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

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2008, No. 52

§ 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. Notwithstanding section 2265.5(a), a producer or an importer that produces

gasoline that has elected to be subject to a test-certified

alternative gasoline formulation pursuant to section

2266 shall offset its emissions associated with permeation by complying with sections 2265.5(b)-(i).

(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).

(3) A producer or importer may not elect to sell or supply from its production or import facility a final blend

of California gasoline as a test-certified alternative gasoline formulation if the producer or importer is subject

to any outstanding requirements to provide offsets at the

same production or import facility pursuant to section

2264(c).

(4) A producer or importer that produces gasoline may

not elect to sell or supply from its production facility or

import facility a final blend of California gasoline as a

test-certified alternative gasoline formulation if the producer or importer is subject to any outstanding requirements to provide offsets at the same production facility

or import facility pursuant to section 2265.1(c) or

2265.5.

(5) An importer that does not produce gasoline shall not

sell, offer for sale, supply, or offer for supply California

gasoline if the gasoline creates emissions associated

with permeation.

(c) Notification regarding sales and supplies of a testcertified 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 testcertified 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

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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).

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).

4. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsections (b)(3)-(5) filed 8-29-2008;

operative 8-29-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register

2008, No. 35).

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