EPA Finalizes Modifications to the Transmix Provisions Under the Diesel Sulfur Program E PA is issuing a Final Rule to amend the Transmix Provisions Under the Diesel Fuel Program. Overview EPA is amending the requirements under EPA's diesel sulfur program related to the sulfur content of locomotive and marine (LM) diesel fuel produced by transmix processors and pipeline facilities. These amendments will reinstate the ability of locomotive and marine diesel fuel produced from transmix by transmix processors and pipeline operators to meet a maximum 500 parts per million (ppm) sulfur stan- dard outside of the Northeast Mid-Atlantic Area and Alaska and expand this ability to within the Northeast Mid-Atlantic Area provided that: the fuel is used in older technology locomotive and marine engines that do not require 15 ppm sulfur diesel fuel, and the fuel is kept segregated from other fuel. These amendments will provide significant regulatory relief for transmix processors and pipeline operators to allow the petroleum distribution system to function efficiently while continuing to transi- tion the market to virtually all ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSD, i.e. 15 ppm sulfur diesel fuel) and the environmental benefits it provides. For More Information You can access these rules and related documents on EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) Web site at: and www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/dieselfuels/index.htm www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/alternative-renewablefuels/index.htm SEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Transportation and Air Quality EPA-420-F-12-081 December 2012 ------- For more information, please contact EPA's Fuels Program at: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Transportation and Air Quality (6405J) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-343-9755 E-mail: epafuelsprograms@epa.gov ------- |