gotta' love Wikipedia, eh? anyone can write *anything* there! ;-)
for example, it's not clear from the excerpt that the initial date
was pushed out (at least once) in some places, or that it wasn't the
same everywhere.
like so many things, it just warn't that simple. here's one example
from the early timeline, and some notes:
United States (except California)
On-Highway Diesel Fuel
Refinery
< 15ppm by June 1, 2006
Terminal
< 15ppm by September 1, 2006
Retail
< 15ppm by October 15, 2006
Off-Road / Locomotive & Marine Fuel
< 500ppm by June 1, 2007
California
On-Highway, Off-Road, & Fixed Equipment Diesel Fuel
Refinery
< 15ppm by June 1, 2006
Terminal
< 15ppm by July 15, 2006
Retail
< 15ppm by September 1, 2006
Intra-State Locomotive / Marine Harbor Craft Fuel
< 15ppm by January 1, 2007
Canada
On-Highway Diesel Fuel
Refinery
< 15ppm by June 1, 2006
Retail
< 22ppm by September 1, 2006
< 15ppm by October 15, 2006
Off-Road / Locomotive & Marine Fuel
< 500ppm by June 1, 2007
Notes:
- Canada had no regulatory compliance date for when the terminals must
be transitioned to ULSD.
- California mandated a tighter timeline for the introduction of S15 at
the terminal and retail level. They also chose to require ULSD to be
used in all vehicles (e.g. both on-highway and off-road) as opposed to
EPA's initial requirement that S15 must be used in only on-highway vehicles.
- California has mandated that ULSD be the only fuel available.
Therefore, the EPA has exempted California from labeling dispenser pumps.
- Still, not all #2 is ULSD; Data from EPA's ULSD pump survey
<http://www.clean-diesel.org/pump_survey.html> from the Fourth Quarter
of 2006 through the First Quarter of 2008, indicate that nearly 97
percent of highway diesel fuel pumps are now dispensing Ultra Low Sulfur
Diesel (ULSD).
seems like not everyone has he complete story, but this is a good
place to start:
http://www.clean-diesel.org/
cheers!
e
relng...@aol.com wrote:
...when it went into effect depends on where you are, and what type of
vehicles you're referring to; the implementation wasn't the same for all
vehicle types or the same in all states...
I was wrong. It was 2006. That's why MB was able to introduce the 2007
E-Class Bluetec.
Stolen from Wikipedia:
"The EPA deadline for industry compliance to a 15 ppm sulfur content was
originally set for July 15, 2006 for distribution terminals, and by September 1,
2006 for retail. <<<Big snip>>> As of December, 2006, the ULSD standard has
been in effect according to the amended schedule, and compliance at retail
locations was reported to be in place."
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