Title 40

SECTION 80.1235

80.1235 What gasoline is subject to the benzene requirements of this subpart

§ 80.1235 What gasoline is subject to the benzene requirements of this subpart?

(a) For the purposes of determining compliance with the requirements of § 80.1230, all of the following products that are produced or imported for use in the United States during a refinery's or importer's applicable compliance period are collectively “gasoline” and are to be included in a refinery's or importer's compliance determination under § 80.1240, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section:

(1) Reformulated gasoline.

(2) Conventional gasoline.

(3) Reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending (“RBOB”).

(4) Conventional gasoline blendstock that becomes finished conventional gasoline upon the addition of oxygenate (“CBOB”).

(5) Blendstock that has been combined with finished gasoline, other blendstock, transmix, or gasoline produced from transmix to produce gasoline.

(6) Blendstock that is combined with PCG to produce gasoline must be sampled and tested in accordance with the provisions at § 80.1347(a)(5) or (6).

(b) The following products are not to be included in a refinery's or importer's compliance determination under § 80.1240:

(1) Blendstock that has not been combined with other blendstock or finished gasoline to produce gasoline.

(2) Oxygenate added to PCG downstream of the refinery that produced the PCG, or downstream of the import facility where the PCG was imported, shall not be included in a refiner's or importer's compliance calculations unless the refiner or importer that produced or imported the PCG complies with the requirements of § 80.1238(b). On any occasion where any person downstream of the refinery or importer that produced or imported PCG adds oxygenate to such product, it shall not include the volume and benzene content of the oxygenate in any compliance calculations or for credit generation under this subpart.

(3) Butane added to finished gasoline, RBOB, CBOB downstream of the refinery that produced the gasoline or import facility where the gasoline was imported.

(4) Gasoline produced by separating gasoline from transmix.

(5) PCG.

(6) Gasoline produced or imported for use in Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(7) Gasoline exported for use outside the United States.

(8) Gasoline produced by a small refiner approved under § 80.1340 prior to January 1, 2015, or prior to the small refiner's first compliance period pursuant to § 80.1342(a), whichever is earlier.

(9) Gasoline that is used to fuel aircraft, racing vehicles or racing boats that are used only in sanctioned racing events, provided that -

(i) Product transfer documents associated with such gasoline, and any pump stand from which such gasoline is dispensed, identify the gasoline either as gasoline that is restricted for use in aircraft, or as gasoline that is restricted for use in racing motor vehicles or racing boats that are used only in sanctioned events;

(ii) The gasoline is completely segregated from all other gasoline throughout production, distribution and sale to the ultimate consumer; and

(iii) The gasoline is not made available for use as motor vehicle gasoline, or dispensed for use in motor vehicles, except for motor vehicles used only in sanctioned racing events.

(10) California gasoline, as defined in § 80.1236.

[72 FR 8544, Feb. 26, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 23654, Apr. 28, 2014]

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