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If a pipeline or terminal has test results indicating that motor vehicle diesel fuel sulfur content is 15 ppm and EPA tests show the sulfur content is greater than 18 ppm, would the pipeline's tests be an acceptable defense, or would the EPA's test result

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EPA would treat this as a violation.

Question and Answer was originally posted at Questions and Answers on the Clean Diesel Fuel Rules (PDF)(135 pp, 888 K, EPA420-B-06-010, July 2006, About PDF)

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If a pipeline or terminal has test results indicating that motor vehicle diesel fuel sulfur content is 15 ppm and EPA tests show the sulfur content is greater than 18 ppm, would the pipeline's tests be an acceptable defense, or would the EPA's test result

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