Highway, Nonroad, Locomotive, and Marine Diesel Fuel Sulfur Standards

	Regulated Entity	Covered Fuel	Per-gallon Maximum Sulfur Level by Year (ppm)
	Regulated Entity	Covered Fuel	2006^a	2007^b	2008	2009	2010^c,d	2011	2012	2013	2014
Federal	Large Refiners & Importers	Highway	80% 15 20% 500				15
	Small Refiners	Highway	500				15
	Large Refiners & Importers	NR	-	500	500	500	15	15	15	15	15
		LM	-	500	500	500	500	500	15	15	15
		NRLM with Credits^e	-	HS	HS	HS	500	500	500	500	15
	Small Refiners	NRLM^f	-	HS	HS	HS	500	500	500	500	15
	Transmix Processor & In-use	NR^e	-	HS	HS	HS	500	500	500	500	15
	Transmix Processor & In-use	LM^e	-	HS	HS	HS	500	500	500	500	500

Notes:

a For highway diesel fuel, standards are effective June 1 for refiners/importers, September 1 for pipelines and terminals, and October 15 for retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers. Anti-downgrading provisions effective October 16, 2006.

b For Nonroad, Locomotive, and Marine (NRLM) diesel fuel, standards are effective June 1 for refiners; downstream requirements apply for Northeast/Mid-Atlantic area only (August 1 for terminals, October 1 for retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers, and December 1 for in-use).

c For highway diesel fuel, standards are effective June 1 for refiners/importers, October 1 for pipelines and terminals, and December 1 for retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers.

d For NRLM diesel fuel, standards are effective June 1 for refiners, August 1 for terminals, October 1 for retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers, and December 1 for in-use.

e Excluding the Northeast and Alaska.

f Excluding the Northeast, with approval in Alaska.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) citation:

40 CFR 80 Subpart I

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