Relaxation of Summer Gasoline Volatility Standard for Jefferson and Shelby counties, Alabama (“the Birmingham area”) Final action
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Rule Summary
The EPA is taking final action to relax the federal volatility (RVP) standard applicable to gasoline supplied to the Birmingham area from 7.8 pounds per square inch (psi) to 9.0 psi during the summer ozone season. The final action will be effective as of July 2, 2015.
Additional Resources
- Fact Sheet: EPA Approves Request from Alabama to Relax the Summer Gasoline Volatility Standard for the Birmingham area (PDF) (3 pp, 141 K, EPA-420-F-15-014a, July 2015)
- Final Rule (PDF) (6 pp, 213 K, published July 2, 2015)
- Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule (PDF) (3 pp, 290 K, published July 2, 2015)
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (PDF) (4 pp, 203 K, published May 7, 2015)