Compliance Help
On this Web page, you will find information to assist the regulated community in complying with the 2007 Highway Diesel Rule and the Nonroad Diesel Rule. For regulatory information, see the following web pages: 2007 Highway Rule; Nonroad Diesel Rule; Locomotives; Boats & Ships; or Diesel Fuel.
- Guidance Documents and Reports
- Workshops
- Fuel Registration and Reporting Forms
- 2005 US EPA ULSD Round Robin Test Program
- Other Related Links
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Guidance Documents and Reports
- Diesel Fuel Pump Labeling Requirements and Ultra-low Sulfur Diesel Labeling and Downgrading Fact Sheets (PDF) (9 pp, 3.4M, January 2007)
- High Sulfur NRLM Credit Calculation Guidance (PDF) (5 pp, 67K, EPA420-B-07-001, January 2007)
- Questions and Answers on the Clean Diesel Fuel Rules (PDF) (136 pp, 700K, EPA420-B-06-010, July 2006)
New questions have been added to the document! Please see page ii for a list of the new and revised questions. - Fuels Programs company and facility ID master list (XLS) (99 pp; 1.7M; October 9, 2008) (To view this spreadsheet you might need: MS Excel reader.).
- Guidance on Mobile Facilities (PDF) (6 pp, 57K, EPA420-B-06-003, March 2006)
- Small Entity Compliance Guide for Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles Standards and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements (PDF) (22 pp, 737K, EPA420-B-05-006, September 2005)
- Small Entity Compliance Guide for Control of Emissions from Nonroad Diesel Engines and Fuel (PDF) (49 pp, 663K, EPA420-B-05-009, September 2005)
- Summary and Analysis of the 2003-2006 Diesel Fuel Pre-compliance Reports Any refiner or importer planning to produce or import highway and/or nonroad, locomotive and marine (NRLM) diesel fuel in 2006-2010 is required to submit to EPA pre-compliance reports. These documents provide a summary and analysis of the reports that were received in June 2003 through 2006.
Workshops
2005 Clean Diesel Fuel Implementation Workshop
The third Clean Diesel Fuel workshop, was held in Phoenix, Arizona on November 9 through 11, 2005. The workshop was again geared to refiners, pipeline operators, terminal operators, marketers and end-users of diesel fuel who may be subject to, or affected by, the low and ultra-low sulfur requirements for nonroad and highway diesel fuels.2004 Clean Diesel Fuel Implementation Workshop
This workshop, which was held on November 15 and 16, 2004, in New Orleans, Louisiana, was mainly geared to refiners, pipeline operators, terminal operators, marketers and end-users of diesel fuel who may be subject to, or affected by, the low and ultra-low sulfur requirements for nonroad and highway diesel fuels.2002 Clean Diesel Workshop
November 20-21, 2002, Houston, TexasSponsored by the National Petrochemicals and Refiners Association (NPRA), the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL), the Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Association (IFTOA), the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA), and the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA)
Fuel Registration and Reporting Forms
Fuel Registration and Reporting FormsA variety of EPA fuels programs, including the Highway Diesel and Nonroad Diesel programs, require submission of forms by parties in the fuel manufacturing and distribution industry. Some forms are used for registration of companies, facilities, and products; others are used for compliance reporting.
2005 US EPA ULSD Round Robin Test Program
This section contains the final report and presentations given of the results of the 2005 US EPA ULSD Round Robin Test Program. This test program was run in July and August 2005 with the goal of determining lab-to-lab variability of ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) sulfur test measurement methods for laboratories that had qualitied their sulfur test measurement methods with EPA per 40 CFR 80.584.- 2005 US EPA ULSD Round
Robin Test Program Final Report (PDF) (447 pages, 3.2M, December 2005)
This is the ULSD round robin test program results in report format as compiled by Southwest Research Institute. - EPA ULSD Qualification and Round Robin Test Program Results (PDF) (42 pp, 232K) (Presented at ASTM DO2 Norfolk, VA, December 2005)
This is a presentation of the ULSD round robin results given at the ASTM DO2 meeting in Norfolk, VA on December 6th, 2005. - EPA ULSD Qualification and Round Robin Test Program Results (PDF) (45 pp, 240K) (Presented at ULSD Implementation Workshop Phoenix, AZ, November 2005)
This is a presentation of the ULSD round robin results given at the API ULSD Implementation Workshop in Phoenix, AZ on November 10th, 2005. - EPA ULSD Round Robin Program Overview (PDF) (20 pp, 154K) (Presented at US EPA ULSD Round Robin Data Presentation with Industry Meeting, November 2005)
This is a presentation giving an overview of the ULSD round robin test program and was presented at the US EPA ULSD Round Robin Data Presentation with Industry Meeting in Ann Arbor, MI on November 1st, 2005. - EPA ULSD Round Robin Data Analysis Results (PDF) 119 pp, 659K) (Presented at US EPA ULSD Round Robin Data Presentation with Industry Meeting, November 2005)
This is a presentation giving an in depth review of the ULSD round robin test program results and was presented by Southwest Research Institute at the US EPA ULSD Round Robin Data Presentation with Industry Meeting in Ann Arbor, MI on November 1st, 2005.
Other Related Links
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR)- 40 CFR Part 80 Compilation of federal regulations of fuel and fuel additives, including diesel fuel. This link is to the Government Printing Office’s website.
- Clean Diesel Fuel Alliance Group of 22 industry, government, and consumer organizations working together to provide information on ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and cleaner-burning diesel cars, trucks and buses.
- For further information or assistance regarding this Web page, please contact the ASD Information Line at 734-214-4636 or e-mail: ASD Info. (asdinfo@epa.gov)