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Topic: CA Bans Race Gas. * Pulled from another site*
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adower
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Typical of the California Air Resources Board, the selling of non approved fuel to a street legal vehicle can now be considered a crime. Sorry that it is so long. But if you drive to the track you will no longer be allowed to buy fuel. If you trailer to the track you can.
SALES, SUPPLY, AND USE REQUIREMENTS
The purpose of this advisory is to inform refiners, blenders, importers, and distributors of racing fuel of the regulations and requirements concerning the supply, sales, and use of gasoline used in racing vehicles (referred to herein as "racing fuel" or "racing gasoline") in California. This advisory applies only to motor vehicles. See the definition of "motor vehicle" below.
The California Reformulated Gasoline Regulations (RFG) found in Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Sections 2250-2273.5 require California gasoline sold, offered for sale, supplied or offered for supply as a motor vehicle fuel to meet certain and specific chemical content and physical property specifications, including, essentially, a zero lead (Pb) content requirement.
"Supply" means to provide or transfer a product to a physically separate facility, vehicle, or transportation system. Thus, any person in the marketing chain, including an end user / purchaser fueling his own vehicle, is supplying gasoline and is subject to the California RFG Regulations.
"Motor vehicle" is defined as a self-propelled vehicle in section 415 of the California Vehicle Code. Therefore, racing vehicles are by definition motor vehicles. Please note that boats and airplanes are not defined as motor vehicles.
"Racing vehicle" is defined as a competition vehicle not used on public highways. Further, if you can drive it to the track, it is not a racing vehicle. Racing vehicles are exempted from California Air Resources Board (CARB) vehicular air pollution control requirements in section 43001 of the California Health and Safety Code. Racing fuel (gasoline used in racing vehicles), however, is not exempt from the California RFG requirements except as provided in Section 2261(f) of the CCR.
Section 2261(f) specifically provides, in part, that sub-article 2 (Standards for Gasoline) and section 2253.4 (Lead/Phosphorus in Gasoline) "shall not apply to gasoline where the person selling, offering or supplying the gasoline demonstrates as an affirmative defense that the person has taken reasonably prudent precautions to assure that the gasoline is used only in racing vehicles."
CARB considers gasoline (leaded or unleaded) used in racing vehicles for testing, practice, or actual competition for and during a sanctioned racing event to be exempt from the reformulated gasoline (RFG) specifications. Competition vehicles driven to a racing event on a public highway rather than being transported on a trailer or other carrier are not racing vehicles. Motor vehicles used for work, pleasure, or recreation, i.e. cars, trucks, 4X4’s, motorcycles, dirt bikes, ATV’s, dune buggies, sand rails, and other vehicles not strictly used for racing events, are not racing vehicles and gasoline used in these vehicles is not exempt from California RFG requirements. Therefore, it is illegal to sell, offer for sale, supply, and offer for supply non-complying racing fuel (leaded and unleaded) for motor vehicles in California except in competition racing vehicles. Many refiners, blenders, and distributors of racing fuel sell and supply a "street legal" high octane unleaded gasoline (racing fuel) blend that complies with the specifications for California RFG. This complying racing ED – Form #075 (Rev. 07/04) ED – Form #075 (Rev. 07/04)
Leaded and unleaded racing fuel that does not meet the California RFG specifications (non-complying racing gasoline) can only be sold, offered for sale, offered for supply, or supplied for use in true, competition racing vehicles. The retailer, i.e. service station, speed shop, auto parts store, fuel distributor, and race track fuel dispensing facility, etc., who is selling or supplying this non-complying gasoline must "take reasonable prudent precautions to assure that the gasoline will be used only in racing vehicles." If the vehicle this fuel is to be used in is registered or licensed for on-road or off-road use, this usually indicates that non-complying racing fuel cannot be used in it and the sale or supply of the fuel should not take place. CARB will consider this and all other relevant circumstances to determine if "reasonable prudent precautions" were followed in any particular case. In evaluating whether "reasonable and prudent precautions" were followed, CARB will consider whether the retailer kept a record of each sale of non-complying racing gasoline and whether each sales record contains the following information:
Date of Fuel Purchase
Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Purchaser / User
Brand, Name, and Grade (octane rating) of Fuel Purchased
Type or Description of Vehicle(s) to be Fueled
Is the vehicle(s) to be fueled registered or licensed for on-road use?
Is the vehicle(s) to be fueled registered or licensed for off-road use?
License Number and VIN, if any, of Vehicle(s) to be Fueled
Name of Sanctioned Racing Event
Date of Event
Name of Racing Association or Sanctioning Body
Racing Association or Sanctioning Body Membership ID Number
Signature under penalty of perjury that the gasoline will be used only in the above racing vehicle(s) for the above sanctioned racing event
Refiners, blenders, importers, and distributors must also take "reasonable prudent precautions" and prove that adequate steps have been taken to limit sales of non-complying racing fuel to racing vehicles, exclusively. CARB will consider, but is not limited to, the following to be reasonable prudent precautions: import notifications, production reporting, labeling, record keeping, distributor training, and providing customer education materials. The requirement to take reasonable prudent precautions applies to all shipments of non-complying racing fuel regardless of container size, i.e. railcars, cargo tanks, barrels, drums, cans, etc. Specifically for importers and in-state refiners and blenders, in addition to the above, reasonable prudent precautions should include notification to CARB of the import shipment or in-state production, and labeling of each batch and container of non-complying racing gasoline. Refiners, blenders, importers, and distributors may enter into an enforcement protocol with CARB or modify their existing protocol as appropriate.
Bulk containers, including but not limited to railcars, cargo tanks, barrels, drums, and cans, as well as bills of lading, delivery tickets, and invoices for all shipments of non-complying racing fuel offered or supplied for sale and use in California must be conspicuously labeled with the following:
Legal For Use ONLY In Competition Racing Vehicles
Not Legal For Use In Any Other Motor Vehicle
Letters or statements included with shipping documents outlining the legal uses of the racing fuel, instructions sent to distributors and retailers concerning legal sales and use of racing fuel, or other specific steps outlined in a new or modified enforcement protocol with CARB Enforcement Division, are additional ways for refiners, blenders, importers, and distributors to comply with the taking "reasonable prudent precautions" requirement. CARB will evaluate whether all of the information discussed in this Advisory #397 is included in the records. The absence of such records or records that lack the above information argue against "reasonable and prudent precautions" having been taken.
[ February 17, 2010, 08:39 PM: Message edited by: adower ]
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Originally posted by 90gtvert:
Fuck California, I swear the Smog nazis are fucking assholes.
Yep and the jerks passing these laws fly in private jets that our tax money pays for.... If you think about it politics is like porn.... They get paid to fuck people and we pay to watch ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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I have no intenions of keeping anyones parts or taking anyones money.
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from reading the law, it looks like it's only banned for use on the street but okay at a track..like nitrous....so you'll still see it sold but don't get caught using it on the street.....
[ February 17, 2010, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: jordan_0806 ]
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lead gas has been banned for street use for long time.
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adower
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Originally posted by jordan_0806:
from reading the law, it looks like it's only banned for use on the street but okay at a track..like nitrous....so you'll still see it sold but don't get caught using it on the street.....
If you can drive your car to the track you cannot buy it from what the article says.
Legal For Use ONLY In Competition Racing Vehicles
Not Legal For Use In Any Other Motor Vehicle
Motor vehicle = car driven on the road
[ February 17, 2010, 09:14 PM: Message edited by: adower ]
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Originally posted by adower:
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Originally posted by jordan_0806:
from reading the law, it looks like it's only banned for use on the street but okay at a track..like nitrous....so you'll still see it sold but don't get caught using it on the street.....
If you can drive your car to the track you cannot buy it from what the article says.
Legal For Use ONLY In Competition Racing Vehicles
Not Legal For Use In Any Other Motor Vehicle
Motor vehicle = car driven on the road
if it has a motor an can be driven it's a motor vehicle
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slidewayz94
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Originally posted by adower:
In evaluating whether "reasonable and prudent precautions" were followed, CARB will consider whether the retailer kept a record of each sale of non-complying racing gasoline and whether each sales record contains the following information:
Date of Fuel Purchase
Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Purchaser / User
Brand, Name, and Grade (octane rating) of Fuel Purchased
Type or Description of Vehicle(s) to be Fueled
Is the vehicle(s) to be fueled registered or licensed for on-road use?
Is the vehicle(s) to be fueled registered or licensed for off-road use?
License Number and VIN, if any, of Vehicle(s) to be Fueled
Name of Sanctioned Racing Event
Date of Event
Name of Racing Association or Sanctioning Body
Racing Association or Sanctioning Body Membership ID Number
Signature under penalty of perjury that the gasoline will be used only in the above racing vehicle(s) for the above sanctioned racing event
what about fuel for a raceboat ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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racsirx
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My race car is registered and insured so I can legally load and unload my Coupe from the trailer, now I cant run race gas in it! I learned the hard way, even though it is a track only Mustang, about the laws and liabilities about insurance and current registration, after getting my Coupe hit by a drunk driver, after unloading it from the trailer. These laws are getting crazy.
[ February 17, 2010, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: racsirx ]
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California is so phucking ridiculous! Buying race gas is going to be like buying a gun now. They want retailers to take down VIN's, plates and all that other info as well? Find something else to do with your time, tree huggers!
Just like firearms, if they can't make them illigal, they will tax the hell out of it and make the retailers deal with so much paperwork that it isn't worth the trouble anymore.
Guess I am just going to buy race gas by the 55 gallon drum now instead of by the gallon at the track.
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Anybody have a direct link to this?
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you can thank democrats and liberal thinking. Most california votes for these fucking idiots. It's NOT SMOG NAZIS IT LIBERALS!
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Time to switch over to E85.
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Here is a direct link: http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/advs/advs397.pdf
This does not apply to planes or boats, just 'motor vehicles'. On-road or off-road doesn't matter. What they are separating out are 'competition vehicles' which can still buy non-conforming race gas.
The 100 octane gas available at some VP Racing and Union 76 stations is probably 'conforming' meaning it meets CARB requirements and still can be sold to anyone. That 112 leaded fuel is obviously not conforming.
It also says that if the car has plates on it, it is a street car and does not qualify. Of course the strange part of this law is since you can't drive a competition vehicle on the street, you have to provide all this extra information and sign a piece of paper before you can buy it.
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Originally posted by racsirx:
My race car is registered and insured so I can legally load and unload my Coupe from the trailer
That's a waste of money for a track only car. It's extremely unlikely a cop will give you a ticket just to drive the car onto the trailer. Convert it to non-op, remove the plates, and get a 'parking, paddock and transport' insurance policy.
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I agree, but I got hit by a drunk driver, after unloading and it didnt have current registration and insurance so his insurance said they didnt have to pay me for my damage.
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Man... My girl works for the California Air Resources Board... i blame her...
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That sucks, just remember we have a chance to get rid of atleast one of the people responsible for all this BS this November.
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