Nationwide
On June 29, 2022, EPA issued a fourth waiver to allow E15 gasoline—gasoline that uses a 15 percent ethanol blend—to continue to be sold this summer. This is an extension of the previous waiver issued on June 9, 2022. The waiver begins on July 1, 2022 and lasts through July 20, 2022. Fourth Extension of Nationwide Fuel Waiver allowing E-15 Gasoline (pdf)
Importantly –
For Wyoming: OMA Sent the following: As far as our Tank Program is concerned, in order to store/sell E-15, the owner and or operator has had to show that all components of their tank system are compatible with E-15, which is outlined in DE Storage Tank Regulations Chapter 1, Section 12, as well as 40 CFR 280. 32 (EPA's UST compatibility regulation). If all of the components have been shown to be compatible, then we do not have a problem with them continuing to sell E-15. I have attached our Guidance Document addressing compatibility.
For Colorado - if your stations have E-15 compatible equipment then OPS will allow the sale of E-15 per the waiver. Importantly, if the waiver is rescinded, enforcement will be based on the drop date of the fuel at the station, meaning that you will be able to sell through inventory, but shouldn’t take any more deliveries of E-15.
Retailers should be selling 7.8 R.V.P. Fuel – June 1st through September 15th, 2022
Conclusion for Denver Metro/North Front Range Area Based on the assessment of factors described above, the EPA is modifying the State’s recommendation to designate the following counties or partial counties as the DM/NFR nonattainment area for the 2015 ozone NAAQS:
- Adams County
- Arapahoe County
- Boulder County
- Broomfield County
- Denver County,
- Douglas County
- Jefferson County
- Larimer County
- Weld County
These are the same counties that are included in the Denver nonattainment area for the 1997 and 2008 ozone NAAQS, but the intended area also includes the northern portion of Weld County. The air quality data factor analysis shows that Douglas, Jefferson, and Larimer Counties contain monitors in violation of the 2015 ozone NAAQS, therefore all or portions of Douglas, Jefferson, and Larimer County are included in the intended nonattainment area.
Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, and Weld County do not contain violating monitors, but the EPA has concluded that these areas are nearby those counties that do have violating monitors and based on the other factor analyses they contribute to the ozone concentrations in violation of the 2015 ozone NAAQS.
So any gasoline customer in these counties needs the 7.8 fuel (with the waiver)
GUIDANCE #21 BIOFUEL-BLEND-COMPATIBILITY