API welcomes U.S. EPA’s final rule streamlining fuel quality regs
- Removing outdated and duplicative gasoline and diesel fuel regulations and consolidating regulations for EPA’s various fuel programs into a set of rules for regulated entities.
- Establishing a vapor pressure limit to distinguish Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) in summer months. In the 25 years since the RFG program was created, new EPA programs have improved gasoline quality and environmental performance to the point that vapor pressure is the only characteristic that distinguishes RFG and non-RFG gasoline in summer months.
- Removing location specific gasoline distribution requirements in the non-summer seasons by formally acknowledging all winter gasoline meets Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) standards.
- Establishing the National Fuel Sampling Program that will monitor the quality of motor fuels distributed at gasoline stations and ensure they meet the same strict environmental performance standards required as when those fuels left the refinery.