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EPA clarifies regs on labeling, dispensing of ULSD.(TOP OF THE NEWS)(Environmental Protection...

In January, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency broadcast regulations that require ultra-low-sulfur-diesel fuel to be sold or dispensed at the vast majority of retail outlets and fleet-fueling facilities that supply motor vehicle diesel fuel.

Refiners produce about 90 percent of their highway diesel fuel as ULSD; however, data from a nationwide survey indicated that more than half of retail stations selling diesel fuel currently have pumps without any sulfur label or have pumps mislabeled as dispensing low-sulfur diesel.

The EPA reported that this data

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