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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. The California Reformulated Gasoline Phase 2 and 

Phase 3 Standards.

The CaRFG Phase 2 and CaRFG Phase 3 standards are set 

forth in the following table. For all properties but Reid 

vapor pressure (cap limit only) and oxygen content, the 

value of the regulated property must be less than or equal 

to the specified limit. With respect to the Reid vapor 

pressure cap limit and the oxygen content flat and cap 

limit, the limits are expressed as a range, and the Reid 

vapor pressure and oxygen content must be less than or 

equal to the upper limit, and more than or equal to the 

lower limit. A qualifying small refiner may comply with 

the small refiner CaRFG Phase 3 standards, in place of the 

CaRFG Phase 3 standards in this section, in accordance 

with section 2272.

The California Reformulated Gasoline Phase 2 and Phase 3 

Standards

Property Flat Limits Averaging Limits Cap Limits

CaRFG CaRFG CaRFG CaRFG CaRFG CaRFG

Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 2 Phase 3 

Reid Vapor 7.00 7.00 or Not Not 7.00 6.40-

Pressure [FN1] [FN3]

(pounds per 6.90 Applic- Applicab- 7.20

square inch) [FN2] able le

Sulfur Content 40 20 30 15 80 60 [FN4]

(parts 30 [FN4]

per

million

by

weight)

Benzene Content 1.00 0.80 0.80 0.70 1.20 1.10

(percent by

volume)

Aromatics 25.0 25.0 22.0 22.0 30.0 35.0

Content [FN3]

(percent by

volume)

Olefins Content 6.0 6.0 4.0 4.0 10.0 10.0

(percent by

volume)

T50 210 213 200 203 220 220

(degrees

Fahrenheit)

T90 300 305 290 295 330 330

[FN5]

(degrees

Fahrenheit)

Oxygen Content 1.8 - 2.2 1.8 - 2.2 Not Not 1.8 [FN6] 1.8

- 3.5 [FN6] 
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-3.5

[FN7] 

(percent Applic- Applic- 0 [FN6] - 0 [FN6] 

by able able 3.5 - 3.5 

weight) [FN7] 

Methyl Not Prohibit- Not Not Not Prohibitertiary-butyl ed as ted as

ether (MTBE) and Applicable provided Applic- Applic- Applicab- provided

in able able le in

oxygenates s 2262.6 s 2262.6

other

than ethanol

[FN1] The Reid vapor pressure (RVP) standards apply only during the warmer

weather months identified in section 2262.4.

[FN2] The 6.90 pounds per square inch (psi) flat limit applies s only when a 

 producer or importer is using the evaporative emissions model element of the 

 CaRFG Phase 3 Predictive Model, in which case all predictions for evaporative

 emissions increases or decreases made using the evaporative emissions model 

 are made relative to 6.90 psi and the gasoline may not exceed the maximum RVP

cap limit of 7.2 psi. Where the evaporative emissions model element of the

CaRFG Phase 3 Predictive Model is not used, the RVP of gasoline sold or

supplied from the production or import facility may not exceed 7.0 psi.

[FN3] For sales, supplies, or offers of California gasoline downstream of the 

 production or import facility starting on the date on which early compliance 

 with the CaRFG Phase 3 standards is permitted by the executive officer under 

 section 2261(b)(3), the CaRFG Phase 2 cap limits for Reid vapor pressure and 

 aromatics content shall be 7.20 psi and 35.0 percent by volume respectively. 

[FN4] The CaRFG Phase 3 sulfur content cap limits of 60 and 30 parts per

million are phased in starting December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2005,

respectively, in accordance with section 2261(b)(1)(A).

[FN5] Designated alternative limit may not exceed 310.

[FN6] The 1.8 percent by weight minimum oxygen content cap only applies during

specified winter months in the areas identified in section 2262.5(a).

[FN7] If the gasoline contains more than 3.5 percent by weight oxygen but no 

more than 10 volume percent ethanol, the maximum oxygen content cap is 3.7

percent by weight.

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

43013.1, 43018, 43101 and 43830, 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, 43830 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 8-3-2000; operative 9-2-2000 (Register 2000, No. 31).

For prior history see Register 92, No. 4.
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2. Amendment of table footnotes filed 12-24-2002; operative 12-24-2002 pursuant

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

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