---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 79.32"
title: "40"
number: "79.32"
heading: "Motor vehicle gasoline."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/79.32"
---

# §79.32. Motor vehicle gasoline.

- (a) The following fuels commonly or commercially known or sold as motor vehicle gasoline are hereby individually designated:
  - (1) **Motor vehicle gasoline, unleaded—** motor vehicle gasoline that contains no more than 0.05 gram of lead per gallon;
  - (2) **Motor vehicle gasoline, leaded, premium—** motor vehicle gasoline that contains more than 0.05 gram of lead per gallon and is sold as “premium;”
  - (3) **Motor vehicle gasoline, leaded, non-premium—** motor vehicle gasoline that contains more than 0.05 gram of lead per gallon but is not sold as “premium.”
- (b) All designated motor vehicle gasolines must be registered by September 7, 1976.
- (c) Fuel manufacturers must submit the reports specified in [40 CFR part 1090](/cfr/40/part1090.md), subpart J.
- (d) In accordance with §§ [79.5(a)(2)](/cfr/40/79.5.md?p=a-2) and [79.11(f)](/cfr/40/79.11.md?p=f), and to the extent such information is known to the fuel manufacturer, he shall furnish summaries of any information developed by or specifically for him concerning the following items:
  - (1) Mechanisms of action of each additive he reports;
  - (2) Reactions between such additives and motor vehicle gasoline;
  - (3) Identification and measurement of the emission products of such additives when used in motor vehicle gasoline;
  - (4) Effects of such additives on all emissions;
  - (5) Toxicity and any other public health or welfare effects of the emission products of such additives;
  - (6) Effects of the emission products of such additives on the performance of emission control devices/systems. Such submissions shall be accompanied by a description of the test procedures used in obtaining the information. Information will be considered to be known to the fuel manufacturer if a report thereon has been prepared and circulated or distributed outside the research department or division.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 52011, Nov. 7, 1975, as amended at 41 FR 21324, May 25, 1976; 85 FR 78465, Dec. 4, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7524, 7545 and 7601.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 52011, Nov. 7, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 52011, Nov. 7, 1975, as amended at 41 FR 21324, May 25, 1976; 85 FR 78465, Dec. 4, 2020]