Title 40

PART 1090

Part 1090 - Regulation Of Fuels, Fuel Additives, And Regulated Blendstocks

PART 1090 - REGULATION OF FUELS, FUEL ADDITIVES, AND REGULATED BLENDSTOCKS Authority:42 U.S.C. 7414, 7521, 7522-7525, 7541, 7542, 7543, 7545, 7547, 7550, and 7601. Source:85 FR 78469, Dec. 4, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

40:37.0.1.1.7.1SUBPART A
Subpart A - General Provisions
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.1SECTION 1090.1
   1090.1 Applicability and relationship to other parts.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.2SECTION 1090.5
   1090.5 Implementation dates.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.3SECTION 1090.10
   1090.10 Contacting EPA.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.4SECTION 1090.15
   1090.15 Confidential business information.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.5SECTION 1090.20
   1090.20 Approval of submissions under this part.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.6SECTION 1090.50
   1090.50 Rounding.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.7SECTION 1090.55
   1090.55 Requirements for independent parties.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.8SECTION 1090.80
   1090.80 Definitions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.9SECTION 1090.85
   1090.85 Explanatory terms.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.10SECTION 1090.90
   1090.90 Acronyms and abbreviations.
40:37.0.1.1.7.1.38.11SECTION 1090.95
   1090.95 Incorporation by reference.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2SUBPART B
Subpart B - General Requirements and Provisions for Regulated Parties
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.1SECTION 1090.100
   1090.100 General provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.2SECTION 1090.105
   1090.105 Fuel manufacturers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.3SECTION 1090.110
   1090.110 Detergent blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.4SECTION 1090.115
   1090.115 Oxygenate blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.5SECTION 1090.120
   1090.120 Oxygenate producers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.6SECTION 1090.125
   1090.125 Certified butane producers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.7SECTION 1090.130
   1090.130 Certified butane blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.8SECTION 1090.135
   1090.135 Certified pentane producers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.9SECTION 1090.140
   1090.140 Certified pentane blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.10SECTION 1090.145
   1090.145 Transmix processors.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.11SECTION 1090.150
   1090.150 Transmix blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.12SECTION 1090.155
   1090.155 Fuel additive manufacturers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.13SECTION 1090.160
   1090.160 Distributors, carriers, and resellers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.14SECTION 1090.165
   1090.165 Retailers and WPCs.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.15SECTION 1090.170
   1090.170 Independent surveyors.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.16SECTION 1090.175
   1090.175 Auditors.
40:37.0.1.1.7.2.38.17SECTION 1090.180
   1090.180 Pipeline operators.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3SUBPART C
Subpart C - Gasoline Standards
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.1SECTION 1090.200
   1090.200 Overview and general requirements.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.2SECTION 1090.205
   1090.205 Sulfur standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.3SECTION 1090.210
   1090.210 Benzene standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.4SECTION 1090.215
   1090.215 Gasoline RVP standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.5SECTION 1090.220
   1090.220 RFG standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.6SECTION 1090.225
   1090.225 Anti-dumping standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.7SECTION 1090.230
   1090.230 Limitation on use of gasoline-ethanol blends.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.8SECTION 1090.250
   1090.250 Certified butane standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.9SECTION 1090.255
   1090.255 Certified pentane standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.10SECTION 1090.260
   1090.260 Gasoline deposit control standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.11SECTION 1090.265
   1090.265 Gasoline additive standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.12SECTION 1090.270
   1090.270 Gasoline oxygenate standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.13SECTION 1090.275
   1090.275 Ethanol denaturant standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.14SECTION 1090.285
   1090.285 RFG covered areas.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.15SECTION 1090.290
   1090.290 Changes to RFG covered areas and procedures for opting out of RFG.
40:37.0.1.1.7.3.38.16SECTION 1090.295
   1090.295 Procedures for relaxing the federal 7.8 psi RVP standard.
40:37.0.1.1.7.4SUBPART D
Subpart D - Diesel Fuel and ECA Marine Fuel Standards
40:37.0.1.1.7.4.38.1SECTION 1090.300
   1090.300 Overview and general requirements.
40:37.0.1.1.7.4.38.2SECTION 1090.305
   1090.305 ULSD standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.4.38.3SECTION 1090.310
   1090.310 Diesel fuel additives standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.4.38.4SECTION 1090.315
   1090.315 Heating oil, kerosene, ECA marine fuel, and jet fuel provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.4.38.5SECTION 1090.320
   1090.320 500 ppm LM diesel fuel standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.4.38.6SECTION 1090.325
   1090.325 ECA marine fuel standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.5SUBPART E
Subpart E [Reserved]
40:37.0.1.1.7.6SUBPART F
Subpart F - Transmix and Pipeline Interface Provisions
40:37.0.1.1.7.6.38.1SECTION 1090.500
   1090.500 Gasoline produced from blending transmix into PCG.
40:37.0.1.1.7.6.38.2SECTION 1090.505
   1090.505 Gasoline produced from TGP.
40:37.0.1.1.7.6.38.3SECTION 1090.510
   1090.510 Diesel and distillate fuel produced from TDP.
40:37.0.1.1.7.6.38.4SECTION 1090.515
   1090.515 500 ppm LM diesel fuel produced from TDP.
40:37.0.1.1.7.6.38.5SECTION 1090.520
   1090.520 Handling practices for pipeline interface that is not transmix.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7SUBPART G
Subpart G - Exemptions, Hardships, and Special Provisions
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.1SECTION 1090.600
   1090.600 General provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.2SECTION 1090.605
   1090.605 National security and military use exemptions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.3SECTION 1090.610
   1090.610 Temporary research, development, and testing exemptions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.4SECTION 1090.615
   1090.615 Racing and aviation exemptions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.5SECTION 1090.620
   1090.620 Exemptions for Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.6SECTION 1090.625
   1090.625 Exemptions for California gasoline and diesel fuel.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.7SECTION 1090.630
   1090.630 Exemptions for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands summer gasoline.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.8SECTION 1090.635
   1090.635 Refinery extreme unforeseen hardship exemption.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.9SECTION 1090.640
   1090.640 Exemptions from the gasoline deposit control requirements.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.10SECTION 1090.645
   1090.645 Exemption for exports of fuels, fuel additives, and regulated blendstocks.
40:37.0.1.1.7.7.38.11SECTION 1090.650
   1090.650 Distillate global marine fuel exemption.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8SUBPART H
Subpart H - Averaging, Banking, and Trading Provisions
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.1SECTION 1090.700
   1090.700 Compliance with average standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.2SECTION 1090.705
   1090.705 Facility level compliance.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.3SECTION 1090.710
   1090.710 Downstream oxygenate accounting.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.4SECTION 1090.715
   1090.715 Deficit carryforward.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.5SECTION 1090.720
   1090.720 Credit use.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.6SECTION 1090.725
   1090.725 Credit generation.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.7SECTION 1090.730
   1090.730 Credit transfers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.8SECTION 1090.735
   1090.735 Invalid credits and remedial actions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.9SECTION 1090.740
   1090.740 Downstream BOB recertification.
40:37.0.1.1.7.8.38.10SECTION 1090.745
   1090.745 Informational annual average calculations.
40:37.0.1.1.7.9SUBPART I
Subpart I - Registration
40:37.0.1.1.7.9.38.1SECTION 1090.800
   1090.800 General provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.9.38.2SECTION 1090.805
   1090.805 Contents of registration.
40:37.0.1.1.7.9.38.3SECTION 1090.810
   1090.810 Voluntary cancellation of company or facility registration.
40:37.0.1.1.7.9.38.4SECTION 1090.815
   1090.815 Deactivation (involuntary cancellation) of registration.
40:37.0.1.1.7.9.38.5SECTION 1090.820
   1090.820 Changes of ownership.
40:37.0.1.1.7.10SUBPART J
Subpart J - Reporting
40:37.0.1.1.7.10.38.1SECTION 1090.900
   1090.900 General provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.10.38.2SECTION 1090.905
   1090.905 Annual, batch, and credit transaction reporting for gasoline manufacturers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.10.38.3SECTION 1090.910
   1090.910 Reporting for gasoline manufacturers that recertify BOB to gasoline.
40:37.0.1.1.7.10.38.4SECTION 1090.915
   1090.915 Batch reporting for oxygenate producers and importers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.10.38.5SECTION 1090.920
   1090.920 Reports by certified pentane producers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.10.38.6SECTION 1090.925
   1090.925 Reports by independent surveyors.
40:37.0.1.1.7.10.38.7SECTION 1090.930
   1090.930 Reports by auditors.
40:37.0.1.1.7.10.38.8SECTION 1090.935
   1090.935 Reports by diesel fuel manufacturers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.11SUBPART K
Subpart K - Batch Certification and Designation
40:37.0.1.1.7.11.38.1SECTION 1090.1000
   1090.1000 Batch certification requirements.
40:37.0.1.1.7.11.38.2SECTION 1090.1005
   1090.1005 Designation of batches of fuels, fuel additives, and regulated blendstocks.
40:37.0.1.1.7.11.38.3SECTION 1090.1010
   1090.1010 Designation requirements for gasoline and regulated blendstocks.
40:37.0.1.1.7.11.38.4SECTION 1090.1015
   1090.1015 Designation requirements for diesel and distillate fuels.
40:37.0.1.1.7.11.38.5SECTION 1090.1020
   1090.1020 Batch numbering.
40:37.0.1.1.7.12SUBPART L
Subpart L - Product Transfer Documents
40:37.0.1.1.7.12.38.1SECTION 1090.1100
   1090.1100 General requirements.
40:37.0.1.1.7.12.38.2SECTION 1090.1105
   1090.1105 PTD requirements for exempt fuels.
40:37.0.1.1.7.12.38.3SECTION 1090.1110
   1090.1110 PTD requirements for gasoline, gasoline additives, and gasoline regulated blendstocks.
40:37.0.1.1.7.12.38.4SECTION 1090.1115
   1090.1115 PTD requirements for distillate and residual fuels.
40:37.0.1.1.7.12.38.5SECTION 1090.1120
   1090.1120 PTD requirements for diesel fuel additives.
40:37.0.1.1.7.12.38.6SECTION 1090.1125
   1090.1125 Alternative PTD language.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13SUBPART M
Subpart M - Recordkeeping
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.1SECTION 1090.1200
   1090.1200 General recordkeeping requirements.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.2SECTION 1090.1205
   1090.1205 Recordkeeping requirements for all regulated parties.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.3SECTION 1090.1210
   1090.1210 Recordkeeping requirements for gasoline manufacturers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.4SECTION 1090.1215
   1090.1215 Recordkeeping requirements for diesel fuel, ECA marine fuel, and distillate global marine fuel manufacturers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.5SECTION 1090.1220
   1090.1220 Recordkeeping requirements for oxygenate blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.6SECTION 1090.1225
   1090.1225 Recordkeeping requirements for gasoline additives.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.7SECTION 1090.1230
   1090.1230 Recordkeeping requirements for oxygenate producers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.8SECTION 1090.1235
   1090.1235 Recordkeeping requirements for ethanol denaturant.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.9SECTION 1090.1240
   1090.1240 Recordkeeping requirements for gasoline detergent blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.10SECTION 1090.1245
   1090.1245 Recordkeeping requirements for independent surveyors.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.11SECTION 1090.1250
   1090.1250 Recordkeeping requirements for auditors.
40:37.0.1.1.7.13.38.12SECTION 1090.1255
   1090.1255 Recordkeeping requirements for transmix processors, transmix blenders, transmix distributors, and pipeline operators.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14SUBPART N
Subpart N - Sampling, Testing, and Retention
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.38SUBJGRP 38
   Scope of Testing
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.38.1SECTION 1090.1300
   1090.1300 General provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.38.2SECTION 1090.1310
   1090.1310 Testing to demonstrate compliance with standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.38.3SECTION 1090.1315
   1090.1315 In-line blending.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.38.4SECTION 1090.1320
   1090.1320 Adding blendstock to PCG.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.38.5SECTION 1090.1325
   1090.1325 Adding blendstock or PCG to TGP.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.38.6SECTION 1090.1330
   1090.1330 Preparing denatured fuel ethanol.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.39SUBJGRP 39
   Handling and Preparing Samples
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.39.7SECTION 1090.1335
   1090.1335 Collecting, preparing, and testing samples.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.39.8SECTION 1090.1337
   1090.1337 Demonstrating homogeneity.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.39.9SECTION 1090.1340
   1090.1340 Preparing a hand blend from BOB.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.39.10SECTION 1090.1345
   1090.1345 Retaining samples.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.40SUBJGRP 40
   Measurement Procedures
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.40.11SECTION 1090.1350
   1090.1350 Overview of test procedures.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.40.12SECTION 1090.1355
   1090.1355 Calculation adjustments and corrections.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.40.13SECTION 1090.1360
   1090.1360 Performance-based Measurement System.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.40.14SECTION 1090.1365
   1090.1365 Qualifying criteria for alternative measurement procedures.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.40.15SECTION 1090.1370
   1090.1370 Qualifying criteria for reference installations.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.40.16SECTION 1090.1375
   1090.1375 Quality control procedures.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.41SUBJGRP 41
   Testing Related to Gasoline Deposit Control
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.41.17SECTION 1090.1390
   1090.1390 Requirement for Automated Detergent Blending Equipment Calibration.
40:37.0.1.1.7.14.41.18SECTION 1090.1395
   1090.1395 Gasoline deposit control test procedures.
40:37.0.1.1.7.15SUBPART O
Subpart O - Survey Provisions
40:37.0.1.1.7.15.42.1SECTION 1090.1400
   1090.1400 General provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.15.42.2SECTION 1090.1405
   1090.1405 National fuels survey program.
40:37.0.1.1.7.15.42.3SECTION 1090.1410
   1090.1410 Independent surveyor requirements.
40:37.0.1.1.7.15.42.4SECTION 1090.1415
   1090.1415 Survey program plan design requirements.
40:37.0.1.1.7.15.42.5SECTION 1090.1420
   1090.1420 Additional requirements for E15 misfueling mitigation surveying.
40:37.0.1.1.7.15.42.6SECTION 1090.1450
   1090.1450 National sampling and testing oversight program.
40:37.0.1.1.7.16SUBPART P
Subpart P - Retailer and Wholesale Purchaser-Consumer Provisions
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.42SUBJGRP 42
   Labeling
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.42.1SECTION 1090.1500
   1090.1500 Overview.
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.42.2SECTION 1090.1510
   1090.1510 E15 labeling provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.42.3SECTION 1090.1515
   1090.1515 Diesel sulfur labeling provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.43SUBJGRP 43
   Refueling Hardware
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.43.4SECTION 1090.1550
   1090.1550 Requirements for gasoline dispensing nozzles used with motor vehicles.
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.43.5SECTION 1090.1555
   1090.1555 Requirements for gasoline dispensing nozzles used primarily with marine vessels.
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.43.6SECTION 1090.1560
   1090.1560 Requirements related to dispensing natural gas.
40:37.0.1.1.7.16.43.7SECTION 1090.1565
   1090.1565 Requirements related to dispensing liquefied petroleum gas.
40:37.0.1.1.7.17SUBPART Q
Subpart Q - Importer and Exporter Provisions
40:37.0.1.1.7.17.44.1SECTION 1090.1600
   1090.1600 General provisions for importers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.17.44.2SECTION 1090.1605
   1090.1605 Importation by marine vessel.
40:37.0.1.1.7.17.44.3SECTION 1090.1610
   1090.1610 Importation by rail or truck.
40:37.0.1.1.7.17.44.4SECTION 1090.1615
   1090.1615 Gasoline treated as a blendstock.
40:37.0.1.1.7.17.44.5SECTION 1090.1650
   1090.1650 General provisions for exporters.
40:37.0.1.1.7.18SUBPART R
Subpart R - Compliance and Enforcement Provisions
40:37.0.1.1.7.18.44.1SECTION 1090.1700
   1090.1700 Prohibited acts.
40:37.0.1.1.7.18.44.2SECTION 1090.1705
   1090.1705 Evidence related to violations.
40:37.0.1.1.7.18.44.3SECTION 1090.1710
   1090.1710 Penalties.
40:37.0.1.1.7.18.44.4SECTION 1090.1715
   1090.1715 Liability provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.18.44.5SECTION 1090.1720
   1090.1720 Affirmative defense provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19SUBPART S
Subpart S - Attestation Engagements
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.1SECTION 1090.1800
   1090.1800 General provisions.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.2SECTION 1090.1805
   1090.1805 Representative samples.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.3SECTION 1090.1810
   1090.1810 General procedures for gasoline manufacturers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.4SECTION 1090.1815
   1090.1815 General procedures for gasoline importers.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.5SECTION 1090.1820
   1090.1820 Additional procedures for gasoline treated as blendstock.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.6SECTION 1090.1825
   1090.1825 Additional procedures for PCG used to produce gasoline.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.7SECTION 1090.1830
   1090.1830 Alternative procedures for certified butane blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.8SECTION 1090.1835
   1090.1835 Alternative procedures for certified pentane blenders.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.9SECTION 1090.1840
   1090.1840 Additional procedures related to compliance with gasoline average standards.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.10SECTION 1090.1845
   1090.1845 Procedures related to meeting performance-based measurement and statistical quality control for test methods.
40:37.0.1.1.7.19.44.11SECTION 1090.1850
   1090.1850 Procedures related to in-line blending waivers.