California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 5 - Standards for Motor Vehicle Fuels
Article 1 - Standards for Gasoline
Subarticle 2 - Standards for Gasoline Sold Beginning March 1, 1996
Section 2262.3 - Compliance with the CaRFG Phase 2 and CaRFG Phase 3 Standards for Sulfur, Benzene, Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Olefins, T50 and T90

(a) Compliance with cap limits. No person shall sell, offer for sale, supply, offer for supply, or transport California gasoline which exceeds an applicable cap limit for sulfur, benzene, aromatic hydrocarbons, olefins, T50 or T90 set forth in section 2262.

(b) Compliance by producers and importers with the flat limits. No producer or importer shall sell, offer for sale, supply, or offer for supply from its production facility or import facility California gasoline which exceeds an applicable flat limit for the properties of sulfur, benzene, aromatic hydrocarbons, olefins, T50, or T90 set forth in section 2262, unless the gasoline (1) is subject to the averaging compliance option for the property in accordance with section 2264.2(a), (2) has been reported as a PM alternative gasoline formulation pursuant to section 2265(a), (3) has been reported as a test-certified alternative gasoline formulation pursuant to section 2266(c), (4) has been reported as a PM emissions offsetting formulation pursuant to section 2265.1 (applicable only to producers and importers that produce gasoline), or (5) is subject to an alternative emission reduction plan pursuant to section 2265.5 (applicable only to producers and importers that produce gasoline). Notwithstanding section 2265.5(a), a producer or an importer that produces gasoline and that has elected to be subject to the flat limits specified in section 2262 shall offset its emissions associated with permeation by complying with sections 2265.5(b)-(i). An importer that does not produce gasoline shall not sell, offer for sale, supply, or offer for supply California gasoline if the gasoline creates emissions associated with permeation.

(c) Optional compliance by producers and importers with the averaging limits. No producer or importer shall sell, offer for sale, supply, or offer for supply from its production facility or import facility California gasoline which is subject to the averaging compliance option for the properties of sulfur, benzene, aromatic hydrocarbons, olefins, T50 or T90 in accordance with section 2264.2(a) if any of the following occurs. Notwithstanding section 2265.5(a), a producer or an importer that produces gasoline and that has elected to be subject to an averaging limit specified in section 2262 shall offset its emissions associated with permeation by complying with sections 2265.5(b)-(i). An importer that does not produce gasoline shall not sell, offer for sale, supply, or offer for supply California gasoline if the gasoline creates emissions associated with permeation.

(d) Optional compliance by producers or importers that produce gasoline with the PM emissions offsetting compliance option. No producer or importer that produces gasoline shall sell, offer for sale, supply, or offer for supply from its production facility or import facility a final blend of California gasoline as a PM emissions offsetting formulation subject to the designated emissions offsetting limits if any of the following occurs: