Gasoline with a different composition from conventional gasoline (e.g., lower aromatics content) that cuts air pollutants.
Reformulated gasoline is a cleaner-burning gasoline that reduces smog and other air pollution. Federal law mandates the sale of reformulated gasoline in nine metropolitan areas with the worst ozone smog: Baltimore, Chicago, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, and San Diego. Some other cities voluntarily require reformulated gasoline. About 20 to 25 percent of the gasoline sold in the United States is reformulated. It has the same effect on the environment as taking seven million cars off the road, according to EPA. Reserves An economically recoverable quantity of crude oil and gas that has not yet been produced from reservoirs.
Specially refined gasoline that emits lower levels of EPA-designated hazardous air pollutants when burned. The 1990 Clean Air Act requires the sale of reformulated gasoline in the nine areas of the U.S. with the highest ozone levels.
Reformulated gasoline (RFG) is a cleaner-burning blend of gasoline that reduces motor fuel emissions. While RFG contains the same ingredients found in conventional gasoline, it reduces some of the more harmful, toxic compounds and adds more combustible, cleaner-burning compounds. As a result, RFG can be efficiently, safely and cost-effectively used in today's cars—using the same refueling methods and with no appreciable difference on vehicle performance. Since its introduction in January 1995, RFG has eliminated approximately 300 million tons of pollution from the nation's atmosphere. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
a cleaner form of gasoline, providing significant reductions in emissions of ozone-forming and toxic air pollutants.
A cleaner-burning gasoline that has had its compositions and/or characteristics altered to reduce vehicular emissions of pollutants. It was sold in California beginning in 1996 with the oxygenate additive MTBE.
An advanced type of motor gasoline formulated to produce lower environmental emissions than conventional gasolines.
Gasoline that is blended so that, on average, it significantly reduces volatile organic compounds and air toxics emissions relative to conventional gasolines.
Gasolines that have had their compositions and/or characteristics altered to reduce vehicular emissions of pollutants, particularly pursuant to the EPA regulations under the CAA.
Gasoline which is specially manufactured to reduce the harmful emissions that produce smog.
1) Gasoline whose composition has been changed to meet performance specifications regarding ozone-forming tendencies and release of toxic substances into the air from both evaporation and tailpipe emissions. Reformulated gasoline includes oxygenates and, compared with gasoline sold in 1990, has a lower content of olefins, aromatics, volatile components, and heavy hydrocarbons. 2) Gasoline specifically developed to reduce undesirable combustion products.
Gasoline formulated for use in motor vehicles, the composition and properties of which meet the requirements of the reformulated gasoline regulations promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Section 211K of the Clean Air Act.
Specially refined gasoline with low levels of smog-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants. The 1990 Clean Air Act requires sale of reformulated gasoline in the nine smoggiest areas in the U.S.
Gasoline whose composition has been changed, from that of gasolines sold in 1990, to (1) include oxygenates, (2) reduce the content of olefins, aromatics and volatile components, and (3) reduce the content of heavy hydrocarbons to meet performance specifications for ozone-forming tendency and for release of toxic substances (benzene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, 1,3-butadiene, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) into the air from both evaporation and tailpipe emissions.