Waiver Requests Under Section 211(f) of the Clean Air Act


&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Transportation and Air Quality
EPA-420-B-19-054
October 2019
Waiver Requests Under Section 211(f) of the Clean Air Act
APPLICANT (DOCKET #)
FUEL OR ADDITIVE
ACTION
DATE
Federal Register Cite
1.	Ethyl Corporation
(MSED-211 (f)-MMT)
2.	Gas Plus, Inc.
(MSED-211 (f)-EtOH)
3.	Petro-Tex Chemical Co.
(MSED-211(f)-MTBE)
4.	ARCO (MSED-211 (f)-TBA
("Arconol"))
5.	ARCO (MSED-211 (f)-MTBE)
6.	Sun Petroleum
Products Co. (EN-79-12)
7. Beker Industries
(EN-79-20)
MMT (1/16 and
1/32 gpg Mn)
0-10% anhydrous
ethanol ("gasohol")
MTBE (0-15%)
TBA (0-7%)
MTBE (0-7%)
Methanol/TBA
(0-5.5%)
Petition to revoke
Crude Methanol
(0-15%)
Denied
Granted w/o
decision
Interpret.
Denied
Granted
Granted
Conditionally
granted
Denied
Denied
9/12/78	43 FR 41424 (9/18/78)
12/16/78	44 FR 20777 (4/6/79)
3/30/82	47 FR 14596 (4/5/82)
12/16/78	44 FR 1447 (1/5/79)
2/6/79	44 FR 10530 (2/21/79)
2/23/79	44 FR 12242 (3/6/79)
6/13/79	44 FR 37074 (6/25/79)
11/10/80	45 FR 75755 (11/17/80)
4/11/80	45 FR 26112 (4/17/80)
Revised September 27, 2019

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APPLICANT (DOCKET #)
FUEL OR ADDITIVE
8.	Conservation	Ethanol (5%)/
Consultants of	Methanol (5%)
New England (EN-80-5/7)
9.	Texaco (EN-80-12)	"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
Granted	8/29/80
Granted	9/28/81
45 FR 32760 (5/19/80)
45 FR 53861 (8/13/80)
45	FR 58954 (9/5/80)
46	FR 48975 (10/5/81)
Proposal to	3/16/84	49 FR 11879 (3/28/84)
reconsider
12/4/84
Consideration 7/26/85	51 FR 9114 (3/17/86)
of original
waiver
Original	8/4/86	51 FR 28757 (8/11/86)
waiver denied
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APPLICANT (DOCKET #)
FUEL OR ADDITIVE
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)
Up to 4.75% Methanol/
4.75% GTBA/3.5% oxygen
MMT (1/64 gpg Mn)
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
18. AM Laboratories, Inc.
(EN-87-05)
"AM 5/5," 5% methanol,
5% cosolvent alcohols,
specified corrosion
inhibitor
ACTION
DATE
Federal Register Cite
Granted
11/7/81
46 FR 56361 (11/16/81)
Denied
Granted
11/20/81	46 FR 58360 (12/1/81)
5/18/82	47 FR 22404 (5/24/82)
Denied
2/18/83
48 FR 8124 (2/25/83)
Denied
11/14/83
48 FR 52634 (11/21/83)
Withdrawn
by applicant
9/7/84
49 FR 39381 (10/5/84)
Conditionally
granted
1/10/85
50 FR 2615 (1/17/85)
Reconsideration 4/10/86
Modifications
of original
conditions
10/22/86
5/13/87
51 FR 15064 (4/22/86)
51	FR 39800 (10/31/86)
52	FR 18736 (5/19/87)
Denied
1/19/88
53 FR 2088 (1/26/88)
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APPLICANT (DOCKET #)	FUEL OR ADDITIVE
19. Texas Methanol Corp.	"OCTAMIX," 5% methanol,
(EN-87-06)	2.5% (C2-C8) cosolvent
alcohols, specified
corrosion inhibitor
20.	Sun Refining and	15% MTBE
Marketing Co.
(EN-88-02)
21.	Ethyl Corporation	MMT (1/32 gpg Mn)
(A-90-16)
22.	Ethyl Corporation	MMT (1/32 gpg Mn)
(A-91-46 and A-90-16)
ACTION
DATE
Federal Register Cite
Conditionally
granted
2/1/88
53 FR 3636 (2/8/88)
Correction
of cosolvent
specifications
5/12/88
53 FR 17977 (5/19/88)
Modification
of original
conditions
10/21/88	53 FR 43768 (10/28/88)
Modification
of original
conditions
5/31/12
77 FR 3373 (6/7/12)
Modification
of original
conditions
6/7/12
77 FR 35677(6/14/12)
Correction
of original
conditions
10/25/12	77 FR 66074 (11/1/12)
Conditionally
granted
8/25/88
53 FR 33846 (9/1/88)
Withdrawn by
applicant
11/1/90
55 FR 52215(12/20/91)
Denied
1/8/92
57 FR 2535 (1/22/92)
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APPLICANT (DOCKET #)
FUEL OR ADDITIVE
23. Ethyl Corporation	MMT (1/32 gpg Mn)
(A-93-26, A-91-46, and A-90-16)
24. Ethyl Corporation
MMT (1/32 gpg Mn)
ACTION
DATE
Federal Register Cite
Denied
7/13/94
59 FR 42227 (8/17/94)
Granted
7/11/95
60 FR 36414 (7/17/95)
25. Growth Energy
(EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0211)
15% Ethanol
Partial waiver
granted
10/13/10
75 FR 68094 (11/4/10)
Partial waiver
granted
1/21/11
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). In order to determine whether a waiver is required for a given gasoline or gasoline additive
containing a gasoline-ethanol blend, see the "Substantially Similar" interpretive rule in 84 FR 28021 (6/10/19)
(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
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