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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 2262.5. Compliance With the Standards for Oxygen 

Content.

(a) Compliance with the minimum oxygen content cap 

limit standard in specified areas in the wintertime.

(1) Within the areas and periods set forth in section (a)(2), 

no person shall sell, offer for sale, supply, offer for supply, 

or transport California gasoline unless it has an oxygen 

content of not less than the minimum oxygen content cap 

limit in section 2262.

(2)(A) November 1 through February 29:

South Coast Area

Imperial County

(B) October 1 through October 31, (1996 through 2002 

only):

South Coast Area

(b) Compliance with the maximum oxygen content cap 

limit standard.No person shall sell, offer for sale, supply, 

or transport California gasoline which has an oxygen 

content exceeding the maximum oxygen content cap limit 

in section 2262, or which has an ethanol content exceeding 

10 percent by volume.

(c) Compliance by producers and importers with the flat 

limits for oxygen content.No producer or importer shall 

sell, offer for sale, supply, or offer for supply from its 

production or import facility California gasoline which has 

an oxygen content less than flat limit for minimum oxygen 

content, or more than flat limit for maximum oxygen 

content, unless the gasoline has been reported as a PM 

alternative gasoline formulation pursuant to section 

2265(a) or as an alternative gasoline formulation pursuant 

to section 2266(c), and complies with the standards contained in sections (a) and (b).

(d) Restrictions on adding oxygenates to California gasoline after it has been supplied from the production or import facility.

(1) Basic Restriction.No person may add oxygenates to 

California gasoline after it has been supplied from the 

production or import facility at which it was produced or 

imported, except where the person adding the oxygenates 

demonstrates that: [i] the gasoline to which the oxygenates 

are added has been reported as a PM alternative gasoline 

formulation pursuant to section 2265(a), or as an alternative gasoline formulation pursuant to section 2266(c), and 

has not been commingled with other gasoline, and [ii] both 

before and after the person adds the oxygenate to the gasoline, the gasoline has an oxygen content within the oxygen content specifications of the applicable PM alternative 

gasoline formulation or alternative gasoline formulation. 

Nothing in this section (d) prohibits adding oxygenates to 

CARBOB.

(2) Bringing gasoline into compliance with the minimum 

oxygen content cap limit.Notwithstanding section (d)(1), a 

person may add an oxygenate that is not prohibited under 

section 2262.6 to California gasoline that does not comply 

with an applicable minimum oxygen content cap limit 

under sections 2262 and 2262.5(a), where the person obtains the prior approval of the executive officer based on a 

demonstration that adding the oxygenate is necessary to 

bring the gasoline into compliance with the minimum 

oxygen content cap limit.

(e) Application of prohibitions.

(1) Section (a) shall not apply to a transaction occurring in 

the areas and periods shown in (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 not be delivered to a retail service station 
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or bulk purchaser-consumer's fueling facility in the areas 

and periods shown in (a)(2).

(2)(A) Section (a) shall not apply to a transaction occurring in the South Coast Area in October 2000, 2001, 2002, 

or 2003, 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 no later than September 16 of that year.

(B) Section (a) shall not apply to a transaction occurring in 

November either in Imperial County or, starting in 2004, in 

the South Coast Area, 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 no later than October 17 of that year.

<General Materials (GM) - References, Annotations, or 

Tables>

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

43013.1, 43018 and 43101, Health and Safety Code; 

andWestern 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 and 43830.8, Health 

and Safety Code; andWestern 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 (c) filed 6-2-95; operative 7-3-95 (Register 95, 

No. 22).

3. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)(C) and (d), repealer of subsection (e)(1)

and subsection relettering filed 2-28-96; operative 2-28-96 pursuant to 

Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 9).

4. Editorial correction of subsection (a)(2)(B) (Register 97, No. 10).

5. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(2)(C) and (e)(1), and new subsection (e)(2)

filed 9-21-98; operative 9-21-98 pursuant to Government Code section

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

6. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 3-31-99; operative 3-31-99 pursuant to 

Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 99, No. 14).

7. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)(A)-(B), new subsection (a)(2)(C) and

subsection relettering filed 9-8-99; operative 9-8-99 pursuant to Government

Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 99, No. 37).

8. Amendment of section heading, section and Note filed 8-3-2000; operative 9-

2-2000 (Register 2000, No. 31).

9. Amendment of subsections (a)(2)(A)-(B), repealer of subsections (a)(2)(C)-

(D), new subsection (e)(2)(A) and redesignation and amendment of former

subsection (e)(2) as new subsection (e)(2)(B) filed 8-20-2001; operative 8-20-

2001 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2001, No. 34).
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10. Amendment filed 12-24-2002; operative 12-24-2002 pursuant to Government

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

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