Final Rule for Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources - 40 CFR Parts 59, 80, 85, and 86
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Rule Summary
Hazardous air pollutants, also known as air toxics, include benzene and other hydrocarbons such as 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, and naphthalene. The final standards will significantly lower emissions of benzene and the other air toxics in three ways: (1) by lowering benzene content in gasoline; (2) by reducing exhaust emissions from passenger vehicles operated at cold temperatures (under 75 degrees); and (3) by reducing emissions that evaporate from, and permeate through, portable fuel containers.
- Final Rule (PDF)(144 pp, 1.1 MB, published February 26, 2007)
Rule History
Proposed Rule and Related Materials
A proposed rule to control gasoline, passenger vehicles, and portable gasoline containers (gas cans) that would significantly reduce emissions of benzene and other hazardous air pollutants (‘‘mobile source air toxics’’).
- Proposed Rule (PDF) (161 pp, 15 MB, published March 29, 2006)
Additional Resources
Fact Sheet
- Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources - Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources (PDF)(5 pp, 183 K, EPA-420-F-07-017, February 2007)