The complex model cometh despite delay in final RFG rulemaking

Journal Article · · Fuel Reformulation; (United States)

OSTI ID:7206418

Peeples, J E; Adler, K ^[1]

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1. Information Resources Inc., Washington, DC (United States)

Even though it could not meet its original September 15, 1993 court-ordered deadline for completing reformulated gasoline (RFG) regulations, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a workshop, made two sets of technical corrections, and received written comments from nearly a dozen parties before the close of the comment period, August 14, 1993, in defining the final vertical of the RFG Complex Model. The US District Court for the District of Columbia was expected to rule by Labor Day on the legality of the agreement between plaintiffs Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Public Citizen, and the Sierra Club and EPA (the defendant in the lawsuit), to a 90-day extension of EPA's deadline for publishing the final RFG regulations until December 15, 1993. The court was expected to go along with the agreement. Throughout the summer, differences have narrowed between industry and EPA over the Complex Model's definition, partly because of information presented at a one day workshop in Romulus, Michigan, this past June. For example, EPA agreed to simplify the model by excluding 19 to 21 out of 28 interactive volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxide (NO[sub x]) terms that had been included in earlier versions, an increase from only seven the agency mentioned it would drop in the February 26, 1993 RFG notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

• OSTI ID: 7206418
• Journal Information: Fuel Reformulation; (United States), Journal Name: Fuel Reformulation; (United States) Vol. 3:5; ISSN 1062-3744; ISSN FUREEQ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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