Limitation on use of gasoline-ethanol blends.

(a) No person may sell, introduce, cause, or permit the sale or introduction of gasoline containing greater than 10 volume percent ethanol ( e.g., E15) into any model year 2000 or older light-duty gasoline motor vehicle, any heavy-duty gasoline motor vehicle or engine, any highway or off-highway motorcycle, or any gasoline-powered nonroad engine, vehicle, or equipment. (b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not prohibit a person from producing, selling, introducing, causing, or allowing the sale or introduction of gasoline containing greater than 10 volume percent ethanol into any flex-fuel vehicle or flex-fuel engine. [85 FR 78469, Dec. 4, 2020, as amended at 90 FR 4346, Jan. 15, 2025]