CT Regional Haze November 2009 

State Implementation Plan 

ATTACHMENT GG 

Sec. 16a-21a. Sulfur content of home heating oil and off-road diesel fuel. Suspension of 

requirements for emergency. 
Sec. 16a‐21a. Sulfur content of home heating oil and off‐road diesel fuel. Suspension of requirements

for emergency. (a) The amount of sulfur content of the following fuels sold, offered for sale, distributed

or used in this state shall not exceed the following percentages by weight: (1) For number two heating

oil, three‐tenths of one per cent, and (2) for number two off‐road diesel fuel, three‐tenths of one per

cent.

      (b) As of the date on which the last of the states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island limits

the sulfur content of number two heating oil to one thousand five hundred parts per million, the sulfur

content of number two heating oil sold, offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not

exceed one thousand five hundred parts per million.

      (c) As of the date on which the last of the states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island limits

the sulfur content of number two heating oil to one thousand two hundred fifty parts per million, the

sulfur content of number two heating oil sold, offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not

exceed one thousand two hundred fifty parts per million.

      (d) As of the date on which the last of the states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island limits

the sulfur content of number two heating oil to five hundred parts per million, the sulfur content of

number two heating oil sold, offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not exceed five

hundred parts per million.

      (e) As of the date on which the last of the states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island limits

the sulfur content of number two off‐road diesel fuel to five hundred parts per million, the sulfur

content of number two off‐road diesel fuel offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not

exceed five hundred parts per million.

      (f) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may suspend the requirements of subsections (a)

to (e), inclusive, of this section if the commissioner finds that the physical availability of fuel which

complies with such requirements is inadequate to meet the needs of residential, commercial or

industrial users in this state and that such inadequate physical availability constitutes an emergency

provided the commissioner shall specify in writing the period of time such suspension shall be in effect.

    (P.A. 95‐68, S. 1, 2; P.A. 06‐143, S. 1; P.A. 08‐124, S. 6.)

      History: P.A. 95‐68 effective January 1, 1996; P.A. 06‐143 added new Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) re

graduated permissible sulfur contents for number two heating oil, added new Subsec. (e) re permissible

sulfur content for number two off‐road diesel fuel, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (f),

allowed suspension of requirements of Subsecs. (a) to (e) if commissioner finds inadequate physical fuel

availability constitutes an emergency and made technical changes, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 08‐124

made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) to (e), effective June 2, 2008.