(a) Research, development, and testing exemptions. Any detergent that is either in a research, development, or test status, or is sold to petroleum, automobile, engine, or component manufacturers for research, development, or test purposes, or any gasoline to be used by, or under the control of, petroleum, additive, automobile, engine, or component manufacturers for research, development, or test purposes, is exempted from the provisions of the detergent certification program, provided that:

(1) The detergent (or fuel containing the detergent), or the gasoline, is kept segregated from non-exempt product, and the party possessing the product maintains documentation identifying the product as research, development, or testing detergent or fuel, as applicable, and stating that it is to be used only for research, development, or testing purposes; and

(2) The detergent (or fuel containing the detergent), or the gasoline, is not sold, dispensed, or transferred, or offered for sale, dispensing, or transfer, from a retail outlet. It shall also not be sold, dispensed, or transferred or offered for sale, dispensing, or transfer from a wholesale purchaser-consumer facility, unless such facility is associated with detergent, fuel, automotive, or engine research, development or testing; and

(3) The party using the product for research, development, or testing purposes, or the party sponsoring this usage, notifies the EPA, on at least an annual basis and prior to the use of the product, of the purpose(s) of the program(s) in which the product will be used and the anticipated volume of the product to be used. The information must be submitted to the address or fax number specified in §80.174(c).

(b) Racing fuel and aviation fuel exemptions. Any fuel that is refined, sold, dispensed, transferred, or offered for sale, dispensing, or transfer as automotive racing fuel or as aircraft engine fuel, is exempted from the provisions of this subpart, provided that:

(1) The fuel is kept segregated from non-exempt fuel, and the party possessing the fuel for the purposes of refining, selling, dispensing, transferring, or offering for sale, dispensing, or transfer as automotive racing fuel or as aircraft engine fuel, maintains documentation identifying the product as racing fuel, restricted for non-highway use in racing motor vehicles, or as aviation fuel, restricted for use in aircraft, as applicable;

(2) Each pump stand at a regulated party's facility, from which such fuel is dispensed, is labeled with the applicable fuel identification and use restrictions described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; and

(3) The fuel is not sold, dispensed, transferred, or offered for sale, dispensing, or transfer for highway use in a motor vehicle.

(c) California gasoline exemptions.

(1) Gasoline or PRC which is additized in the State of California is exempt from the VAR provisions in §§80.168 (b) and (e) and 80.170, provided that:

(i) For all such gasoline or PRC, whether intended for sale within or outside of California, records of the type required for California gasoline (specified in title 13, California Code of Regulations, section 2257) are maintained; and

(ii) Such records, with the exception of daily additization records, are maintained for a period of five years from the date they were created and are delivered to EPA upon request.

(2) Gasoline or PRC that is transferred and/or sold solely within the State of California is exempt from the PTD provisions of the detergent certification program, specified in §§80.168(c) and 80.171.

(3) Nothing in this paragraph (c) exempts such gasoline or PRC from the requirements of §80.168 (a) and (e), as applicable. EPA will base its determination of California gasoline's conformity with the detergent's LAC on the additization records required by CARB, or records of the same type.

[61 FR 35380, July 5, 1996]