendelson Maryland Sierra Club
10:59:00 AM Jessica Enzmann Sierra Club
11:02:15 AM Dan Friedman Sierra Club
11:05:30 AM Joan Schiller OUCH - Int'l (Oncology Advocates Uniting for Climate and Health)
11:08:45 AM Mona Sarfaty Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
11:12:00 AM Carmen Garcia NRPE
11:15:15 AM Todd Sack MD Physicians for Social Responsibility
11:18:30 AM Tricia Canonico Fort Collins
11:21:45 AM Emma Pinter Colorado Communities for Climate Action
11:25:00 AM Jorge Roman Energy Marketers of America
11:28:15 AM Kiley McLeroy CPAC Foundation Center for Regulatory Freedom
11:31:30 AM Katie Brown National Religious Partnership for the Environment
11:34:45 AM Matt Nigro Concerned Citizen
11:38:00 AM Zach Friedman Ceres
11:41:15 AM Will Anderson Public Citizen
11:44:30 AM Jeanne Hewitt NA
11:47:45 AM Robb Kidd Vermont Chapter of the Sierra Club
11:51:00 AM Bryan Just American Petroleum Institute
11:54:15 AM Anita Seitz Colorado Communities for Climate Action
11:57:30 AM Emily Sobel MEMA. The Vehicle Suppliers Association
12:00:30 PM Break
1:00:00 PM Welcome Back
1:01:00 PM Andy Su Environmental Defense Fund
1:04:15 PM Diana Van Vleet American Lung Association
1:07:30 PM Gina Oliver American Chemistry Council
1:10:45 PM Lisa Patel Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
1:14:00 PM Liz Scott American Lung Association
1:17:15 PM Annabelle Davis NRDC
1:20:30 PM Juan Roberto Madrid GreenLatinos
1:23:45 PM Miah Hornyak Physicians for Social Responsibility
1:27:00 PM Mark Rose National Parks Conservation Association
1:30:15 PM Ernesto Villasenor American Lung Association
1:33:30 PM Susan Stephenson CIPL
1:36:45 PM Ankush Bansal Physicians for Social Responsibility
1:40:00 PM Logan Pierce The International Council on Clean Transportation
1:43:15 PM Shantelle Dreamer WSP USA
1:46:30 PM Tiara Peterson Climate ambassador
1:49:45 PM Bruno DiGennaro Volvo Car USA
1:53:00 PM Richard Sigler self
1:56:15 PM Rebekah Whilden Sierra Club
1:59:30 PM Mark Klinedinst Sierra Club Vermont
2:02:45 PM Johanna Miller Vermont Natural Resources Council
2:06:00 PM Levi Kamolnick CALSTART
2:09:15 PM Jennifer Cardenas Sierra Club
2:12:30 PM Dalinef Cardenas Leon Sierra Club: San Gorgonio Chapter
2:15:45 PM Ashley Soliman Sierra Club
2:19:00 PM Fred Scherlinder Dobb Adamah
2:22:15 PM Lori Byron MontanaHPHC
2:25:30 PM Ken Kobayashi OUCH Intl
2:28:45 PM Inga Robbins Clinicians for climate action, New Jersey
2:32:00 PM Peter Chipman Native Sun Community Power Development
2:35:00 PM Closing

NHTSA Representatives

The following NHTSA representatives are scheduled to listen to the oral comments:

  • Joseph Bayer, Chief of Fuel Economy
  • Seiar Zia, Deputy Chief of Fuel Economy
  • Claire McManus, General Engineer
  • Jessica Suda, General Engineer
  • Stefanie Goodwin, General Engineer
  • Giulio Chiuini, General Engineer

NHTSA is committed to providing equal access to this event for all participants. People with disabilities who need accommodations should send a request to NHTSA.Communication@dot.gov no later than December 31, 2025. 

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