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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fwd: Air News Release (Region 9): EPA Approves Fuel Waiver for Phoenix Area
  • Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:51:45 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks Sandy; a lot of people say that it doesn't really help air quality,
anyway. I don't know ....bobf


--- On Fri, 10/10/08, Bunjov AT aol.com <Bunjov AT aol.com> wrote:

> From: Bunjov AT aol.com <Bunjov AT aol.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Fwd: Air News Release (Region 9): EPA Approves Fuel
> Waiver for Phoenix Area
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 6:35 PM
> Mostly for Gene and Bob, I guess - and whoever else it might
> apply to -
> Sandy
> Mid-Mojave
>
>
>
> ____________________________________
> 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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