HOUSE BILL No. 4578


     April 17, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Julian, Raczkowski, Gilbert, Pumford, Jelinek, Meyer, Lipsey, Neumann, Ehardt and
Jansen and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1984 PA 44, entitled

   "Motor fuels quality act,"

   by amending section 3 (MCL 290.643), as amended by 2000 PA 206.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 3.  (1) The director shall establish standards pursuant

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      to this act to ensure the purity and quality of gasoline sold or

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      offered for sale in this state.

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           (2) The director shall establish standards for the amount

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      and type of additives allowed to be included in gasoline.

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      BEGINNING JULY 1, 2002, THE STANDARDS SHALL INCLUDE THE REQUIRE-

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      MENT FOR A 10% OXYGENATE BLEND FOR ALL GASOLINE IN THIS STATE.

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           (3) The director shall establish standards for the grading

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      of gasoline, including, but not limited to, leaded subregular

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      with a minimum 87 AKI, leaded regular with a minimum 89 AKI,

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      leaded premium with a minimum 93 AKI, unleaded subregular with a


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      minimum 85 AKI, unleaded regular with a minimum 87 AKI and a

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      minimum 82 MON, unleaded midgrade 88 with a minimum 88 AKI and

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      minimum 82 MON, unleaded midgrade 89 with a minimum 89 AKI and a

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      minimum 83 MON, unleaded premium with a minimum 90 AKI, and

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      grades for alcohol fuels.  Leaded gasoline with a 94 AKI or more,

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      and unleaded gasoline with a 91 AKI or more, may be offered for

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      sale labeled with the minimum AKI number if the gasoline has been

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      listed with and approved by the department.  The leaded gasoline

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      with 94 AKI or more shall be labeled as leaded premium followed

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      by the approved AKI number, and the unleaded gasoline with 91 AKI

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      or more shall be labeled unleaded premium followed by the

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      approved AKI number.

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           (4) The director shall establish standards for Reid vapor

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      pressure as specified by the American society for testing and

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      materials, except as otherwise required to conform to federal or

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      state law.  The director shall establish the Reid vapor pressure

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      as 9.0 pounds per square inch (psi) for retail outlets during the

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      period beginning June 1 through September 15 of each year, except

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      for dispensing facilities where the director shall establish the

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      Reid vapor pressure as 7.8 psi in the year 1996 and thereafter.

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      As used in this subsection and section 10d, "Reid vapor pressure"

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      means the vapor pressure of gasoline or gasoline oxygenate blend

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      as determined by ASTM test method D323, standard test method for

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      vapor pressure of petroleum products (Reid method) or test method

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      D4953, standard test method for vapor pressure of gasoline and

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      gasoline oxygenate blends (dry method).





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           (5) In establishing additive and grading standards the

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      director shall adopt the latest standards for gasoline

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      established by the American society for testing and materials and

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      shall adopt the latest standards for gasoline established by fed-

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      eral law or regulation.  The standards established by the direc-

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      tor shall not prohibit a gasoline blend that is permitted by a

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      valid waiver granted by the United States environmental protec-

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      tion agency pursuant to the fuel or fuel additive waiver in sec-

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      tion 211(f)(4) of part A of title II of the clean air act, chap-

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      ter 360, 81 Stat. 502, 42 U.S.C. 7545, and the ethanol waiver of

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      1.0 POUND psi in section 211(h)(4) of part A of title II of the

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      clean air act, chapter 360, 81 Stat. 502, 42 U.S.C. 7545, if the

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      gasoline blend meets all of the conditions set forth in the

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      waiver.  Beginning June 1, 2003, the director shall not permit

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      the use of the additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in

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      this state.  The director, in consultation with the department of

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      environmental quality, shall determine if the additive is likely

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      to cause harmful effects on the environment or public health

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      within the state.  By June 1, 2002, the director, in consultation

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      with the director of the department of environmental quality,

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      shall review the status of the use of MTBE in this state.  The

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      review shall include the following:

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           (a) The amount of the additive methyl tertiary butyl ether

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      (MTBE) currently in use in gasoline in this state.

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           (b) An estimate of the amount of MTBE that is imported in

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      gasoline transported into this state from other states or

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      countries.



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           (c) Recommendations as to whether the June 1, 2003

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      prohibition can be achieved and, if not, determine a more feasi-

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      ble date.

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           (d) Any other information considered appropriate.

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           (6) Standards established pursuant to this section shall be

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      by rules promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures

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      act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.










































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