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13 CCR s 2266

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BARCLAYS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA CODE OF 

REGULATIONS

TITLE 13. MOTOR VEHICLES

DIVISION 3. AIR RESOURCES BOARD

CHAPTER 5. STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE FUELS

ARTICLE 1. STANDARDS FOR GASOLINE

SUBARTICLE 2. STANDARDS FOR GASOLINE 

SOLD BEGINNING MARCH 1, 1996

This database is current through 12/26/2003, Register 

2003, No. 52.

s 2266. Certified Gasoline Formulations Resulting in 

Equivalent Emission Reductions Based on Motor Vehicle 

Emissions Testing.

(a) Certification of test-certified alternative gasoline 

formulations. Following application by a producer or importer, the executive officer may certify, and identify alternative specifications for, a test-certified alternative 

gasoline formulation pursuant to the Air Resources Board's 

"California Procedures for Evaluating Alternative Specifications for Gasoline Using Vehicle Emissions Testing," 

as last amended April 25, 2001, which is incorporated 

herein by reference.

(b) Prohibited activities regarding test-certified alternative 

gasoline formulations.

(1) No producer or importer shall sell, offer for sale, 

supply, or offer for supply from its production facility or 

import facility California gasoline which has been reported 

pursuant to section (c) as a test-certified alternative gasoline formulation, if it fails to conform with any of the alternative specifications identified in the certification order 

for the formulation, as determined in accordance with the 

test methods identified in the certification order.

(2) A producer or importer who has reported a final blend 

of gasoline as a test-certified alternative gasoline formulation shall not be subject to section 2262.3(b) or (c), section 

2262.4(b), and section 2262.5(c).

(c) Notification regarding sales and supplies of a 

test-certified alternative gasoline formulation. A producer 

or importer intending to sell or supply a final blend of 

California gasoline from its production facility or import 

facility as a test-certified alternative gasoline formulation 

shall notify the executive officer in accordance with this 

section (c). The notification shall identify the final blend 

and the identification name of the test-certified alternative 

gasoline formulation. The notification shall be received by 

the executive officer at least 12 hours before start of 

physical transfer of the final blend from the production or 

import facility. A producer or importer intending to have a 

series of its final blends be a specific test-certified alternative gasoline formulation may enter into a protocol with 

the executive officer for reporting such blends as long as 

the executive officer reasonably determines the reporting 

under the protocol would provide at least as much notice to 

the executive officer as notification pursuant to the express 

terms of this section (c).

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 43013, 

43013.1, 43018 and 43101, Health and Safety Code; and 

Western Oil and Gas Ass'n. v. Orange County Air Pollution Control District , 14 Cal.3d 411, 121 Cal. Rptr. 249 

(1975). Reference: Sections 39000, 39001, 39002, 39003, 

39010, 39500, 39515, 39516, 41511, 43000, 43013, 

43013.1, 43016, 43018 and 43101, Health and Safety 

Code; and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n. v. Orange County 

Air Pollution Control District , 14 Cal.3d 411, 121 Cal. 

Rptr. 249 (1975). 

HISTORY 

1. New section filed 11-16-92; operative 12-16-92 (Register 92, No. 47).

2. Amendment of subsection (b)(2) and amendment of Note filed 8-3-2000;

operative 9-2-2000 (Register 2000, No. 31).
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3. Amendment of section heading and section filed 8-20-2001; operative 8-20-

2001 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2001, No. 34).

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