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MN HF634
Bill
Status
5/20/2013
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Falk
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AI Summary
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Petroleum products dispensed from single or commingled storage tanks must have identical base prices at each retail dispenser, with discounts permitted for cash, self-service, loyalty programs, but not based on octane rating.
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Updates fuel quality standards to comply with most recent federal specifications: gasoline (ASTM D4814-11b), diesel (ASTM D975-12a), biodiesel (ASTM D6751-11b), heating oil (ASTM D396-12), aviation fuels, and E85 (ASTM D5798-11).
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Establishes minimum (R+M)/2 octane rating of 87 for gasoline and oxygenated gasoline products sold to end users.
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Modifies E85 requirements by removing the 60 percent minimum ethanol requirement, allowing blends of any percentage up to 85 percent ethanol.
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Requires delivery tickets for biodiesel blends and biofuel-blended gasoline to state the volume percent of biofuel blended into fuel delivered to storage tanks for motor vehicle dispensing.
Legislative Description
Petroleum identical product pricing requirement added, technical updates made to bring state into compliance with most recent federal fuel standards, minimum octane rating established, biodiesel and biodiesel blend disclosure requirement modified, and E85 requirements modified.
Last Action
Secretary of State Chapter 68 05/16/13
5/20/2013