State Winter Oxygenated Fuel Program Requirements for Attainment or Manitenance of CO NAAQS


   State Winter Oxygenated Fuel Program
   Requirements for Attainment or
   Maintenance of CO NAAQS
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

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              State Winter Oxygenated Fuel Program

                Requirements for Attainment or

                   Maintenance of CO NAAQS
                        Transportation and Regional Programs Division
                          Office of Transportation and Air Quality
                          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
v>EPA
United States                                 EPA420-B-08-006
Environmental Protection                            ,    „„„
Agency                                    January 2008

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State Winter Oxygenated Fuel Program Requirements
    for Attainment or Maintenance of CO NAAQS
Areas with Current Winter Oxy Programs
Area (C/MSA)
El Paso
Missoula
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Reno
Albuquerque
Tucson
State/Region
TX/R6
MT/R8
NV/R9
AZ/R9
CA/R9
NV/R9
NM/R6
AZ/R9
Control
Period/Oxygen
Content
10/1-3/31
2.7%
Approved SIP
11/1-2/29
2.7%
Approved SIP
10/1-3/31
3.5%
11/02-3/31
3.5%
Approved SIP
11/1-2/29
1.8% to 2.2%
Approved SIP
10/1 - 1/31
2.7%
11/1 -2/29
2.7%
10/1 -3/31
1.8%
Approved SIP
Type
100%
Ethanol
100%
Ethanol
100%
Ethanol
100%
Ethanol
100 %
Ethanol
100%
Ethanol
100%
Ethanol
100%
Ethanol
Comments
Continues to implement oxygenated fuel program.
TCEQ expanded the federal control period to begin
Oct. 1 and end on March 3 1 .
Redesignated to attainment (8/17/2007, 72 FR46158).
Oxygenated fuel program remains in maintenance plan.
Reclassified to CO "serious" nonattainment area
(10/2/1997, 62 FR 51604). Approval of wintertime
oxygenated fuel program into SIP (6/2/1999, 64 FR
29573). Approval of wintertime low RVP and CBG
programs finalized (9/21/2004, 69 FR 56351).
Most recent SIP revision requires gasoline similar to
CARB Phase 2 in winter, with 10% ethanol. (3/4/2004,
69 FR 10161) Redesignated to attainment (3/9/2005, 70
FR 1 1553). The maintenance plan made no changes to
the oxygenated fuel program.
Redesignated to attainment. (5/1 1/2007, 72 FR 26718)
The maintenance plan made no changes to the
oxygenated fuel program.
EPA is preparing a notice of proposed approval of a CO
maintenance plan and redesignation to attainment for
CO. The maintenance plan submittal makes no changes
to the oxygenated fuel program.
Oxygenated fuel program is part of the maintenance plan
Oxygenated fuel program in the approved maintenance
plan provides for increase up to 3.5%

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Areas No Longer Implementing the Winter Oxy Program
Area (C/MSA)
Syracuse
Greensboro
Cleveland
Duluth
Memphis
Baltimore
Raleigh-Durham
Hartford
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington DC
Vancouver
Seattle
San Diego, Chico,
Modesto,
Sacramento,
Fresno,
San Francisco and
Stockton
Salt Lake City
New Haven
Minneapolis/
St. Paul
Colorado Springs
New York/
Northern NJ/
Southwest CT
State/Region
NY/R2
NC/R4
OH/R5
MN/R5
TN/R4
MD/R3
NC/R4
CT/R1
NJ/R2
PA,MD/R3
MA/R1
DC,MD,VA/
R3
WA/R10
WA/R10
CA/R9
UT/R8
CT/R1
MN/R5
CO/R8
CT/R1
NY,NJ/R2
NJ
CT
NY
Redesignation/
SIP Change
Published in FR
Sept. 29, 1993
Sept. 21, 1994
Feb. 4, 1994
April 14,1994
July 26, 1994
Oct. 31, 1995
Aug. 2, 1995
Oct. 31, 1995
Jan. 30, 1996
Jan. 30, 1996
Jan. 30, 1996
Oct. 21, 1996
Oct. 11, 1996
March 31, 1998
January 21, 1999
Octobers, 1998
October 29, 1999
December 22, 2000
November 22, 1999
December 1, 1999
April 19, 2000
Effective Date
Sept. 29, 1993
Nov. 7, 1994
March 7, 1994
June 13, 1994
Sept. 26, 1994
Dec. 15, 1995
Sept. 18, 1995
Jan. 2, 1996
March 15, 1996
April 1, 1996
March 15, 1996
Oct. 21, 1996
Oct. 11, 1996
June 1, 1998
March 22, 1999
Dec. 4, 1998
Nov. 29, 1999
Feb. 20, 2000
Nov. 22, 1999
Jan. 31,2000
May 19, 2000
Comments



MN has adopted a year-round, statewide
oxygen mandate.



Redesignation retained oxy fuel program as
a contingency measure

Redesignation retained oxy fuel program as
a contingency measure

Redesignation plan keeps oxy fuel program
as a contingency measure.
Redesignation plan keeps oxy fuel program
as a contingency measure.
Redesignation plan keeps oxy fuel program
as a contingency measure
Redesignation plan drops oxy fuel program
from the maintenance plan

MN has adopted a year-round, statewide
oxygen mandate.
SIP revision removes oxy fuel program as
SIP control measure and makes it a
contingency measure .
SIP revisions for all three states have
removed the oxy fuel program as control
measures from their SIPs. In SW CT, oxy
fuel program was retained as a contingency
measure.

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Areas No Longer Implementing the Winter Oxy Program
Area (C/MSA)
Grants Pass
Ogden
Klamath Co.
Medford
Ft. Collins
Anchorage
Spokane
Provo/Orem
Portland
Denver/Boulder
Longmont
State/Region
OR/RIO
UT/R8
OR/RIO
OR/RIO
CO/R8
AK/R10
WA/R10
UT/R8
OR/RIO
CO/R8
CO/R8
Redesignation/
SIP Change
Published in FR
October 30, 2000
March 9, 2001
November 19, 2001
Sept. 23, 2002
July 22, 2003
July 23, 2004
August 29, 2005
November 2, 2005
January 24, 2006
August 17, 2007
August 17, 2007
Effective Date

May 8, 2001


January 1, 2004


January 3, 2006
February 23, 2006
October 16, 2007
October 16, 2007
Comments
Maintenance plan lists oxy fuel
program as a contingency measure.
SIP revision removes oxy fuel program
as control measure and makes it a
contingency measure
Maintenance plan lists oxy fuel
program as a contingency measure.
Maintenance plan lists oxy fuel
program as a contingency measure.
SIP revision removes oxy fuel program
as control measure and makes it a
contingency measure.
Maintenance plan lists oxy fuel
program as a contingency measure.
Maintenance plan lists oxy fuel
program as a contingency measure.
Maintenance plan approval: 70 FR 66264
Oxy fuel program remained in place
through October 31, 2007. After which,
maintenance plan lists oxy fuel
program as a contingency measure:
70 FR 3768
Maintenance plan lists oxy fuel
program as a contingency measure (72
FR46148)
Maintenance plan lists oxy fuel
program as a contingency measure (72
FR46148)

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ORIGINAL AREAS:
ORIGINAL REQUIRED
STATES: 23
REDESIGNATIONS TO CO
ATTAINMENT: 37
PROPOSED OR DEVELOPING
REDESIGNATION REQUESTS
TO CO ATTAINMENT: 1

REDESIGNATIONS
TO"SERIOUS" CO
NONATTAINMENTAREAS: 2

CURRENT STATES: 6
39 in 1992, 1 for 1993
36 implemented in first year (1992)

 Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina,
 Connecticut,Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, District of
 Columbia, Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, New Mexico, Texas,
 Colorado,Montana, Utah, Alaska, Oregon, Washington,
 California, Nevada, Arizona, Minnesota

 Syracuse, NY; Winston-Salem-Greensboro, NC; Cleveland,
 OH; Duluth, MN; Memphis, TN; Baltimore, MD;
 Raleigh/Durham, NC; Hartford, CT; Philadelphia, PA CMSA
 (includes Southern New Jersey); Washington, D.C. CMSA
 (VA & MD); Albuquerque, NM; Boston, MA; Vancouver,
 WA; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; San Diego, Chico, Modesto,
 Sacramento, Fresno, San Francisco & Stockton, CA; Salt Lake
 City, UT; Connecticut (portion of CT/NJ/NY CMSA);
 Colorado Springs, CO; Longmont, CO; Grants Pass, OR;
 Ogden, UT; Ft. Collins, CO; Klamath Co., OR; Medford, OR;
 Denver/Boulder, CO; Anchorage & Fairbanks, AK; Spokane,
 WA; Provo/Orem, UT; Missoula, MT
 Reno, NV;



 Phoenix, AZ; Las Vegas, NV;

 Texas, Montana, Utah, California, Nevada, Arizona,
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 1994/95: 31
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 1995/96: 27
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 1996/97: 25
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 1997/98: 25
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 1998/99: 17
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 1999/00: 15
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 2000/01: 20*
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 2001/02: 18*
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 2004/05: 15*
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 2005/06: 12*
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 2006/07: 11*
TOTAL AREAS IMPLEMENTING IN 2007/08: 8*
* includes those areas with a winter oxy fuel program in their maintenance plan

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