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Interpretation of “Flammable Liquid Fuels” With Respect to Fuel Additives

US Federal Register - Consumer Product Safety Commission Authoritative source Published 19th October 2026 United States

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is issuing an interpretive rule that interprets the phrase "flammable liquid fuels" as used in the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2020 (PFCSA). Consistent with the plain language of the statute, the Commission interprets this phrase not to include fuel additives that are intended to be added to flammable liquid fuels for the sole purpose of improving engine performance, cleaning engine components, extending engine life, stabilizing fuel, preventing weather effects from fuel, or some similar purpose unrelated to creating heat or power.

Publication: US Federal Register - Consumer Product Safety Commission · Government/Regulator
Published: 19th October 2026
Original report: federalregister.gov

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Category: Regulation & Trade
Geography: United States
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 17th October 2026 · 10:04

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (11.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.