ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB 2145: petition; waiver; fuel formulations

Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19

Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Overview

Allows a petition from a gasoline supplier or oxygenate blender to comply with standards other than existing standards to be denied or granted by both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

History

Current law allows registered gasoline suppliers or oxygenate blenders to petition the Associate Director of the Weights and Measures Division of the Arizona Department of Agriculture to comply with alternative fuel standards when ethanol shortages are imminent. The petition is required to demonstrate:

1) the conditions that will result in a shortage of ethanol;

2) the alternative oxygenate blend;

3) compliance with requirements of the alternative blend; and

4) a time period for compliance with existing regulations, not to exceed 60 days (A.R.S. §§ 3-3493, 3-3493 v.2, 3-3494).

Provisions

1. Expands who can grant or deny a petition to allow gasoline suppliers or oxygenate blenders, in Area A and Area C, to comply with standards other than existing statutory standards, to include both:

a. the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

b. the President of the Senate. (Sec. 1,2,3)

2. Conditions the enactment of this legislation on if the United States Environmental Protection Agency, on or before July 1, 2027, approves the proposed modifications to the gasoline fuel formulation requirements as part of the state implementation plan for air quality. (Sec. 4)

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