April
21,
2004
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Phone
calls
discussing
possible
downstream
downgrade
provisions
in
the
nonroad
final
rule
FROM:
Paul
Machiele,
Fuel
Programs
Center
Director
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
TO:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA),
Air
Docket
A­
2001­
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Phone
conversations
were
held
on
March
26,
2004
to
discuss
the
possibility
and
implications
of
a
provision
to
allow
downgraded
fuel
generated
from
contamination
and
mixing
in
the
distribution
system
to
continue
to
be
sold
into
the
locomotive
and
marine
diesel
market
beyond
2014.
The
purpose
of
the
possible
provision
was
to
respond
to
concerns
expressed
in
comment
regarding
the
need
for
an
outlet
for
offspec
product
and
the
difficulty
transmix
processors
would
have
in
hydrotreating
this
fuel
to
bring
it
into
compliance.
The
following
table
identifies
the
people
with
whom
conversations
were
held.

Who
Representing
Jim
Scandola
Buckeye
Pipeline
Buster
Brown
Colonial
Pipeline
Sally
Allan
Gary
Williams
Refining
Tom
Byers
Magellan
Pipeline
Clint
Ensign
Sinclair
Bob
Leidich
BP
