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 From: usaepa AT govdelivery.com
To: nshrpoa AT highdesert.com
Sent: 10/10/2008  4:33:33 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: Air News Release (Region 9): EPA  Approves Fuel Waiver for Phoenix Area


For release: (Washington, D.C. – Friday, Oct.  10, 2008)  
Contact Information: Dave Ryan,  (703) 593-1008 (Press Only) / 
_dave.ryan AT epa.gov_ (mailto:dave.ryan AT epa.gov)     
EPA Approves Fuel Waiver for Phoenix  Area    
As a result of the disruption in the supply of fuel  from Gulf-area 
refineries and pipelines, EPA has exercised its authority under  the Clean 
Air Act to 
temporarily waive certain requirements for gasoline sold  and distributed in 
Phoenix, Arizona and the surrounding area. The disruption  and delays in 
production and delivery of gasoline to Arizona resulted from  effects of 
Hurricane 
Ike, as well as a fire at a fuel distribution terminal  that temporarily shut 
down deliveries of gasoline to Arizona.  
Today's action waives the requirement that gasoline distributed and sold  
after Nov. 1, 2008 must meet wintertime clean burning gasoline (CBG)  
requirements, as specified in Arizona's federally-approved state  
implementation plan 
(SIP). The waiver is in effect in all of Maricopa County,  and in those parts 
of 
Yavapai and Pinal Counties where CBG is required.  
Arizona's SIP specifies different requirements for gasoline during the  
summer and winter months in certain counties. The requirement for wintertime  
CBG 
begins Nov. 1.  
The waiver delays the effective date for the wintertime CBG to Nov. 16,  
2008, allowing for the continued distribution and sale of summertime CBG, and 
 
will allow time for wintertime CBG, which was delayed due to the refinery and 
 
delivery disruptions, to be delivered to these areas. After that time, only  
wintertime CBG may be distributed from terminals to retail outlets in these  
areas.  
The waiver was granted today by EPA, after consultation with the Department  
of Energy. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson determined that extreme and  
unusual supply circumstances exist, which are likely to result in a shortage  
of gasoline compliant with federal regulations.  
More than 80 percent of Arizona's cleaner burning gasoline is delivered  from 
pipelines that originate in Texas. About a dozen refineries were forced  to 
shutdown or curtail operations due to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and the  
area's refining capacity has yet to fully recover. Today's waiver will allow  
greater flexibility for the fuel distribution system to support an adequate  
supply 
of gasoline.  
As required by law, EPA evaluated the situation and determined that  granting 
a short-term waiver was consistent with the public interest.   
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