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Article: EPA proposes keeping states from lowering oxygen caps. (Environmental Protection Agency, oxygen caps for reformulated gasoline) (Brief Article)
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- The Oil Daily
- Article date:
- October 21, 1992
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WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed that states be prevented from setting gasoline oxygen limits lower than the federal cap.
EPA published a notice in the Oct. 20 Federal Register in which the agency said its proposal would only apply to caps on oxygen levels between 2.7% and 3.51%. That would leave in place the federal maximum.
The federal limit of 3.51% oxygen permits use of gasolines that are 10% ethanol, which qualify for a federal tax break of 54 cents/gallon.
EPA said it is proposing the change because it believes that lower state caps "would have little, if any, environmental benefit but would have a ...