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B-336087 Mar 15, 2024 1 (2024-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqan0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-336087 March 15, 2024 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Chair The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: Request from States for Removal of Gasoline Volatility Waiver Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entitled Request from States for Removal of Gasoline Volatility Waiver (RIN: 2060-AV73). We received the rule on February 27, 2024. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on February 29, 2024. 89 Fed. Reg. 14760. The effective date is April 29, 2024. According to EPA, the final rule removes the 1-pound per square inch (psi) waiver in certain states that petitioned EPA to do so effective April 28, 2025. EPA stated the final rule also finalizes regulatory amendments to implement the removal of the 1-psi waiver for E10 in the petitioning states, as well as a regulatory process by which a state may request to reinstate the 1-psi waiver. Finally, consistent with a decision issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on July 2, 2021, EPA stated the final rule removes regulations that extended the 1-psi waiver to gasoline-ethanol blends between 10 and 15 percent ethanol (E15). Enclosed is our assessment of EPA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you have any questions about this report or wish to contact GAO officials responsible for the evaluation work relating to the subject matter of the rule, please contact Shari Brewster, Assistant General Counsel, at (202) 512-6398. Shirley A. Jones Managing Associate General Counsel

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