State Actions Banning MTBE (Statewide)


 ?,EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA420-B-07-013
     August 2007
                    State Actions Banning MTBE (Statewide)

The following states have either a partial or complete ban on MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl
ether). This list is updated when new information becomes available. For more information on
MTBE, please visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Web site at
www.epa.gov/mtbe.
State
(EPA
Region)
IA(7)
MN(5)
NE(7)
SD(8)
CO (8)
Phaseout date
(in chronological
order)
7/1/00
7/2/00 (partial)
7/2/05 (complete)
7/13/00
7/1/01
4/30/02
Complete or partial ban?
Partial: no more than trace
amounts (0.5% by vol.) MTBE
in motor vehicle fuel.
Partial/then complete: no more
than 1/3 of 1% oxygenate as of
7/2/00; complete ban as of
7/2/05.
Partial: no more than 1% (vol.)
MTBE in any petroleum
product.
Partial: no more than trace
amounts (less than 0.5% vol.)
resulting from commingling
during storage or transfer.
Complete ban by 4/30/02.
Applies to
other
oxygenates?
MTBE only
MTBE,
ETBE1, and
TAME2
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
Date of
adoption
5/11/00
Replaced
previous limit
of 2% (vol.)
Early 2000
4/1 1/00
2/28/01
Replaced
previous limit
of 2% (vol.)
5/23/00
        ETBE stands for Ethyl tertiary butyl ether
       ' TAME stands for Tertiary amyl methyl ether

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State
(EPA
Region)
CA(9)
MI (5)
CT(1)
NY (2)
WA (10)
KS(7)
IL(5)
IN (5)
WI(5)
Phaseout date
(in chronological
order)
Originally 12/3 11
02; delayed to
12/31/03
6/1/03
1/1/04
1/1/04
1/1/04
7/1/04
7/24/04
7/24/04
8/1/04
Complete or partial ban?
Complete ban by 12/3 1/02, but
latest Exec. Order requires
CARS to implement by 7/3 1/02
a one-year delay in ban. On
7/25/02, CARS delayed the ban
by 1 year.
Complete ban by 6/1/03; can be
extended if determined by
6/1/02 that phaseout date is not
achievable.
Complete ban by 1/1/04,
planned in conjunction with
NESCAUM regional fuels task
force.
Complete ban as of 1/1/04.
Partial: may not be intentionally
added to fuel, or knowingly
mixed in gasoline above 0.6%
(vol.)
Partial: may not sell or deliver
any motor vehicle fuel
containing more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE
Partial: may not use, sell or
manufacture MTBE as a fuel
additive, but may sell motor
fuel containing trace amounts of
MTBE (0.5% or less by
volume)
Partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE in gasoline
Partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE in gasoline
Applies to
other
oxygenates?
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
Date of
adoption
10/9/99
(Orig. E.G.
issued 3/25/99;
latest E.G.
issued 3/1 5/02)
6/26/00
6/1/00 (Orig.
phaseout date
10/1/03;
extended to
1/1/04 on
6/18/03)
5/24/00
5/10/01
4/19/01
7/24/01
(original ban)
revised 6/24/02
to allow trace
amounts
3/14/02
8/11/03

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State
(EPA
Region)
AZ(9)
OH (5)
MO (7)
KY(4)
MT(8)
ME(1)
NH(1)
VT(1)
Phaseout date
(in chronological
order)
1/1/05
7/1/05
7/31/05
1/1/06
1/1/06
1/1/07
1/1/07
1/1/07
Complete or partial ban?
Partial: no more than 0.3%
(vol.) MTBE in gasoline
Partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE in motor vehicle
fuels
Partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE in gasoline sold or
stored
Partial: no more than trace
amounts of MTBE in fuel after
this date
Partial: no more than trace
amounts of MTBE in fuel after
this date
Partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE in gasoline sold.
Partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) in gasoline sold or stored
complete
Applies to
other
oxygenates?
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE only
MTBE, other
gasoline
ethers, or
tertiary butyl
alcohol (TEA)
MTBE
Date of
adoption
5/11/04
5/29/02
7/1 1/02
4/23/02
4/25/05
4/14/04
5/10/05
5/23/05

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State
(EPA
Region)
RI(1)























NC(4)

NJ(2)

Phaseout date
(in chronological
order)
1/1/07























1/1/08

1/1/09


Complete or partial ban?
partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE and other
oxygenates in gasoline





















Partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE in gasoline
Partial: no more than 0.5%
(vol.) MTBE in gasoline
Applies to
other
oxygenates?
MTBE&
"other
oxygenates-
methanol,
Isopropanol,
n-Propanol,
N-butonal,
sec-butanol,
tert-butanol,
tert-pentalol
(tert-
amylalcohol),
Ethyl tert
butyl ether
(ETBE),
disapropyl
ether (DIPE),
tert butyl
alcohol
(TEA), Iso-
butanol,
tertamylmethy
lene ether
(TAME)
MTBE only

MTBE only

Date of
adoption
7/6/05























6/21/05

8/18/05

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