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Public Workshop
Proposed Modifications to theClean Fuels Regulations
Regarding Clean Fuel Outlets
March 18, 1999March 18, 1999
California Environmental Protection Agency
Air Resources Board
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Presentation Overview
• Why Are We Proposing Changes?
• Current Clean Fuels Regulations
• Proposed Modifications
• Impacts of the Proposed Modifications
• Summary
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Why Are We Proposing Changes?
• To update the regulations
• To remove obsolete sections
• To streamline reporting requirements for affected industry and ARB
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Current Clean Fuels Regulations
• The clean fuel regulations are comprised of the following:
– Retail outlet requirements
– Amenity requirements
– Retail availability requirements
– Reporting requirements
Current Regulations
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Retail Outlet Requirements
• Require that certain owner/lessors equip an appropriate number of their stations to dispense a clean fuel
– No requirements until there are 20,000 vehicles
– The number of stations required is based on the fueling demand of non-fleet vehicles
Current Regulations
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Retail Outlet Requirements, Con’t
• Affected owners are determined based on the number of retail gasoline stations they own/operate in the State
• Affected owners may comply with their clean fuel outlet requirements by:
– Use existing facilities
– Site new facilities
– Constructive allocation of an existing facility meeting the amenities requirements
Current Regulations
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Amenity Requirements
• Compared to gasoline, the designated clean fuel must:
– Have similar accessibility and visibility
– Be substantially as well marked, identified and lit
– Provide substantially the same access to customer services
– Certain gasoline station owner/lessors must also provide a training program for attendants and have attendants on hand to answer motorist’s questions
Current Regulations
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Retail Availability Requirements
• Operator must store a commercially reasonable volume of fuel
• Fuel must be available for sale during all times gasoline is being offered for sale
Current Regulations
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Reporting Requirements
• Retail gasoline owners/lessors must annually report the number of retail gasoline outlets they own or operate
• Fleet operators must annually report the number of LEVs they expect to operate and the volume of fuel they expect those vehicles to use
• Clean fuels distributors must quarterly report the volumes of clean fuels they have produced or distributed
• Automobile manufacturers annually report their past and current LEV vehicle production
Current Regulations
Proposed Modifications
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Clean-up/Minor Modifications
• Remove the obsolete sections pertaining to the years 1994 - 1996
• Change the ARB’s biannual reporting to affected parties to once per year, to be issued by October 31
• Delay reporting requirements for retail gasoline owners/lessors, fleets and clean fuel distributors until such time as the information is needed
Proposed Modifications
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Vehicle Trigger Calculation
• Change the vehicle trigger calculation to discount fleet operated vehicles by 75 percent
– These vehicles are currently removed from the clean fuel volume calculation
• Define fleet as:– 15 vehicles operating on the same fuel under the
same ownership
Proposed Modifications
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Net Fuel Volume Calculation
Once the 20,000 vehicle trigger is reached:
• Include discounted fleet vehicles in fuel volume calculation
• Do not discount dual-fueled/FFV vehicles in fuel volume calculation*
Proposed Modifications
* Only includes those vehicles that are certified to a more stringent emission standard on a clean fuel than on gasoline.
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Determine Number of Clean Fuel Outlets Required
• Use an average annual outlet throughput of 300,000 gasoline equivalent gallons (geg) during initial years of the program
• Increase throughput to 600,000 geg once 5 percent of the retail gasoline outlets in the State offer the clean fuel for sale
• Subtract any existing public facilities meeting the amenity requirements from the number of clean fuel outlets required
Proposed Modifications
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ARB Executive Officer Adjustments
• Add provisions to allow the ARB Executive Officer to adjust the calculated number of clean fuel outlets required up or down
– Any person may petition the ARB Executive Officer to further modify the required number of clean fuel outlets based on additional information
– Adjustments would be between a maximum and minimum level
Proposed Modifications
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Amenities Requirements
• Simplify the amenity requirements and create two sets of standards for clean fuel outlets
– Retail Gasoline Outlets» Clean fuel dispensing equipment have the same amenities as
provided for the gasoline dispensing equipment
» Post in a conspicuous and convenient location directions illustrating the use of the clean fuel dispensing equipment
– Non-retail Gasoline Outlets» Facility must be publicly accessible and safe
» Customer must be able to pay for fuel purchases without having to arrange for an account with the outlet owner
» Post in a conspicuous and convenient location directions illustrating the use of the clean fuel dispensing equipment
Proposed Modifications
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Sunset Provision
• Add a sunset provision that would remove the requirements to install clean fuel outlets for a particular clean fuel when 10 percent of the retail gasoline stations in the State have made that particular clean fuel available for purchase
Proposed Modifications
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Impacts of the Proposed Modifications
• Should result in no additional costs and could likely provide some cost savings to affected parties
– More accurate determination of LEV clean fuel volume
– Allow more existing facilities to qualify as clean fuel outlets
– Delay reporting requirements– Sunset the regulations
• May delay the date that the vehicle trigger will be reached
Impacts
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Summary
• The proposed modifications will allow the Clean Fuels Program to more accurately and effectively determine the fuel demand of alternatively fueled LEVs
• The proposed modifications will continue to support the ARB’s LEV program and potential fuel cell vehicles
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