§ 80.606 - What national security exemption applies to fuels covered under this subpart?

§ 80.606 What national security exemption applies to fuels covered under this subpart?

(a) The standards of all the fuels listed in paragraph (b) of this section do not apply to fuel that is produced, imported, sold, offered for sale, supplied, offered for supply, stored, dispensed, or transported for use in any of the following:

(1) Tactical military motor vehicles or tactical military nonroad engines, vehicles or equipment, including locomotive and marine, having an EPA national security exemption from the motor vehicle emission standards under 40 CFR 85.1708, or from the nonroad engine emission standards under 40 CFR part 89, 92, 94, 1042, or 1068.

(2) Tactical military motor vehicles or tactical military nonroad engines, vehicles or equipment, including locomotive and marine, that are not subject to a national security exemption from vehicle or engine emissions standards as described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section but, for national security purposes (for purposes of readiness for deployment oversees), need to be fueled on the same fuel as the vehicles, engines, or equipment for which EPA has granted such a national security exemption.

(b) The exempt fuel must meet any of the following:

(1) The motor vehicle diesel fuel standards of § 80.520(a)(1), (a)(2), and (c).

(2) The nonroad, locomotive, and marine diesel fuel standards of § 80.510(a), (b), and (c).

(3) The 1,000 ppm ECA marine fuel standards of § 80.510(k).

(c) The exempt fuel must meet all the following conditions:

(1) It must be accompanied by product transfer documents as required under § 80.590.

(2) It must be segregated from non-exempt MVNRLM diesel fuel and ECA marine fuel at all points in the distribution system.

(3) It must be dispensed from a fuel pump stand, fueling truck or tank that is labeled with the appropriate designation of the fuel, such as “JP-5” or “JP-8”.

(4) It may not be used in any motor vehicles or nonroad engines, equipment or vehicles, including locomotive and marine, other than the vehicles, engines, and equipment referred to in paragraph (a) of this section.

[69 FR 39201, June 29, 2004, as amended at 75 FR 22975, Apr. 30, 2010]