EPA confirms: No lead ban deadline looms on avgas

The Environmental Protection Agency confirmed July 27 that it has not set a deadline for the removal of lead from avgas-and that it will coordinate closely with industry stakeholders in the development of a solution to the issue.

"EPA has not established or proposed any date by which lead emissions from aircraft operating on leaded avgas would need to be reduced," wrote Margo Oge, director of the office of transportation and air quality for the EPA. "In fact EPA does not have authority to control aviation fuels."

The statements, which came in response to questions from AOPA and other industry groups, were the most explicit affirmation thus far of the EPA's commitment to consider safety and economic impacts on general aviation in any action that it takes.

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