title: Gasoline risk management: a compendium of regulations, standards, and industry practices.
abstract: This paper is part of a special series of publications regarding gasoline toxicology testing and gasoline risk management; this article covers regulations, standards, and industry practices concerning gasoline risk management. Gasoline is one of the highest volume liquid fuel products produced globally. In the U.S., gasoline production in 2013 was the highest on record (API, 2013). Regulations such as those pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) (Clean Air Act, 2012: § 7401, et seq.) and many others provide the U.S. federal government with extensive authority to regulate gasoline composition, manufacture, storage, transportation and distribution practices, worker and consumer exposure, product labeling, and emissions from engines and other sources designed to operate on this fuel. The entire gasoline lifecycle-from manufacture, through distribution, to end-use-is subject to detailed, complex, and overlapping regulatory schemes intended to protect human health, welfare, and the environment. In addition to these legal requirements, industry has implemented a broad array of voluntary standards and best management practices to ensure that risks from gasoline manufacturing, distribution, and use are minimized.
authors.affiliation: American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, United States. Electronic address: swickd@api.org.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Swick
authors.affiliation: RegNet, 1250 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, United States. Electronic address: ajaques@regnet.com.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaques
authors.affiliation: Keller and Heckman LLP, 1001 G Street, N.W., Suite 500W, Washington, DC 20001, United States. Electronic address: walker@khlaw.com.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: Keller and Heckman LLP, 1001 G Street, N.W., Suite 500W, Washington, DC 20001, United States. Electronic address: estreicher@khlaw.com.
authors.forename: Herb
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Estreicher
mesh_terms: D005742:Gasoline / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D012308:Risk Management
chemical_list: D005742:Gasoline
keywords: Best management practices; Gasoline lifecycle; Gasoline regulation; Risk management; Voluntary standards