Fuels and Fuel Additives
Diesel Fuel: Compliance Help
Diesel Compliance Help
- Please visit the Diesel reporting page for forms and instructions for this regulation.
Diesel Fuel Q&As
- Please visit the Fuels and Fuel Additives Frequent Questions page for diesel fuel Q&As
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Guidance Documents and Reports
- Yellow Marker 2012 Transition Guidance (PDF) (2 pp, 507K, EPA420-F-12-031, June 2012)
- Diesel Fuel Dates Chart (PDF) (1 pp, 43K, EPA420-B-11-003, July 2011)
- Category 3 Marine and MARPOL Annex VI Fuel Sulfur Requirements (PDF) (1 pp, 33K, EPA420-B-11-002, July 2011)
- Diesel Fuel Dates for the State of Alaska (PDF) (1 pp, 33K, EPA-420-B-11-001, July 2011)
- 500 ppm Sulfur NRLM Credit Calculation Guidance (PDF) (1 pp, 195K, EPA-420-F-09-030, June 2009)
- Fact Sheet: Diesel Fuel Pump Labeling Requirements and Ultra-low Sulfur Diesel Labeling and Downgrading (PDF) (9 pp, 3.4M, January 2007)
- High Sulfur NRLM Credit Calculation Guidance (PDF) (5 pp, 67K, EPA420-B-07-001, January 2007)
- 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 Refiners and importers who produced or imported highway and/or nonroad, locomotive and marine (NRLM) diesel fuel in 2006-2010 were 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 US EPA ULSD Round Robin Test Program
EPA conducted a round robin test program in July and August 2005 with the goal of determining lab-to-lab variability of ULSD sulfur test measurement methods. Please see the links below for program presentations and results.
- 2005 US EPA ULSD Round
Robin Test Program Final Report (PDF) (447 pages, 3.2M, December 2005)
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 6, 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 10, 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 presented at the US EPA ULSD Round Robin Data Presentation with Industry Meeting in Ann Arbor, MI on November 1, 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 presented by Southwest Research Institute at the US EPA ULSD Round Robin Data Presentation with Industry Meeting in Ann Arbor, MI on November 1, 2005.
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