[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 16]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR80.40]



[Page 632-633]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 80_REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart D_Reformulated Gasoline

 

Sec.  80.40  Fuel certification procedures.



    Source: 59 FR 7813, Feb. 16, 1994, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) Gasoline that complies with one of the standards specified in 

Sec.  80.41 (a) through (f) that is relevant for the gasoline, and that 

meets all other relevant requirements prescribed under Sec.  80.41, 

shall be deemed certified.

    (b) Any refiner or importer may, with regard to a specific fuel 

formulation, request from the Administrator a certification that the 

formulation meets one of the standards specified in Sec.  80.41 (a) 

through (f).

    (c)(1) ``Adjusted VOC gasoline'' for purposes of the general 

requirements in Sec.  80.65(d)(2)(ii), and the certification procedures 

in this section is gasoline that contains 10 volume percent ethanol, or 

RBOB intended for blending with 10 volume percent ethanol, that is 

intended for use in the areas described at Sec.  80.70(f) and (i), and 

is designated by the refiner as adjusted VOC gasoline subject to less 

stringent VOC standards in Sec.  80.41(e) and (f). In order for 

``adjusted VOC gasoline'' to qualify for the regulatory treatment 

specified in Sec.  80.41(e) and (f), reformulated gasoline must contain 

denatured, anhydrous ethanol. The concentration of the ethanol, 

excluding the required denaturing agent, must be at least 9% and no more 

than 10% (by volume) of the gasoline. The ethanol content of the 

gasoline shall be determined by use of one of the testing methodologies 

specified in Sec.  80.46(g).

    (2) Refiners may choose not to designate as adjusted VOC gasoline or 

RBOB that otherwise meets the requirements of paragraph (c)(1) of this 

section, in which case the more stringent VOC standards in Sec.  80.41 

apply.

    (3) For purposes of Sec.  80.78(a)(1)(v), the ``Adjusted VOC 

gasoline'' standards under Sec.  80.41 are the applicable VOC emissions 

performance standards only for adjusted VOC gasoline that is intended 

for use in or sold for use by an ultimate consumer in the covered areas



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described at Sec.  80.70(f) and (i). For purposes of Sec.  

80.78(a)(1)(v), gasoline designated as adjusted VOC gasoline that is 

intended for use or that is sold for use by an ultimate consumer in any 

covered area in VOC-Control Region 2 other than those described at Sec.  

80.70(f) and (i), is subject to the VOC performance standards in Sec.  

80.41 applicable to all other gasoline designated for VOC-Control Region 

2.



[59 FR 7813, Feb. 16, 1994, as amended at 66 FR 37164, July 17, 2001; 67 

FR 8736, Feb. 26, 2002]