89 STAT. 912
PUBLIC LAW 94-163—DEC. 22, 1975 ment under section 502(d)), such manufacturer shall be entitled to a credit, calculated under clause (ii), which shall be— " (I) deducted from the amount of any civil penalty which has been or may be assessed against such manufacturer for a violation of section 507(1) occurring in the model year immediately prior to the model year in which such manufacturer exceeds such applicable average fuel economy standard, and " ( II) to the extent that such credit is not deducted pursuant to subclause (I), deducted from the amount of any ci-vdl penalty assessed against such manufacturer for a violation of section 507(1) occurring in the model year immediately following the model year in which such manufacturer exceeds such applicable average fuel economy standard, "(ii) The amount of credit to which a manufacturer is entitled under clause (i) shall be equal to— " (I) $5 for each tenth of a mile per gallon by which the average fuel economy of the passenger automobiles manufactured by such manufacturer in the model year in which the credit is earned pursuant to clause (i) exceeds the applicable average fuel economy standard established under section 502(a) or (c), multiplied by " (II) the total number of passenger automobiles manufactured by such manufacturer during such model year. "(B)(i) Whenever the average fuel economy of a class of automobiles which are not passenger automobiles and which are manufactured by a manufacturer in a particular model year exceeds an average fuel economy standard applicable to automobiles of such class under section 502(b), such manufacturer shall be entitled to a credit, calculated under clause (ii), which shall be— " (I) deducted from the amount of any civil penalty which has been or may be assessed against such manufacturer for a violation of section 507(2) occurring in the model year immediately prior to the model year in which such manufacturer exceeds such applicable average fuel economy standard, and " ( II) to the extent that such credit is not deducted pursuant to subclause (I), deducted from the amount of any such civil penalty assessed against such manufacturer for a violation of section 507(2) occurring in the model year immediately following the model year in which such manufacturer exceeds such applicable average fuel economy standard. "(ii) The amount of credit to which a manufacturer is entitled under clause (i) shall be equal to— " (I) $5 for each tenth of a mile per gallon by which the average fuel economy of the automobiles of such class manufactured by such manufacturer in the model year in which the credit is earned pursuant to clause (i) exceeds the applicable average fuel economy standard established under section 502(b), multiplied by " ( II) the total number of automobiles of such class manufactured by such manufacturer during such model year. "(C) Whenever a civil penalty has been assessed and collected under this section from a manufacturer who is entitled to a credit under this paragraph with respect to such civil penalty, the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund to such manufacturer the amount of credit to which such manufacturer is so entitled, except that the amount of such refund shall not exceed the amount of the civil penalty so collected
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