1.1 .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 766 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 16, insert:
1.3 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.761, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 3.
Gasoline. (a) Gasoline that is not blended with ethanol must not be
1.5contaminated with water or other impurities and must comply with ASTM specification
1.6D4814-04a D4814-06a. Gasoline that is not blended with ethanol must also comply with
1.7the volatility requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part 80.
1.8 (b) After gasoline is sold, transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or
1.9terminal, a person responsible for the product:
1.10 (1) may blend the gasoline with agriculturally derived ethanol as provided in
1.11subdivision 4;
1.12 (2) shall not blend the gasoline with any oxygenate other than denatured,
1.13agriculturally derived ethanol;
1.14 (3) shall not blend the gasoline with other petroleum products that are not gasoline
1.15or denatured, agriculturally derived ethanol;
1.16 (4) shall not blend the gasoline with products commonly and commercially known
1.17as casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation gasoline, drip gasoline, or
1.18natural gasoline; and
1.19 (5) may blend the gasoline with a detergent additive, an antiknock additive, or an
1.20additive designed to replace tetra-ethyl lead, that is registered by the EPA."
1.21Page 1, lines 24 and 26, delete "
D4814-06" and insert "
D4814-06a"
1.22Page 2, after line 3, insert:
1.23 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.761, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.24 Subd. 6.
Gasoline blended with nonethanol oxygenate. (a) A person responsible
1.25for the product shall comply with the following requirements:
2.1 (1) after July 1, 2000, gasoline containing in excess of one-third of one percent, in
2.2total, of nonethanol oxygenates listed in paragraph (b) must not be sold or offered for
2.3sale at any time in this state; and
2.4 (2) after July 1, 2005, gasoline containing any of the nonethanol oxygenates listed in
2.5paragraph (b) must not be sold or offered for sale in this state.
2.6 (b) The oxygenates prohibited under paragraph (a) are:
2.7 (1) methyl tertiary butyl ether, as defined in section
296A.01, subdivision 34;
2.8 (2) ethyl tertiary butyl ether, as defined in section
296A.01, subdivision 18; or
2.9 (3) tertiary amyl methyl ether.
2.10 (c) Gasoline that is blended with a nonethanol oxygenate must comply with ASTM
2.11specification
D4814-04a D4814-06a. Nonethanol oxygenates must not be blended into
2.12gasoline after the gasoline has been sold, transferred, or otherwise removed from a
2.13refinery or terminal."
2.14Page 2, line 21, before "
If" insert "
If a person responsible for the product uses
2.15an ethanol-blending fuel dispenser to dispense both gasoline blended with ethanol for
2.16use in alternative fuel vehicles and gasoline blended with ethanol for use in standard
2.17combustion engines, the person must ensure that the gasoline blended with ethanol for use
2.18in standard combustion engines is dispensed from a fuel dispensing hose and nozzle or
2.19other conveyance dedicated solely to gasoline blended with ethanol for use in standard
2.20combustion engines."
2.21Page 3, after line 20, insert:
2.22 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 296A.01, subdivision 23, is amended to read:
2.23 Subd. 23.
Gasoline. (a) "Gasoline" means:
2.24 (1) all products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline regardless of
2.25their classification or uses, except casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation
2.26gasoline, drip gasoline, or natural gasoline that under the requirements of section
239.761,
2.27subdivision 3
, must not be blended with gasoline that has been sold, transferred, or
2.28otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal; and
2.29 (2) any liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale or sold for use as, or commonly
2.30and commercially used as, a fuel in spark-ignition, internal combustion engines, and that
2.31when tested by the Weights and Measures Division meets the specifications in ASTM
2.32specification
D4814-04a D4814-06a.
2.33 (b) Gasoline that is not blended with ethanol must not be contaminated with water or
2.34other impurities and must comply with both ASTM specification
D4814-04a D4814-06a
2.35and the volatility requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part 80.
3.1 (c) After gasoline is sold, transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or
3.2terminal, a person responsible for the product:
3.3 (1) may blend the gasoline with agriculturally derived ethanol, as provided in
3.4subdivision 24;
3.5 (2) must not blend the gasoline with any oxygenate other than denatured,
3.6agriculturally derived ethanol;
3.7 (3) must not blend the gasoline with other petroleum products that are not gasoline
3.8or denatured, agriculturally derived ethanol;
3.9 (4) must not blend the gasoline with products commonly and commercially known
3.10as casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation gasoline, drip gasoline, or
3.11natural gasoline; and
3.12 (5) may blend the gasoline with a detergent additive, an antiknock additive, or an
3.13additive designed to replace tetra-ethyl lead, that is registered by the EPA.
3.14 Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 296A.01, subdivision 24, is amended to read:
3.15 Subd. 24.
Gasoline blended with nonethanol oxygenate. "Gasoline blended with
3.16nonethanol oxygenate" means gasoline blended with ETBE, MTBE, or other alcohol
3.17or ether, except denatured ethanol, that is approved as an oxygenate by the EPA, and
3.18that complies with ASTM specification
D4814-04a D4814-06a. Oxygenates, other than
3.19denatured ethanol, must not be blended into gasoline after the gasoline has been sold,
3.20transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal."
3.21Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.22Amend the title accordingly