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Code of Federal Regulations Title 40. Protection of Environment § 40.80.219 Designation and downstream requirements for GPA gasoline

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The requirements and prohibitions specified in this section apply during the period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006.

(a) Designation. Any refiner or importer shall designate any gasoline produced or imported that is subject to the standards under § 80.216 as “GPA” gasoline.

(b) Product transfer documents.

(1) On each occasion that any person transfers custody or title to gasoline designated as GPA gasoline, other than when gasoline is sold or dispensed for use in motor vehicles at a retail outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer facility, the transferor shall provide to the transferee documents that include the following information:

(i) Identification of the gasoline as being GPA gasoline;

(ii) A statement that the gasoline may not be distributed or sold for use outside the geographic phase-in area.

(2) Except for transfers to truck carriers, retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers, product codes may be used to convey the information required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section if such codes are clearly understood by each transferee.

(3) The requirements under paragraph (b)(1) of this section are in addition to the requirement under § 80.210(e), where appropriate, to identify gasoline as being S–RGAS.

(c) GPA gasoline use prohibitions.

(1) All parties in the distribution system, including refiners, importers, distributors, carriers, oxygenate blenders, retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers, are prohibited from:

(i) Selling, offering for sale, dispensing, distributing, storing or transporting GPA gasoline for use outside the geographic phase-in area;  and

(ii) Commingling GPA gasoline with gasoline not designated as GPA gasoline unless the mixture is classified as GPA gasoline.

(2) Gasoline not designated as GPA gasoline may be distributed or sold for use in the geographic phase-in area.

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