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newsrel -- Greater Use of Ethanol in California
Posted: 15 Jun 2007 10:35:03
Please consider the following Air Resources Board press release announcing the changes to the regulations guiding the processes for refining gasoline sold in California. You can review the release online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/nr061507.htm . Thank You Dimitri Stanich ARB/PIO _________________________________________________________________ Release 07-22 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15, 2007 CONTACT: Gennet Paauwe Dimitri Stanich (916) 322-2990 www.arb.ca.gov Groundwork Begun for Greater Use of Ethanol in California's Gasoline Fresno: The California Air Resources Board (ARB) approved changes to its reformulated gasoline regulations and the predictive model, a tool used by oil refining companies to formulate lower-emitting gasoline in California. Refinements to the predictive model include the greater use of ethanol. "Clean fuels are essential to reaching healthy air goals in California," said ARB Chairman, Dr. Robert Sawyer. "This action helps fuel providers develop the optimum formula for the cleanest burning gasoline, and it allows ARB to forecast emissions from vehicles throughout the state. The greater use of ethanol in the formulas will also reduce global warming emissions." The predictive model is a set of mathematical equations that relate exhaust rates of hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and toxics to values of eight regulated properties in gasoline. This in turn is used by refiners to assure that their fuels obtain the required emissions reductions. This gives refiners flexibility in meeting emission limits defined in ARB regulations. The new predictive model better accounts for widespread use of ethanol and will allow increased use in California's gasoline as part of Governor's Schwarzenegger's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) executive order. The goal of the LCFS is to ensure that the mix of fuel sold in California market deliver, on average, lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. By 2020, the LCFS is expected to produce at least a 10 percent reduction in the carbon content, replace 20 percent of our on-road fuels with lower carbon alternatives, and more than triple the size of the state's renewable fuels market. For more information on the predictive model see: http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/gasoline/premodel/pmdevelop.htm For more information on the LCFS see: http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/5074/ The Air Resources Board is a department of the California Environmental Protection Agency. ARB's mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and considering effects on the economy. The ARB oversees all air pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain health based air quality standards. #####
