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Petroleum Category: Subject Description: Information on gasoline & diesel formulations and usage standards. Information on Fuel Stations is in a separate subject. Page Sections: Publications · Article Index |
| Date | Document | Details |
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| 16 February 2022 hearing date | The Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard: Challenges and Opportunities Hearing Before the Committee on the Environment and Public Works | Hearing Transcript ( PDF) 259MB · 768 pagesPublisher: United States Senate Topic: Environmental Protection Agency |
| Date | Article | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 5 February 2006 | GM “Goes Yellow” Live Green Go Yellow is GM's new advertising campaign based on ethanol-powered FlexFuel vehicles that debuted during the Super Bowl XL pregame show. | Commentary (text) Publisher: CarsAndRacingStuff.com Byline: Bill Crittenden Topic: General Motors |
| 28 May 2021 | Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Memorial Day Weekend Gas Prices Across America, the pandemic is in retreat. As we continue to make progress, and our life returns to normal, Americans are eager to make up for lost time, and more people are traveling this Memorial Day weekend. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Byline: Jen Psaki |
| 29 November 2021 | Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel Production Credit IRC section 45H allows small business refiners to claim a credit for the production of low sulfur diesel fuel. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 section 399 brought it into existence. | Federal Register Notice  (text)Agency: Internal Revenue Service Byline: Kerry L. Dennis |
| 8 December 2021 | Automotive Fuel Ratings, Certification and Posting Recently, EPA issued amendments streamlining its fuel quality regulations. As part of this process, EPA transferred regulations that are cross-referenced in the FTC's Fuel Rating Rule from 40 CFR part 80 to a new 40 CFR part 1090. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Trade Commission Byline: April J. Tabor/td> |
| 2 February 2022 | Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Extension of Compliance and Attest Engagement Reporting Deadlines EPA is extending the RFS compliance reporting deadline and the associated attest engagement reporting deadline for the 2019 compliance year for small refineries only. EPA is extending the RFS compliance reporting deadline and the associated attest engagement reporting deadline for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 compliance years for all obligated parties. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Michael S. Regan |
| 11 February 2022 | Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program EPA is planning to submit an information collection request, “Recordkeeping and Reporting for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program,” to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Byron J. Bunker |
| 10 March 2022 | Disclosure of Information Claimed as, or Determined by EPA To Be, Confidential Business Information (CBI) in Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Small Refinery Exemption Petitions and Certain RFS Compliance Reports EPA is providing notice of disclosure to all obligated parties under the Renewable Fuel Standard program that have petitioned for a small refinery exemption or that have submitted any of the following RFS compliance reports: RFS2500 Efficient Producer Data Report, RFS0303 Annual Report, RFS0104 RFS Activity Report, and RFS0105 RFS Activity Report. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Byron Bunker |
| 10 March 2022 | Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Hedge V Specifically, FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI, has been added as a party to this venture. | Federal Register Notice (text) Department: Department of Justice Byline: Suzanne Morris Topic: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles |
| 31 March 2022 | FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Plan to Respond to Putin’s Price Hike at the Pump Because of Putin’s war of choice, less oil is getting to market, and the reduction in supply is raising prices at the pump for Americans. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |
| 6 April 2022 | Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Removal of Stage II Gasoline Vapor Recovery Program Requirements and Revision of Stage I Gasoline Vapor Recovery Program Requirements This revision removes requirements for gasoline vapor recovery systems installed on gasoline dispensers, the purpose of which are to capture emissions from vehicle refueling operations, otherwise known as Stage II vapor recovery. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Adam Ortiz |
| 7 April 2022 | Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Unprecedented IEA Release Following President Biden’s SPR Announcement Last week, President Biden announced a historic release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve of 1 million barrels a day for six months and said it would be in coordination with other countries releasing tens of millions of additional barrels on the market. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Byline: Jen Psaki |
| 12 April 2022 | FACT SHEET: Using Homegrown Biofuels to Address Putin’s Price Hike at the Pump and Lower Costs for American Families The Administration’s strategy to spur the development of homegrown biofuels is critical to expanding Americans’ options for affordable fuel in the short-term and to building real energy independence in the long-term by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Topic: Ethanol |
| 19 April 2022 | Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions Involving Phillips 66 Company (Phillips 66 or the Applicant) Located in Houston, TX This document contains a notice of exemption issued by the Department of Labor from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of ERISA and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration Byline: Timothy P. Hauser Topic: Phillips 66 |
| 21 April 2022 | FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Responds to Putin’s Price Hike by Awarding First Barrels from Historic Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release & Deploying Affordable Clean Energy These barrels will be delivered in May and June, and are the first U.S. sale in the largest release from reserves from both the United States and the rest of the world in history. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |
| 21 April 2022 | Statement from Jen Psaki on Awarding First Barrels from Historic Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release President Biden is using all the tools at his disposal to address Putin’s Price Hike at the pump. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House Byline: Jen Psaki |
| 25 April 2022 | April 2022 Denial of Petitions for Small Refinery Exemptions Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program EPA is providing notice of its final action entitled April 2022 Denial of Petitions for RFS Small Refinery Exemptions in which EPA denied 36 small refinery exemption petitions under the Renewable Fuel Standard program. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Joseph Goffman |
| 25 April 2022 | Notice of April 2022 Alternative Compliance Demonstration Approach for Certain Small Refineries Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program EPA is providing notice of its action to provide an alternative compliance demonstration approach to certain small refineries whose 2018 petitions for small refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard program were denied in the April 2022 Denial of Petitions for RFS Small Refinery Exemptions after being remanded. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Joseph Goffman |
| 23 May 2022 | Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Plaintiff Growth Energy filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the EPA failed to perform a non-discretionary duty in accordance with the Act to establish volumes under the renewable fuel program for 2023. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Gautam Srinivasan |
| 22 June 2022 | FACT SHEET: President Biden Calls for a Three-Month Federal Gas Tax Holiday The price of gas is up dramatically around the world, and by almost $2 per gallon in America, since Putin began amassing troops on the border of Ukraine. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |
| 29 June 2022 | Proposed Partial Rule Exemption for Gilbarco, Inc. The petition requests permission to post fuel rating labels that deviate from label size, shape, font size, and letterspace specifications contained in the Fuel Rating Rule. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Trade Commission Byline: April J. Tabor Topic: Gilbarco |
| 1 July 2022 | Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: RFS Annual Rules This action modifies the 2021 and 2022 statutory volume targets for cellulosic biofuel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel, as well as establishes the 2022 volume target for biomass-based diesel. | Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency |
| 26 July 2022 | FACT SHEET: Department of Energy Releases New Notice of Sale as Gasoline Prices Continue to Fall Treasury Department Estimates that Strategic Petroleum Reserve Releases by President Biden and International Partners Reduced the Price of Gasoline by up to 40 Cents Per Gallon. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |
| 26 July 2022 | The Price Impact of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Benjamin Harris and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Energy Economics Catherine Wolfram. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury |
| 24 October 2022 | What They Are Reading in the States: Gas Prices Continue to Fall Across the Country Gas prices have declined by an average of $1.22 per gallon nationwide since their June peak – a decline of 24% over more than 18 weeks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |
| 1 November 2022 | Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Gasoline Dispensing Stage I, Stage II, and Transport Vehicles The intended effect of today's action is to approve control strategies, required by the Clean Air Act, which will result in emission reductions that will help attain and maintain national ambient air quality standards for ozone and will reduce volatile organic compounds throughout the State. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Lisa Garcia |
| 15 November 2022 | Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP); Correction Eligible entities include: fueling stations, convenience stores, hypermarket retailer fueling stations, fleet facilities, and similar entities with equivalent capital investments, as well as fuel/biodiesel terminal operations, midstream operations, and heating oil distribution facilities or equivalent entities. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agencies: CCC & RBCS Byline: Zach Ducheneaux & Karama Neal |
| 1 December 2022 | EPA Takes Next Steps in Renewable Fuel Standard Program for 2023-25 Proposal Seeks Public Input on Program’s Role in U.S. Energy Security, Economy and Environment. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Environmental Protection Agency Dateline: Washington, DC |
| 13 December 2022 | Public Hearing for RFS Standards for 2023-2025 and Other Changes EPA is proposing to establish the 2023-2025 volume targets and corresponding renewable fuel standards for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Benjamin Hengst |
| 9 February 2023 | Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York; Gasoline Dispensing, Stage I, Stage II and Transport Vehicles The SIP revision consists of amendments to regulations in New York's Codes, Rules and Regulations applicable to gasoline dispensing sites and transport vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Lisa Garcia |
| 6 March 2023 | Request From States for Removal of Gasoline Volatility Waiver Pursuant to provisions specified by the Clean Air Act, governors of eight states submitted petitions requesting that EPA remove the 1-pound per square inch Reid vapor pressure waiver for summer gasoline-ethanol blended fuels containing 10 percent ethanol (E10). | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Michael S. Regan |
| 13 June 2023 | Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Miscellaneous Rule Revisions to Gasoline Dispensing Facility--Stage I The SIP revision revises Georgia's Stage I vapor recovery rules primarily by removing outdated references and making several clarifying edits. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Jeaneanne Gettle |
| 13 June 2023 | Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Bulk Gasoline Plant and Terminal Vapor Recovery Systems This SIP revision includes changes to NCDEQ's regulations regarding bulk gasoline terminals and plants, gasoline cargo tanks and vapor collection systems, and leak tightness and vapor leak requirements. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Jeaneanne Gettle |
| 12 July 2023 | Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2023–2025 and Other Changes This action establishes the applicable volumes and percentage standards for 2023 through 2025 for cellulosic biofuel, biomassbased diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. | Federal Register Notice ( PDF) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency |
| 20 July 2023 | Notice of July 2023 Denial of Petitions for Small Refinery Exemptions Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program The Clean Air Act provides that a small refinery may at any time petition EPA for an extension of the exemption from the obligations of the RFS program for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Alejandra Nunez |
| 2 August 2023 | Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Miscellaneous Rule Revisions to Gasoline Dispensing Facility--Stage I The SIP revision revises Georgia's Stage I vapor recovery rules primarily by removing outdated references and making several clarifying edits. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Jeaneanne Gettle |
| 3 August 2023 | Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2023-2025 and Other Changes; Correction This document corrects several amendatory instructions in the regulatory text in the final rule, but does not make any substantive changes. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Joseph Goffman |
| 9 August 2023 | Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Bulk Gasoline Plants, Terminals Vapor Recovery Systems This SIP revision includes changes to NCDEQ's regulations regarding bulk gasoline terminals and plants, gasoline cargo tanks and vapor collection systems, and leak tightness and vapor leak requirements. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Jeaneanne Gettle |
| 10 August 2023 | Air Plan Approval; Washington; Southwest Clean Air Agency; Emission Standards and Controls for Sources Emitting Gasoline Vapors This proposed revision updates SWCAA's requirements in the SIP for Stage I and Stage II vapor recovery systems at gasoline dispensing facilities. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Casey Sixkiller |
| 14 August 2023 | Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program Compliance; Notification of Webinar EPA is announcing a public webinar on the new regulatory provisions of the Renewable Fuel Standard program. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Byron Bunker |
| 12 October 2023 | Reformulated Gasoline Covered Areas The subject areas are the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area, the Denver-Boulder-Greeley-Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado area, and the Eastern Kern County, California area. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Michael S. Regan |
| 26 October 2023 | Labeling Requirements for Alternative Fuels and Alternative Fueled Vehicles The Energy Policy Act of 1992 established federal programs to encourage the development of alternative fuels and alternative fueled vehicles. Section 406(a) of the Act directs the Commission to establish uniform labeling requirements for alternative fuels and AFVs. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Trade Commission Byline: Joel Christie |
| 29 February 2024 | Request From States for Removal of Gasoline Volatility Waiver Pursuant to provisions specified by the Clean Air Act, the Governors of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin submitted petitions requesting that EPA remove the 1-pound per square inch Reid vapor pressure waiver for summer gasoline-ethanol blended fuels containing 10 percent ethanol. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Michael S. Regan |
| 22 May 2024 | ICYMI: “Biden to Release 1 Million Barrels of Gasoline to Reduce Prices at the Pump Ahead of July 4” With Memorial Day weekend and the start of the summer driving season around the corner, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking action to lower gas prices with the sale of one million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |