Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
"Aviation Fuels" mean aviation gasoline and aviation jet fuel.
(b) "Aviation Gasoline" (Finished Aviation
Gasoline) means all special grades of gasoline for use in aviation
reciprocating or piston engines.
(c) "Aviation Jet Fuel" means a quality
kerosene product with an average specific gravity of 40.7 API, and ten percent
distillation temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit and an end-point of 572
degrees Fahrenheit. Aviation Jet Fuel includes Commercial and Military Jet
Fuel.
(1) "Commercial Jet Fuel" includes
products known as Jet A, Jet A-1 and Jet B.
(2) "Military Jet Fuel" includes products
known as JP-5 and JP-8.
(d) "Bio-Diesel" means a diesel fuel
substitute or diesel fuel additive or extender typically made from the oils of
soybean, rapeseed, or sunflower or animal tallow that is blended with
traditional diesel fuel or used in a neat fuel application. Bio-Diesel can also
be made from hydrocarbons derived from agricultural products such as rice
hulls. A blend of two percent bio-diesel and 98 percent traditional diesel is
referred to as Bio-Diesel B2. A blend of five percent bio-diesel and 95 percent
traditional diesel is referred to as Bio-Diesel B5. A blend of 20 percent
bio-diesel and 80 percent traditional diesel is referred to as Bio-Diesel B20.
Bio-Diesel B100 is 100 percent bio-diesel.
(e) "Crude Oil (Domestic)" means a mixture of
hydrocarbons that existed in liquid phase in underground reservoirs and remains
liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating
facilities. Also included is lease condensate moving to a refinery. Drips are
also included, but topped crude oil and other unfinished oils are excluded.
Natural gas liquids produced at natural gas processing plants and mixed with
crude oil are likewise excluded where identifiable. Domestic crude oil is
petroleum produced in the 50 states or from the "Outer Continental Shelf" as
defined in 43 U.S.C.
1331, which is incorporated herein by
reference, and includes synthetic crude such as, but not limited to, those
derived from shale oil and tar sands.
(f) "Crude Oil (Foreign)" means a mixture of
hydrocarbons that existed in liquid phase in underground reservoirs and remain
liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating
facilities. Drips are also included, but topped crude oil and other unfinished
oils are excluded. Natural gas liquids produced at natural gas processing
plants and mixed with crude oil are likewise excluded. Foreign crude oil is
petroleum produced outside of the United States and includes Athabasca
hydrocarbons (oil or tar sands).
(g) "Distillates" mean distillate fuel oil
without kerosene and other middle distillates not reported elsewhere.
(h) "Distillate Fuel Oil" means a general
classification for one of the petroleum fractions produced in conventional
distillation operations. It includes diesel fuels and fuel oils. Distillate
Fuel Oil includes products known as No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 diesel fuel and
products known as No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 fuel oils.
(1) "No. 1 Distillate" means a light
petroleum distillate used as either a diesel fuel (see No. 1 Diesel Fuel) or a
fuel oil (see No. 1 Fuel Oil).
(A) "No. 1
Diesel Fuel" means light distillate fuel oil with a distillation temperature of
550 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90-percent point.
(B) "No. 1 Fuel Oil" means a light distillate
fuel oil with a distillation temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit at a ten
percent recovery point and 550 degrees Fahrenheit at a 90 percent
point.
(2) "No. 2
Distillate" means petroleum distillate used as either a diesel fuel (see No. 2
Diesel Fuels) or a fuel oil (see No. 2 Fuel Oil).
(A) "No. 2 Diesel Fuel" means fuel with
distillation temperatures of 500 degrees Fahrenheit at a ten percent recovery
point and 640 degrees Fahrenheit at a 90 percent recovery point.
(B) "EPA Low Sulfur No. 2 Diesel Fuel (EPA
Highway Diesel)" means No. 2 diesel fuel with a sulfur level no higher than
0.05 percent by weight (500 ppm).
(C) "EPA Off-Road No. 2 Diesel Fuel (EPA Off
Road Diesel)" means No. 2 diesel fuel with a sulfur level greater than 0.0015
percent by weight (15ppm) and less than 0.05 percent by weight (500
ppm).
(D) "CARB Low Sulfur No. 2
Diesel Fuel (CARB Diesel)" means No. 2 diesel fuel with a sulfur level no
higher than 0.05 percent by weight (500 ppm) and with an aromatic hydrocarbon
content limited to ten percent by volume.
(E) "EPA Ultra Low Sulfur No. 2 Diesel Fuel
(EPA Highway ULS Diesel)" means No. 2 diesel fuel with a sulfur level no higher
than 0.0015 percent by weight (15 ppm).
(F) "CARB Ultra Low Sulfur No. 2 Diesel Fuel
(CARB ULS Diesel)" means No. 2 diesel fuel with a sulfur level no higher than
0.0015 percent by weight (15 ppm) and with an aromatic hydrocarbon content
limited to ten percent by volume.
(G) "High Sulfur No. 2 Diesel Fuel" means No.
2 diesel fuel with a sulfur level above 0.05 percent by weight
(500ppm).
(H) "No. 2 Fuel Oil
(Heating Oil)" means distillate fuel oil with a distillation temperature of 400
degrees Fahrenheit at a ten percent recovery point and 640 degrees Fahrenheit
at a 90 percent recovery point.
(3) "No. 4 Fuel Oil" means distillate fuel
oil made by blending distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil stocks. It
includes No. 4 diesel fuel.
(i) "Finished Motor Gasoline" means a complex
mixture of relatively volatile hydrocarbons with or without small quantities of
additives having a boiling point between 122 and 158 degrees Fahrenheit at a
ten percent recovery point, and 365 to 374 degrees Fahrenheit at a 90 percent
recovery point. Finished Motor Gasoline includes conventional gasoline, all
oxygenated gasoline, and all reformulated gasoline, but excludes aviation
gasoline.
(1) "Conventional Gasoline" (not
classified as oxygenated or reformulated gasoline) means types of finished
gasoline that do not contain any oxygenates. These fuels include:
(A) "Arizona Conventional Gasoline" means
finished motor gasoline formulated as identified in Arizona Administrative Code
R3-7-701 (as last amended at 24 A.A.R. 2666, effective November 10, 2018.),
which is incorporated herein by reference, for use in motor vehicles.
(B) "Nevada Conventional Gasoline" means
finished motor gasoline formulated as identified in Nevada Administrative Code
590.065, which is incorporated herein by reference, for use in motor
vehicles.
(C) "Other Conventional
Gasoline" means conventional gasoline other than Arizona or Nevada Conventional
Gasoline.
(2) "Oxygenated
Gasoline" (not classified as reformulated gasoline outside of California,
Arizona or Nevada) means finished motor gasoline that contains an oxygenate.
This type of finished gasoline is primarily used during the winter months in
regions of the United States that are not in compliance with carbon monoxide
standards. These fuels include:
(A) "EPA
Winter Oxygenated Gasoline" means a finished gasoline containing a minimum of
1.8 percent oxygen by weight that is formulated as identified in Code of
Federal Regulations, tit. 40, § 80.2(rr), which is incorporated herein by
reference.
(B) "Arizona Winter
Gasoline" means a finished gasoline formulated as identified in Arizona
Administrative Code R3-7-701 (as last amended at 24 A.A.R. 2666, effective
November 10, 2018.), which is incorporated herein by reference, containing ten
percent ethanol by volume. The unfinished base gasoline, prior to blending with
ethanol, is referred to as Arizona Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending
(AZRBOB).
(C) "Nevada Winter
Gasoline" means finished gasoline containing ten percent ethanol by volume as
identified in Clark County Air Quality Regulations § 53.1 and 53.2, which
is incorporated herein by reference. The unfinished base gasoline, prior to
blending with ethanol, is referred to as Nevada Blendstock for Oxygenate
Blending in Las Vegas (LVBOB).
(3) "Reformulated Gasoline" means finished
motor gasoline formulated to reduce emissions of various criteria pollutants
from motor vehicles. These fuels include:
(A)
"California Reformulated Gasoline (CaRFG)" means finished motor gasoline
formulated as identified in California Code of Regulations, tit. 13,
§§ 2260-2262.7, which are incorporated herein by reference. This
category excludes California Reformulated gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate
Blending (CARBOB).
(B) "EPA
Reformulated Gasoline (RFG)" means finished motor gasoline. This category
includes oxygenated fuels program reformulated gasoline (OPRG) but excludes
Reformulated gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (RBOB).
(C) "Arizona Cleaner Burning Gasoline
(Arizona CBG)" means finished motor gasoline formulated as identified in
Arizona Administrative Code R20-2-701.3, which is incorporated herein by
reference. This category excludes Arizona Reformulated gasoline Blendstock for
Oxygenate Blending (AZRBOB).
(D)
"Nevada Cleaner Burning Gasoline (NVCBG)" means finished motor gasoline
formulated as identified in Clark County Air Quality Regulations §
54, Definitions, which is
incorporated herein by reference. This category excludes Nevada's Cleaner
Burning Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending
(CBGBOB).
(j)
"Kerosene" means a petroleum distillate with a boiling point between 300 to 500
degrees Fahrenheit, a flash point higher than 100 degrees Fahrenheit a gravity
range from 40 to 46 API and a burning point between 150 and 175 degrees
Fahrenheit.
(k) "Liquefied
Petroleum Gases" mean a group of hydrocarbon-based gases derived from crude oil
refining or natural gas fractionation. They include ethane, ethylene, propane,
propylene, normal butane, butylene, isobutane, and isobutylene.
(l) "Marine Fuels" are generally used by
ocean-going marine vessels such as, but not limited to tugboats, harbor ships
and recreational marine boats, to fuel their primary and auxiliary compression
ignition engines,. Marine fuel types may be categorized as distillate,
intermediate or residual per the following grades and names:
(1) "Marine Fuels -- Distillate Type" means
Gas Oil or Marine Gas Oil. This definition includes products known as "DMX",
"DMA," "DMB" and "DMC."
(2) "Marine
Fuels -- Intermediate Type" means Marine Diesel Fuel or Intermediate Fuel Oil
(IFO). This definition includes products known as IFO 180 and IFO
380.
(3) "Marine Fuels -- Residual
Type" means Fuel Oil or Residual Fuel Oil. This definition includes products
known as CARB diesel and CARB ULS diesel.
(4) "Marine Fuels -- Low Sulfur" type means
distillates with a sulfur level no higher than 0.05 percent by weight
(500ppm).
(m) "Motor
Gasoline Blending Components" mean components used for blending or compounding
into finished motor gasoline. These components include, but are not limited to,
reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending (CARBOB and RBOB),
oxygenates (alcohols and ethers), and gasoline blending components.
(1) "Reformulated Gasoline Blendstocks for
Oxygenate Blending" means a base gasoline designed to be blended with an
oxygenate to comply with federal or state air quality regulations. These fuels
include:
(A) "California Reformulated Gasoline
Blendstocks for Oxygenate Blending (CARBOB)" means unfinished motor gasoline
formulated as identified in Cal. Code of Regulations, tit. 13, § 2266.5,
which is incorporated herein by reference.
(B) "EPA Reformulated Gasoline Blendstocks
for Oxygenate Blending (RBOB)" means unfinished motor gasoline formulated as
identified in Code of Federal Regulations, tit. 40, § 80.2(kk), which is
incorporated herein by reference.
(C) "Arizona Reformulated Gasoline
Blendstocks for Oxygenate Blending (AZRBOB)" means unfinished motor gasoline
formulated as identified in Arizona Administrative Code, R20-2-701.4, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
(D) "Cleaner Burning Gasoline Blendstock for
Oxygenate Blending (CBGBOB)" means unfinished motor gasoline formulated as
identified in Clark County Air Quality Regulations §
54, Definitions, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
(2) "Oxygenates" mean ethers and alcohols
that increase the amount of oxygen in gasoline. Common ethers include ETBE,
MTBE and TAME. These oxygenates include:
(A)
"Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE)" means an oxygenate blendstock, formed by
the catalytic etherification of isobutylene with ethanol, intended for gasoline
blending.
(B) "Methyl Tertiary
Butyl Ether (MTBE)" means an oxygenate blendstock, formed by the catalytic
etherification of isobutylene with methanol, intended for gasoline
blending.
(C) "Tertiary Amyl Methyl
Ether (TAME)" means an oxygenate blendstock, formed by the catalytic
etherification of isoamylene with methanol, intended for gasoline
blending.
(D) "Ethyl Alcohol (Fuel
Ethanol)" means an anhydrous denatured aliphatic alcohol intended for gasoline
blending.
(3) "Gasoline
Blending Component" means a product used to blend with gasoline and includes:
(A) "Alkylate" means a branched paraffin
compound formed by the catalytic reaction of isobutane with light olefins, such
as ethylene, propylene, butylene, and amylene.
(B) "Hydrocrackate" means a high-octane
product made in a catalytic hydrocracking unit.
(C) "Isomerate" means a high-aromatics,
high-octane product made in an isomerization unit.
(D) "Iso-octane" means a pure hydrogenated
form of di-isobutylene, with an average blending octane of 100, not commingled
with other types of alkylates.
(E)
"Iso-octene" means a pure dimerized form of isobutylene, with an average
blending octane of 106, not commingled with other types of alkylates.
(F) "Natural gasoline" means a mixture of
liquid hydrocarbons (mostly pentanes and heavier hydrocarbons) extracted from
natural gas. It includes isopentane.
(G) "Reformate" means high-aromatics,
high-octane product made in a reformer.
(H) "Toluene" means an aromatic
hydrocarbon.
(I) "Other Gasoline
Blending Components" mean all other gasoline blending components, including
butane, butenes, catalytically cracked gasoline, coker gasoline, hexane, mixed
xylene, pentane, pentane mixture, polymer gasoline, raffinate, straight-run
gasoline, straight-run naphtha, thermally cracked gasoline and transmix
containing gasoline.
(n) "Naphtha Jet Fuel" means fuel in the
heavy naphtha boiling range with an average specific gravity of 52.8 API and 20
to 90 percent distillation temperatures of 290 to 470 degrees
Fahrenheit.
(o) "Natural Gas
Liquids" mean all liquid products separated from natural gas in gas processing
or cycling plants. These include natural gas plant liquids and lease
condensate:
(1) "Natural Gas Plant Liquids"
means hydrocarbons in natural gas that are separated as liquids at downstream
gas processing plants or at fractionating and cycling plants. Products obtained
include liquefied petroleum gases and pentanes plus.
(2) "Lease Condensate" means a mixture
consisting primarily of pentanes and heavier hydrocarbons recovered as a liquid
from natural gas in lease separation facilities. Lease condensate excludes
natural gas plant liquids, such as butane and propane, that are recovered in
downstream natural gas processing plants or facilities.
(p) "Petroleum Coke" means a solid residue
that is the final product of the condensation process in cracking. It consists
primarily of highly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons very poor in hydrogen.
Calcination of petroleum coke can yield almost pure carbon or artificial
graphite suitable for production of carbon or graphite electrodes, structural
graphite, motor brushes, dry cells, etc. This type of product is referred to as
calcined coke. Petroleum coke is also designated as Marketable and Catalyst:
(1) "Marketable Petroleum Coke" means
petroleum coke that is produced by a coker at a refinery.
(2) "Catalyst Petroleum Coke" means petroleum
coke that is produced from a fluidized coker at a refinery.
(q) "Petroleum Products" mean, but
are not limited to, finished motor gasoline, distillate, marine fuel, kerosene,
biodiesel, aviation gasoline, aviation jet fuel, reformulated blendstocks for
oxygenate blending, gasoline blending components, residual fuel oil, petroleum
coke, liquefied petroleum gases, liquefied natural gas, synthetic fuel and
unfinished oil.
(r) "Residual Fuel
Oil" means a general classification for heavier oils, known as No. 5 and No. 6
fuel oils, that remain after the distillate fuel oils and lighter hydrocarbons
are distilled away in refinery operations. No. 5 is generally used in
steam-powered vessels in government service and onshore power plants. No. 6
fuel oil includes Bunker C fuel oil and is generally used for the production of
electric power, space heating, vessel bunkering, and various industrial
purposes.
(s) "Synthetic Fuel"
means a fuel derived from feedstock such as coal, oil shale, tar sands,
biomass, or natural gas, including gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuels.
(t) "Transmix" means the resultant mixture
that is created by the commingling of two different petroleum products, at
their interface zone, during transport in a petroleum products
pipeline.
(u) "ULS Diesel" means
ultra low sulfur diesel fuel.
(v)
"Unfinished Oils" means all oils requiring further processing at a refinery,
except those requiring only mechanical blending. Unfinished oils are produced
by partial refining of crude oil and include naphthas and lighter oils,
kerosene and light gas oils, heavy gas oils, and residuum.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25213, 25218(e) and
25367, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 25354 and 25355, Public
Resources Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
25213
and
25218(e),
Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
25354,
Public Resources Code.
