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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

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.   
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> http://www.epa.gov/compliance/civil/caa/fuelwaivers/  
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