ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2370: oxygenated fuel; federal approval; extension

Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19

Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Overview

An emergency measure extending the conditional enactment deadline that applies to a section of statute relating to Arizona's gasoline fuel reformulation regulations.

History

Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA established National Ambient Air Quality Standards for six common pollutants, including ozone and particulate pollution. Each state must adopt state implementation plans with measures to control emissions from all major sources in areas that do not comply with these standards. The EPA must approve these plans.

In 2017, legislation to allow a gasoline blend other than a gasoline-ethanol blend to be sold for motor vehicles in the Phoenix metropolitan area between November 1 and March 31 of each year was enacted.  However, to become effective, the EPA needed to approve this change  to the state implementation plan for air quality. The legislation included a conditional enactment with a deadline of July 1, 2022 for EPA approval.  In 2022, the Arizona Legislature extended the deadline to July 1, 2024. This plan has yet to be approved by the EPA (Laws 2017, Ch. 295 § 3)(Laws 2022, Ch.177 § 12).

Provisions

1.   Extends the conditional enactment deadline, from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2027, that applies to a section of statute relating to Arizona's gasoline fuel reformulation requirements.

2.   Provides that A.R.S. §3-3493 as amended in 2017 and 2022, does not become effective until EPA approves the fuel reformulations as outlined in  that statute. (Sec. 1)

3.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☒ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRequires the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to notify Legislative Council in writing, by October 1, 2027, if the EPA approves  the fuel formulation requirements.  (Sec. 1)

4.   Contains an emergency clause. (Sec. 2)

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