NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 7 December 2020, is being circulated at the
request of the delegation of the United States of
America.
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Title: Fuels Regulatory Streamlining
Description: TITLE: Fuels Regulatory Streamlining
AGENCY: Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
ACTION: Final rule
SUMMARY: This action updates
many of EPA's existing gasoline, diesel, and other fuel quality programs to
improve overall compliance assurance and maintain environmental performance,
while reducing compliance costs for industry and EPA. EPA is streamlining
existing fuel quality regulations by removing expired provisions, eliminating
redundant compliance provisions (e.g., duplicative registration requirements
that are required by every EPA fuels program), removing unnecessary and out-
of-date requirements, and replacing them with a single set of provisions and
definitions that applies to all gasoline, diesel, and other fuel quality
programs. This action does not change the stringency of the existing fuel
quality standards.
DATES: This rule is effective
on 1 January 2021, except for amendatory instructions 48, 51, and 52, which are
effective on 4 December 2020, and amendatory instructions 16, 18, and 19, which
are effective on 1 January 2022. The incorporation by reference of certain
publications listed in this regulation is approved by the Director of the
Federal Register as of 4 December 2020. The incorporation by reference of ASTM
D86-12, D93-13, D445-12, D613-13, D4052-11, and D5186-03 (R2009) in part 1065
was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 27 June 2014.
This final rule and the
proposed rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1622 are identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0227.
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0227 and provides access to primary and
supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also
accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.
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