Panelists Discuss Averting ULSD Contamination

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RLANDO, Fla. — A panel of experts said fuel transporters were working to develop handling procedures to prevent the contamination of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel as it is shipped through pipelines, saying the complexity of the system makes maintaining the fuel’s integrity difficult.

img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>“Pipelines and other folks are very busy trying to figure out where the problem areas are and trying to work on those areas so [ULSD] is not contaminated substantially,” Environmental Protection Agency official Erv Pickell said at the annual conference of NATSO, formerly known as the National Association of Truck Stop Operators.

Pickell is the fuels team leader in the air enforcement division of the EPA’s enforcement and compliance assurance office.

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