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  • Subject: [Homestead] Fwd: Air News Release (Region 9): EPA Approves Fuel Waiver for Phoenix Area
  • Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:35:56 EDT

Mostly for Gene and Bob, I guess - and whoever else it might apply to -
Sandy
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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.
More information: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/civil/caa/fuelwaivers/
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