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 › Section 2262 - The California Reformulated Gasoline Phase 2 and Phase 3 Standards

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
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 Phase
								2
CaRFG Phase
								3
CaRFG Phase
								2
CaRFG Phase
								3
CaRFG Phase
								2
CaRFG Phase 3
Reid Vapor Pressure1
								(pounds per square inch)
7.00
7.00 or
								6.902
Not Applicable
Not
								Applicable
7.003
6.40-7.20
Sulfur
								Content
40
20
30
15
80
604
(parts per million by
304
weight)
204
Benzene Content (percent by
								volume)
1.00
0.80
0.80
0.70
1.20
1.10
Aromatics Content (percent by
								volume)
25.0
25.0
22.0
22.0
30.03
35.0
Olefins Content (percent by
								volume)
6.0
6.0
4.0
4.0
10.0
10.0
T50 (degrees
								Fahrenheit)
210
213
200
203
220
220
T90 (degrees
								Fahrenheit)
300
305
2905
295
330
330
Oxygen
								Content
1.8-2.2
1.8-2.2
Not
Not
1.86-3.5
1.86-3.57
(percent by weight)
Applicable
Applicable
06-3.5
06-3.57
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and oxygenates
								other than ethanol
Not Applicable
Prohibited as provided in
								§
														2262.6
Not
								Applicable
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Prohibited as
								provided in §
														2262.6
1 The Reid vapor pressure
						(RVP) standards apply only during the warmer weather months identified in
						section 2262.4.
2 The 6.90 pounds per square
						inch (psi) flat limit applies when a producer or importer is using the CaRFG
						Phase 3 Predictive Model to certify a final blend not containing ethanol.
						Otherwise, the 7.0 psi limit applies.
3 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.
4 The CaRFG Phase 3 sulfur
						content cap limits of 60, 30, and 20 parts per million are phased in starting
						December 31, 2003, December 31, 2005, and December 31, 2011, respectively, in
						accordance with section
						2261(b)(1)(A).
5 Designated alternative limit
						may not exceed 310.
6 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).
7 If the gasoline contains
						more than 3.5 percent by weight oxygen from ethanol but no more than 10.0
						volume percent ethanol, the maximum oxygen content cap is 3.7 percent by
						weight.
1. New
						section filed 8-3-2000; operative 9-2-2000 (Register 2000, No. 31). For prior
						history see Register 92, No. 4.
2. Amendment of table footnotes
						filed 12-24-2002; operative 12-24-2002 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2002, No. 52).
3. Amendments to Table (footnotes 2 and 7)
						filed 3-10-2005; operative 4-9-2005 (Register 2005, No. 10).
4.
						Amendment of table footnotes 1 and 2 filed 9-9-2005 as an emergency; 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.
5. 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 footnote 1
						of the Standards Table identified CaRFG Phase 3 flat and cap maximum RVP limits
						of 9.00 psi during the 2005 Hurricane Katrina RVP relaxation period identified
						in section
						2262.4.
6. Editorial
						amendment of HISTORY 5 (Register 2006, No. 42).
7. Amendment of
						table and table footnotes filed 8-29-2008; operative 8-29-2008 pursuant to
						Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2008, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  39600,
						  39601,
						  43013,
						  43013.1,
						  43018,
						  43101
						  and
						  43830,
						  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).