EPA to Offer Incentives to Hurry ULSD to Market
he Environmental Protection Agency said it would give fuel refiners incentives to increase production of ultra-low-sulfur diesel ahead of schedule so that pipeline companies and fuel retailers can test their distribution systems.
Some pipelines have said they did not have enough ULSD in their systems to determine whether ULSD meets EPA’s standard of 15 parts per million when it is delivered to customers, EPA said.
“The purpose of this change was to help facilitate the transition to ULSD by providing greater incentive for early production,” EPA Spokesman Justin Cohen told Transport Topics.