Waiver Requests Under Section 211(f) of the Clean Air Act Revised August 29, 2013 &EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency ------- Waiver Requests Under Section 211(f) of the Clean Air Act Revised August 29, 2013 Compliance Division Office of Transportation and Air Quality U.S. Environmental Protection Agency United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA-420-B-13-041 August 2013 ------- WAIVER REQUESTS UNDER SECTION 211(1) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (Revised August 29, 2013) APPLICANT (DOCKET #) FUEL OR ADDITIVE ACTION DATE Federal Register Cite 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Ethyl Corporation (MSED-211(f)-MMT) Gas Plus, Inc. (MSED-211(f)-EtOH) Petro-Tex Chemical Co. (MSED-211(f)-MTBE) ARCO (MSED-21 1 (f)-TBA ("Arconol")) ARCO (MSED-21 1 (f)-MTBE) Sun Petroleum Products Co. (EN-79-12) Beker Industries MMT(1/16and 1/32gpgMn) 0-10% anhydrous ethanol ("gasohol") MTBE(0-15%) TEA (0-7%) MTBE (0-7%) Methanol/TBA (0-5.5%) Petition to revoke Crude Methanol Denied Granted w/o decision Interpret. Denied Granted Granted Conditionally granted Denied Denied 9/12/78 12/16/78 3/30/82 12/16/78 2/6/79 2/23/79 6/13/79 11/10/80 4/11/80 43 FR 4 1424 (9/1 8/7 8) 44 FR 20777 (4/6/79) 47 FR 14596 (4/5/82) 44 FR 1447 (1/5/79) 44 FR 10530 (2/21/79) 44 FR 12242 (3/6/79) 44 FR 37074 (6/25/79) 45 FR 75755 (11/17/8C 45 FR 261 12 (4/1 7/80) (EN-79-20) (0-15%) Page 1 of 5 ------- Revised August 29, 2013 APPLICANT (DOCKET #) FUEL OR ADDITIVE 8. Conservation Consultants of New England (EN-80-5/7) 9. Texaco (EN-80-12) Ethanol (5%)/ Methanol (5%) "TC-11064" 10. Anafuel Unlimited (EN-81-8) "Petrocoal" (Methanol, Cosolvent alcohols with proprietary inhibitor) Petition to revoke Court vacates proposal to reconsider under 211 (f) Court vacates original decision ACTION DATE Federal Register Cite Characterization Report Denied 8/8/80 45 FR 32760 (5/19/80) 45 FR 53861 (8/13/80) Granted 8/29/80 45 FR 58954 (9/5/80) Granted 9/28/81 46 FR 48975 (10/5/81) Proposal to reconsider 3/16/84 12/4/84 49 FR 11879 (3/28/84) Consideration of original waiver Original waiver denied 7/26/85 8/4/86 51 FR 9114 (3/17/86) 51 FR 28757 (8/11/86) Page 2 of 5 ------- Revised August 29, 2013 APPLICANT (DOCKET #) FUEL OR ADDITIVE ACTION DATE Federal Register Cite 11. ARCO(EN-81-10) 12. Ethyl Corp. (EN-81-15) 13. Synco 76 Fuel Corp. (EN-81-20) 14. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (A-82-33) 15. American Methyl Corp. (EN-83-03) 16. Ethanol Plus, Ltd. (EN-84-01) 17. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (EN-84-06) 18. AM Laboratories, Inc. (EN-87-05) Up to 4.75% Methanol/ 4.75% GTBA/3.5% oxygen MMT(1/64gpgMn) 10% Ethanol + proprietary additive Methanol (0-3%) "Methyl 10" (Methanol, Cosolvent alcohols and proprietary inhibitor "Ethanol Plus" Ethanol/isopropanol/ metal deactivator (0-10%) 5% Methanol, 2.5% cosolvent alcohols, specified corrosion inhibitor "AM 5/5," 5% methanol, 5% cosolvent alcohols, specified corrosion inhibitor Granted Denied Granted Denied Denied Withdrawn by applicant Conditionally granted Modifications of original conditions Denied 11/7/81 11/20/81 5/18/82 2/18/83 11/14/83 9/7/84 1/10/85 Reconsideration 4/10/86 10/22/86 5/13/87 1/19/88 46 FR 56361 (11/16/81) 46 FR 58360 (12/1/81) 47 FR 22404 (5/24/82) 48 FR 8124 (2/25/83) 48 FR 52634 (11/21/83) 49 FR 39381 (10/5/84) 50 FR 2615 (1/17/85) 51 FR 15064 (4/22/86) 51 FR 39800 (10/31/86) 52 FR 18736 (5/19/87) 53 FR 2088 (1/26/88) Page 3 of 5 ------- Revised August 29, 2013 APPLICANT (DOCKET #) FUEL OR ADDITIVE ACTION DATE Federal Register Cite 19. Texas Methanol Corp. (EN-87-06) "OCTAMIX," 5% methanol, 2.5% (C2-C8) cosolvent alcohols, specified corrosion inhibitor Conditionally granted Correction of cosolvent specifications Modification of original conditions Modification of original conditions Modification of original conditions Correction of original conditions 2/1/88 53 FR 3636 (2/8/88) 5/12/88 53 FR 17977 (5/19/88) 10/21/88 53 FR 43768 (10/28/88) 5/31/12 77 FR 3373 (6/7/12) 6/7/12 77 FR 35677 (6/14/12) 10/25/12 77 FR 66074 (11/1/12) 20. Sun Refining and Marketing Co. (EN-88-02) 21. Ethyl Corporation (A-90-16) 22. Ethyl Corporation (A-91-46 and A-90-16) 15%MTBE MMT(1/32gpg Mn) MMT(1/32gpgMn) Conditionally granted Withdrawn by applicant Denied 8/25/88 11/1/90 1/8/92 53 FR 33846 (9/1/88) 55 FR 52215 (12/20/91) 57 FR 2535 (1/22/92) Page 4 of 5 ------- Revised August 29, 2013 APPLICANT (DOCKET #) FUEL OR ADDITIVE ACTION DATE Federal Register Cite 23. 24. 25. Ethyl Corporation MMT (1/32 gpg Mn) (A-93-26, A-91-46, and A-90-16) Ethyl Corporation MMT (1/32 gpg Mn) Growth Energy 15% Ethanol (EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-021 1) Denied 7/13/94 Granted 7/11/95 Partial waiver 10/13/10 granted Partial waiver 1/21/11 granted 59 FR 42227 (8/1 7/94) 60 FR 3641 4 (7/1 7/95) 75 FR 68094 (11/4/10) 76 FR 4662 (1/26/11) NOTES: (1) Public records for requests are available at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460. The public reading room is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742. (2) In order to determine whether a waiver is required for a given gasoline or gasoline additive, see the "Substantially Similar" revised interpretive rule in 73 FR 22277 (4/25/08). (3) For further information contact: Robert Anderson (202) 343-9718, Jim Caldwell (202) 343-9303, Jaimee Dong (202) 343-9672, Jose Solar (202) 343-9027 or Joe Sopata (202) 343-9034 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Transportation and Regional Programs Division Fuels Program Support Group Mail Code 6406J Washington, D.C. 20460 Page 5 of 5 ------- |