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RFG Gasoline Compliance |
US-EPA RFG Reformulated Gasoline Testing and Inspection Services |
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Intertek Laboratories in the USA, Canada and other locations provide full gasoline testing, and adhere strictly to US-EPA approved method analysis for RFG and conventional gasolines. Reformulated gasolines are clean grades of gasoline available in selected areas of the USA. Learn more about RFG gasoline.
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January 2006 Summary of latest EPA US federal government mandated sulfur reductions in gasolines:
- Refined or imported gasoline has a maximum of 80 ppm sulfur.
- Gasoline at retail locations will have a maximum of 95 ppm sulfur. This began on March 1, 2006.
- The new sulfur standard applies to all convential and RFG gasoline, except for CARB regulated gasolines.
- The Clean Air Act has some exceptions and provisions for a small percentage of gasoline refiners and retailers.
- Federal regulatory references:
- 40CFR80.210 retail
- 40CFR80.195 refinery
Fuel sampling options from Intertek include:
- Tank Sampling by Intertek or client
- Sample Mail-In Shipper Kits
- Sample pick-up at client location
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RFG gasoline sample collection, transport and rapid laboratory testing is convenient:
- Vapor Pressure D5191 (EPA)
- Aromatics D5769, D1319
- Benzene D3606
- Olefins D1319
- Distillation D86
- Oxygen D5599, D4815
- Sulfur D2622 [D5453, D3120, D7039]
- The primary sulfur test procedure for all US RFG gasoline remains D2622.
- Other ASTM methods: D5453, D3120 and D7039 may be used as long as a correlation program with D2622 is established.
- For the State of California, CARB D5453 is the primary sulfur test method.
- The 2.0 % testing tolerance for reformulated gasoline, RFG VOC reduction has been extended to cover the first "turnover tank" for summer grade RFG. RFG refers to reformulated gasoline.
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