An official website of the United States government.

This is not the current EPA website. To navigate to the current EPA website, please go to www.epa.gov. This website is historical material reflecting the EPA website as it existed on January 19, 2021. This website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work. More information »

Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help

Kerosene with a sulfur level in excess of 15 ppm can be blended with ULSD up to a max of 1% volume provided it does not alter the quality specs of the ULSD (and sulfur level of the ULSD does not exceed 15 ppm). I assume because of the 1% volume limitation

No, this is not correct. Kerosene that is blended with ULSD must meet the 15 ppm standard, as stated in § 80.525.

Kerosene is not an additive ((per § 80.2(xx)), nor is it considered as such with respect to the 1% additive blending provisions. § 80.525 states that kerosene blended with MVNRLM must meet the applicable standard of the MVNRLM.

The accompanying PTD must also state that the kerosene meets the applicable standard, and the kerosene blender must have test results indicating that the kerosene complies with that standard.

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)