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13 CCR s 2253.4 

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 13, s 2253.4 

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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 1. GASOLINE STANDARDS THAT 

BECAME APPLICABLE BEFORE 1996

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

2003, No. 52.

s 2253.4. Lead in Gasoline.

(a) Regulatory Standard.

(1) [Reserved]

(2) [Reserved]

(3) Starting January 1, 1994, no person shall sell, offer for 

sale, supply, or offer for supply any California gasoline:

(A) which is not represented as unleaded, or

(B) which has been produced with the use of any lead 

additive, or

(C) which contains more than 0.050 gram of lead per 

gallon or more than 0.005 gram of phosphorus per gallon, 

except as provided in subsection (d).

(4) Starting January 1, 1992, no person shall transfer a 

consumer gasoline additive containing lead into the fuel 

tank of a motor vehicle, other than an exempt off-road 

motor vehicle.

(5) Starting January 1, 1992, no person shall sell or offer 

for sale a consumer gasoline additive containing lead unless the additive container bears a conspicuous legend that 

use of the additive in passenger cars and other on-road 

vehicles is unlawful and can result in substantial penalties, 

and unless the marketing of the additive is directed exclusively towards use in exempt off-road motor vehicles and 

nonvehicular sources.

(b) Definitions.

For the purposes of this section:

(1) "California gasoline" means gasoline sold or intended 

for sale as a motor vehicle fuel in California.

(2) "Consumer gasoline additive" means any gasoline 

additive which is designed or marketed to be dispensed 

into the gasoline tank used to fuel a gasoline engine.

(3) "Exempt off-road vehicle" means any special construction equipment as defined in sections 565 and 570 of 

the Vehicle Code, and any implement of husbandry as 

defined in sections 36000 et seq. of the Vehicle Code.

(4) "Gasoline" means any fuel which is commonly or 

commercially known or sold as gasoline, or which is a 

mixture of any fuel commonly known or sold as gasoline 

and alcohol.

(5) "Lead additive" means any substance containing lead 

or leadcompounds.

(6) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as defined in 

section 415 of the Vehicle Code.

(7) "Retail outlet" means any establishment at which 

gasoline is sold or offered for sale to the general public for 

use in motor vehicles other than exempt off-road vehicles.

(8) "Supply" means to provide or transfer a product to a 

physically separate facility, vehicle, or transportation system.

(c) Test Methods.

The lead content of gasoline shall be determined in accordance with American Society of Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) Method D3237-79, which is incorporated herein 

by reference. The phosphorous content of gasoline shall be 

determined in accordance with ASTM Method D3231-73, 

which is incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exemptions.
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13 CCR s 2253.4 

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 13, s 2253.4 

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Subsections (a)(1) and (3) shall not apply to California 

gasoline sold, offered from sale, supplied, or offered for 

supply by a person who demonstrates that:

(i) The gasoline is conspicuously identified as a fuel which 

may notlawfully be dispensed to motor vehicles other than 

exempt off-road vehicles; and

(ii) He or she has taken reasonable precautions to assure 

that the gasoline will not be sold or offered for sale at a 

retail outlet; and

(iii) Either the gasoline is being directly dispensed into the 

fuel tank of an exempt off-road vehicle, or the gasoline is 

the subject of a declaration under penalty of perjury by the 

purchaser, offeree or recipient stating that he or she will 

not sell, offer for sale, supply, or offer for supply the gasoline for use in motor vehicles other than exempt off-road 

vehicles.

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

430181 and 43101, Health and Safety Code; and Western 

Oil & 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, 39500, 

43000, 43013, 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 7-12-91; operative 8-12-91 (Register 91, No. 43).

2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(3) filed 9-17-91

pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register

92, No. 4).

3. Editorial correction of subsection (a)(1) (Register 95, No. 43).

4. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2)

filed 3-18-96 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of

Regulations (Register 96, No. 12).

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