Benzene in Gasoline Regulations

5 (1) Subject to subsection 6(1), all samples must be taken in accordance with any one of the ASTM International sampling methods specifically set out in section 7 of the National Standard of Canada standard CAN/CGSB-3.5-2016, Automotive gasoline.

(2) The concentration of benzene and that of aromatics in gasoline referred to in sections 3 and 16 and Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 14.3-2016, Methods of testing petroleum and associated products Standard test method for the identification of components in automotive gasoline using gas chromatography.

(3) Subject to subsection 6(2), the concentration of olefins in gasoline referred to in Schedule 3 must be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 14.3-2016, Methods of testing petroleum and associated products Standard test method for the identification of components in automotive gasoline using gas chromatography.

(4) The concentration of sulphur in gasoline referred to in Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with the ASTM International method D5453 - 16e1, Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.

(5) The vapour pressure of gasoline at 37.8°C (100°F) referred to in Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with the ASTM International method D5191 - 15, Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method) and converted to “dry vapor pressure equivalent” as described in that method.

(6) The evaporative fractions of gasoline at 93.3°C (200°F) and 148.9°C (300°F) referred to in Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with ASTM International method D86 - 17, Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products and Liquid Fuels at Atmospheric Pressure.

(7) The concentration of oxygen in gasoline referred to in Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 14.3-2016, Methods of testing petroleum and associated products Standard test method for the identification of components in automotive gasoline using gas chromatography.

(8) The concentration of benzene and that of aromatics in oxygenates referred to in the definition commercially pure oxygenate in subsection 1(1) must be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 14.3-2016, Methods of testing petroleum and associated products Standard test method for the identification of components in automotive gasoline using gas chromatography.

(9) The concentration of benzene and that of aromatics in butane referred to in the definition commercially pure butane in subsection 1(1) must be measured in accordance with ASTM International method D2163 - 14e1, Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrocarbons in Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases and Propane/Propene Mixtures by Gas Chromatography.

(10) The concentration of sulphur in oxygenates referred to in the definition commercially pure oxygenate in subsection 1(1) must be measured in accordance with the ASTM International method D5453 - 16e1, Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.

(11) The concentration of sulphur in butane referred to in the definition commercially pure butane in subsection 1(1) must be measured in accordance with the ASTM International method D6667 - 14, Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Volatile Sulfur in Gaseous Hydrocarbons and Liquefied Petroleum Gases by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.