HF 3292

1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to motor fuels; prohibiting sale of certain 
  1.3             gasoline; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  1.4             239.761, subdivision 6. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 239.761, 
  1.7   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 6.  [GASOLINE BLENDED WITH OXYGENATE.] (a) No 
  1.9   gasoline containing in excess of one-tenth of one percent, in 
  1.10  total, of the following oxygenates may be sold or offered for 
  1.11  sale at retail in the state: 
  1.12     (1) MTBE as defined in section 296A.01, subdivision 34; 
  1.13     (2) ETBE as defined in section 296A.01, subdivision 18; or 
  1.14     (3) TAME (tertiary amyl methyl ether). 
  1.15     (b) Gasoline that is blended with an oxygenate, other than 
  1.16  denatured ethanol, must comply with ASTM specification D 
  1.17  4814-96.  Oxygenates, other than denatured ethanol, must not be 
  1.18  blended into gasoline after the gasoline has been sold, 
  1.19  transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal.