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Originally posted by jljones:
Here we are seeing $3.70 a gallon. This is down from 3.79. In standard response to the price of oil dropping, it’s went down a few cents here or there. Even though when oil increased the same amount, the prices jumped .30-.40 cents at a time. The “replacement cost” scam.

In pointing this out, the oil pundits paint you are angry and unreasonable. That’s the biggest way to tell that it’s a scam.

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Nationwide

On April 30, 2026, EPA, in consultation with U.S. Department of Energy and in accordance with the Clean Air Act, extended a waiver for an additional 20 days regarding Federal enforcement of state level fuel controls under 40 CFR 1090.215. Effective May 4, 2026, until May 23, 2026, EPA is waiving federal enforcement of all state “boutique” fuel requirements for gasoline. In the same waiver letter, the EPA also extended a separate five-day waiver of summertime RVP controls from May 1 for Cheboygan County in Michigan to address a fuel supply disruption created by extensive flooding in the area.

The Agency has received several questions about our waiver actions:

1. Will a transition period be provided once the waivers expire?
The most recent version of EPA’s waiver actions includes language which states, “Any gasoline meeting the conditions of this waiver that was introduced into domestic pipelines or which has been certified at the fuel manufacturing facility gate or import facility , prior to the expiration date of an element of this waiver, as demonstrated by either the product transfer documents or certificates of analysis, may be distributed and sold in subject areas in the designated states until the volume identified on the PTDs or COAs is depleted. All other requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 1090 not explicitly waived still apply for this period.” EPA intends to include similar language in subsequent waiver extensions should such extensions prove necessary.

2. Do States need to take separate actions to effectuate the fuel waiver?
They may, and many already have. States that have adopted fuel standards under consumer protection and/or air quality statutes may need to waive those provisions in State code to enable implementation of the Federal waiver in the States. We strongly encourage States to take such action as soon as possible to achieve the intent of the waiver which is to allow the production and distribution of a single national gasoline pool with 9 to 15 percent ethanol content at a common Reid Vapor Pressure standard of 10 psi.

3. Can butane and/or pentane be blended into gasoline, including Reformulated Gasoline, under this waiver?
In addition to extending the prior waiver of the butane and pentane blending requirements of 40 C.F.R. 1090.220(e), in its latest waiver action EPA is also conditionally waiving certain reporting requirements to better define and effectuate the butane and pentane blending element of our prior waiver action. EPA is conditionally waiving the testing requirement in 40 CFR 1090.1320(b)(1), and the per batch RVP reporting requirement at 40 CFR 1090.905(c)(5)(ii)(E), provided the following conditions are met. First, fuel produced under the terms of the waiver must still be reported but can be reported in batch sizes up to one batch per month. As a condition of the waiver, the certified butane blender (or certified pentane blender) must maintain an inline analyzer to monitor the blend of butane into gasoline and ensure the blended fuel meets the 9.0 psi RVP requirement for E0 or the 10.0 psi RVP requirement for E10 or E15. In addition, the certified butane blender (or certified pentane blender) must perform weekly oversight and recordkeeping to document the oversight in accordance with API 1640 Section 16.3. Lastly, where this waiver allowance is utilized, the RVP test method field on the batch report form (STR0200) must use the following text “2026 Summer RVP Waiver.”

4. Can CBOB meeting the RVP standard under this waiver be redesignated as RBOB without retesting the fuel to demonstrate it meets the RVP limit?
Yes, EPA interprets the provisions of 40 C.F.R. 1090.1010(b)(2)(iii) to allow redesignation of gasoline meeting the requirements of this waiver without recertification since the applicable RVP limit for Conventional Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending and Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending and for finished conventional gasoline and reformulated gasoline are the same under the terms of the waiver action. For purposes of this waiver, distributors meet the redesignation requirement under 40 C.F.R. 1090.1010(b)(2)(v) by using the RVP value of the batch as determined by the fuel manufacturer at the refinery gate.

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Originally posted by NapoleonSolo:
We are at 5.00 a gallon in Indiana. Just wow.

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Originally posted by P229Superman:
Was just hit with $4.79 in central Ohio this evening.

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Originally posted by NapoleonSolo:
We are at 5.00 a gallon in Indiana. Just wow.