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MAPPING GASOLINE REQUIREMENTS, APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND BANS
Citation:
EXUM, L. R., J. W. WEAVER, AND L. M. PRIETO. MAPPING GASOLINE REQUIREMENTS, APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND BANS. Presented at Annual MTBE Meeting, Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, Memphis, TN, March 22, 2006.
Impact/Purpose:
To assist decision-making by improving approaches to subsurface contaminant transport modeling based on evaluation of field observations and subsequent development of appropriate modeling approaches and tools.
Description:
Federal and State regulations play an important role in understanding gasoline composition around the United States. Multiple sources of information on these programs were used to develop reliable, up-to-date maps showing gasoline requirements imposed by various regulations. The sources of information included the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s Offices of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) and Underground Storage Tanks (OUST), the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, the American Petroleum Institute and the National Petroleum Refiner?s Association. To enhance understanding of the various requirements separate maps were made for: (1) Reformulated Gasoline (RFG)/Conventional Gasoline (CG) including mandatory, opt-in and opt-out areas, (2) current and past Winter Oxygenated Fuel Requirements Program, (3) Summer Reid Vapor Pressure Standards, (4) current state bans for methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and (5) refinery locations around the U.S, and (6) locations included in EPA/ORD gasoline studies. The presentation will overview the scope of requirements around the U.S.