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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
House: TI DPA 7-0-0-0 | 3rd Read 43-16-1-0Senate: NR DPA/SE 4-3-1-0 | 3rd Read 17-13-0-0 |
HB2300:
electric vehicle charging stations; report
NOW: fuel
Sponsor: Representative Biasiucci, LD 30
Senate Engrossed
The Senate adopted a strike-everything amendment that does the following:
Overview
States gasoline that meets prescribed standards may be sold in a county with a population of 1,200,000 or more people and any portion of a county in Area A. Allows a person to petition the Associate Director of the Weights and Measures Services Division (Division) to request a waiver from the standards for motor fuel.
History
Area A is a section of Arizona in Maricopa and parts of Pinal County with restrictions in place to reduce air pollution.
A retail seller or fleet owner must not store, sell, expose or offer for sale any motor fuel, kerosene, oil or other liquid or gaseous fuel or lubricating oil, lubricant, mixtures of lubricants or other similar products if the product fails to meet specified standards and in the rules adopted by the Associate Director of the Division (A.R.S. § 3-3433).
In a county with a population of 1,200,000 or more persons and in any portion of a county contained in Area A, blends of gasoline with ethanol must not exceed the volatility requirements and rules adopted by the Associate Director (A.R.S. § 3-3491).
Provisions
1. Expands fuel reformulation options, in a county with a population of 1,200,000 or more people and any portion of a county in Area A, to include sold gasoline that meets outlined standards for:
a) Federal Phase II reformulated gasoline;
b) California Phase 3 reformulated gasoline;
c) Federal conventional gasoline; and
d) A gasoline or gasoline blend that meets any of the standards of fuel reformulation or is approved for use by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Sec. 1, 2)
2. Adds additional prescribed standards for all gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in a county with a population of 1,200,000 or more people and in Area A beginning November 1 through March 31 each year. (Sec. 1, 2)
3. Removes the prescribed petition for any registered supplier or oxygenate blender to request to the Associate Director that registered suppliers or oxygenate blenders be allowed to comply with standards other than outlined in fuel reformulation requirements. (Sec. 1-3)
4. Deletes outlined requirements relating to the Associate Director's duties on the petition, including granting or denying the petition in writing within seven days of its receipt. (Sec. 1-3)
5. Repeals the petition of any registered supplier or oxygenate blender to the Associate Director to request all registered suppliers or oxygenate blenders to be allowed to supply gasoline in Area C that does not meet standards as prescribed. (Sec. 3)
6. Allows any person to petition the Associate Director to request a waiver from the standards for motor fuel or the federal standards established by the EPA Clean Air Act. (Sec. 4)
7. Outlines requirements for the petition for motor fuel waiver. (Sec. 4)
8. Prescribes petition requirements for the Associate Director, seven days after the receipt of a petition has been submitting. (Sec. 4)
9. Requires the Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), on behalf of the Governor, to submit a motor fuel waiver request to the EPA if the Associate Director issues a written decision determining the petition meets the prescribed criteria and the Clean Air Act within 24 hours of transmittal to the Director of ADEQ. (Sec. 4)
10. States that any decision issued by the EPA to waive the applicable federal standards and any decision issued by the Associate Director to waive the applicable state standards must be applied equally to all regulated persons to which the standards apply as outlined. (Sec. 4)
11. Allows the Director of ADEQ, in consultation with the Associate Director, to submit a written request to the EPA to extend the motor fuel waiver if the petitioner demonstrates and the Associate Director verifies that the conditions in the petition have continued. (Sec. 4)
12. Prohibits the reauthorization of a motor fuel waiver from exceeding 20 days. (Sec. 4)
13. Allows a petition to be submitted for motor fuel properties not regulated by the EPA and prescribes requirements for the petition for unregulated EPA motor fuel properties. (Sec. 4)
14. Requires the Associate Director, if any person submits a petition for a motor fuel waiver, to provide written notice that the petition was submitted within two business days of receipt to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Sec. 4)
15. Outlines exemptions of the notice. (Sec. 4)
16. Requires the Associate Director to post on the Arizona Department of Agriculture's (AZDA) website a list of all approved gasoline formulations by area in this state. (Sec. 4)
17. Requires the Associate Director to update the list as the EPA approves or denies new gasoline formulations. (Sec. 4)
18. Requires the Associate Director to post separately on AZDA's website a map that includes all currently approved gasoline formulations by area in this state and a map of Areas A, B and C. (Sec. 4)
19. Contains a notice of conditional enactment. (Sec. 6)
20. Defines Clean Air Act. (Sec. 4)
21. Modifies the definitions of confidential information and governmental entity. (Sec. 5)
22. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1-5)
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