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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 2262.4. 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 imports.

(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 a PM alternative gasoline formulation 

pursuant to section 2265(a) 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 as a PM alternative gasoline 

formulation pursuant to section 2265(a) using the evaporative emissions model element of the CaRFG Phase 3 
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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.

(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 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 demon-
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strates 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) For purposes of compliance with section 2262.4(b) 

only, gasoline that is produced in California and is transported to the South Coast Air Basin, Ventura County, or 

the San Diego Air Basin by marine vessel shall be treated 

as having been imported at the facility to which the gasoline is off-loaded from the marine vessel.

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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, 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 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).

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