[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 16]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR80.9]

[Page 640]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 80_REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 80.9  Rounding a test result for determining conformance with a fuels standard.

    (a) For purposes of determining compliance with the fuel standards 
of 40 CFR part 80, a test result will be rounded to the nearest unit of 
significant digits specified in the applicable fuel standard in 
accordance with the rounding method described in the ASTM standard 
practice, ASTM E 29-02[isin]1, entitled, ``Standard Practice 
for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with 
Specifications''.
    (b) ASTM standard practice, E 29-02[isin]1 is 
incorporated by reference. This incorporation by reference was approved 
by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. A copy may be obtained from the American 
Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Dr., West 
Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. Copies may be inspected at the Air Docket, 
EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC, or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For 
information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-
6030 or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--
federal--regulations/ibr--locations.html.

[71 FR 16499, Apr. 3, 2006]