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 12/26/08, Register

2008, No. 52

§ 2262.4. Compliance With the CaRFG Phase 2 and

CaRFG Phase 3 Standards for Reid Vapor Pressure.

(a) Compliance with the cap limits for Reid vapor pressure.

(1) No person shall sell, offer for sale, supply, offer for

supply, or transport California gasoline which exceeds

the applicable cap limit for Reid vapor pressure within

each of the air basins during the regulatory period set

forth in section (a)(2).

(2) Regulatory Control Periods.

(A) April 1 through October 31 (May 1 through October 31 in 2003 and 2004):

South Coast Air Basin and Ventura County

San Diego Air Basin

Mojave Desert Air Basin

Salton Sea Air Basin

(B) May 1 through September 30:

Great Basin Valley Air Basin

(C) May 1 through October 31:

San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin

San Joaquin Valley Air Basin

Sacramento Valley Air Basin

Mountain Counties Air Basin

Lake Tahoe Air Basin

(D) June 1 through September 30:

North Coast Air Basin

Lake County Air Basin

Northeast Plateau Air Basin

(E) June 1 through October 31:

North Central Coast Air Basin

South Central Coast Air Basin (Excluding Ventura

County)

(b) Compliance by producers and importers with the flat

limit for Reid vapor pressure.

(1) Reid vapor pressure standard for producers and importers.

(A) In an air basin during the regulatory control periods specified in section (b)(2), 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 a Reid vapor pressure exceeding the applicable flat limit set forth in section 2262 unless the

gasoline has been reported as either a PM alternative

gasoline formulation pursuant to section 2265(a) or a

PM emissions offsetting formulation pursuant to section

2265.1 (applicable only to producers and importers that

produce gasoline) using the evaporative emissions model element of the CaRFG Phase 3 Predictive Model.

(B) In an air basin during the regulatory control periods specified in section (b)(2), 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 either as a PM alternative

gasoline formulation pursuant to section 2265(a) or a

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PM emissions offsetting formulation pursuant to section

2265.1 (applicable only to producers and importers that

produce gasoline) using the evaporative emissions model element of the CaRFG Phase 3 Predictive Model if

the gasoline has a Reid vapor pressure exceeding the

PM flat limit for Reid vapor pressure in the identified

PM alternative specifications or the designated emissions offsetting limits, as applicable.

(2) Regulatory control periods for production and import facilities.

(A) 1. March 1 through October 31 (Except as otherwise provided in (A)2. and (A)3. below):

South Coast Air Basin and Ventura County

San Diego Air Basin

Mojave Desert Air Basin

Salton Sea Air Basin

2. In the areas identified in section 2262.4(b)(2)(A)1.,

California gasoline that is supplied March 1 through

March 31, 2003 from a production or import facility

that is qualified under this subsection is not subject to

the prohibitions of section 2262.4(b)(1), as long as the

gasoline either is designated as subject to the CaRFG

Phase 3 standards, or is subject to the CaRFG Phase 2

standards and also meets the prohibitions in sections

2262.6(a)(1) and 2262.6(c) regarding the use of oxygenates. In order for a production or import facility to be

qualified, the producer or importer must notify the Executive Officer in writing by February 14, 2003 that it

has elected to have the facility be subject to this subsection during March 2003.

3. In the areas identified in section 2262.4(b)(2)(A)1.,

California gasoline that is supplied March 1 through

March 31, 2004 from a production or import facility

that was not qualified under section 2262.4(b)(2)(A)2.

is not subject to the prohibitions of section

2262.4(b)(1).

(B) April 1 through September 30:

Great Basin Valley Air Basin

(C) April 1 through October 31:

San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin

San Joaquin Valley Air Basin

Sacramento Valley Air Basin

Mountain Counties Air Basin

Lake Tahoe Air Basin

(D) May 1 through September 30:

North Coast Air Basin

Lake County Air Basin

Northeast Plateau Air Basin

(E) May 1 through October 31:

North Central Coast Air Basin

South Central Coast Air Basin (Excluding Ventura

County)

(c) Applicability.

(1) Section (a)(1) shall not apply to a transaction occurring in an air basin during a regulatory control period in

section (a)(2) where the person selling, supplying, or offering the gasoline demonstrates as an affirmative defense that, prior to the transaction, he or she has taken

reasonably prudent precautions to assure that the gasoline will be delivered to a retail service station or bulk

purchaser-consumer's fueling facility when the station

or facility is not subject to a regulatory control period in

section (a)(2).

(2) Section (b) shall not apply to a transaction occurring

in an air basin during the applicable regulatory control

period for producers and importers where the person

selling, supplying, offering or transporting the gasoline

demonstrates as an affirmative defense that, prior to the

transaction, he or she has taken reasonably prudent precautions to assure that the gasoline will be delivered to

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a retail service station or bulk purchaser-consumer's

fueling facility located in an air basin not then subject to

the regulatory control period for producers and importers set forth in section (b)(2).

(3) Section (a)(1) shall not apply to a transaction occurring in an air basin during the regulatory control period

where the transaction involves the transfer of gasoline

from a stationary storage tank to a motor vehicle fuel

tank and the person selling, supplying, or offering the

gasoline demonstrates as an affirmative defense that the

last delivery of gasoline to the stationary storage tank

occurred more than fourteen days before the start of the

regulatory control period.

(4) Gasoline that is produced in California, and is then

transported to the South Coast Air Basin, Ventura

County, or the San Diego Air Basin by marine vessel

shall be subject to the regulatory control periods for

production and import facilities identified in section

2262.4(b)(2)(A).

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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, 43101, 43830 and

43830.8, 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 subsections (b)-(c) and repealer of subsection (d) filed 6-2-

95; operative 7-3-95 (Register 95, No. 22).

3. Amendment filed 9-21-98; operative 9-21-98 pursuant to Government Code

section 11343.4(d) (Register 98, No. 39).

4. Repealer of section and renumbering of former section 2262.1 to section

2262.4, including amendment of section heading, section and Note, filed 8-3-

2000; operative 9-2-2000 (Register 2000, No. 31).

5. Amendment filed 12-24-2002; operative 12-24-2002 pursuant to

Government

Code section 11343.4 (Register 2002, No. 52).

6. Amendment of subsections (b)(1) and (c)(4) filed 3-10-2005; operative 4-9-

2005 (Register 2005, No. 10).

7. New subsections (a)(2)(F) and (b)(2)(F) filed 9-9-2005 as an emergency;

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operative 9-9-2005 (Register 2005, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must

be transmitted to OAL by 1-10-2006 or emergency language will be repealed by

operation of law on the following day.

8. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 9-9-2005 emergency amendment

pursuant to Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2006, No. 35).

The repealed emergency language affecting subsections (a)(2)(F) and (b)(2)(F)

identified a Hurricane Katrina RVP relaxation period from 9-12-2005 through the

end of the 2005 RVP season, during which a less stringent RVP standard of 9.00

psi applied pursuant to section 2262.

9. Editorial amendment ofHistory 8 (Register 2006, No. 42).

10. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)(A)-(B) filed 8-29-2008; operative 8-29-2008

pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 35).

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