HOUSE BILL No. 5570


     April 12, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Julian, Kowall, Shackleton, Bovin, Sanborn, Allen, Pappageorge, Tabor, Law, Green,
Toy, Caul, Howell, Gosselin, Kukuk, DeHart, Schermesser, O'Neil, Richner, Byl, Patterson, Koetje, Gilbert, Richardville, Hager,
Mead, Bradstreet, Ruth Johnson, Rocca, Martinez, Lockwood, Jamnick, Minore, Cherry, DeWeese, Van Woerkom, Bishop,
Woronchak, DeVuyst, Rick Johnson and Baird and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management.


        A bill to amend 1984 PA 44, entitled

   "Motor fuels quality act,"

   by amending section 3 (MCL 290.643), as amended by 1993 PA 231.

               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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           (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

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      federal law or regulation.  The standards established by the

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      director shall not prohibit a gasoline blend that is permitted by

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      a 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 psi in section 211(h)(4) of part A of title II of the clean

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

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      line blend meets all of the conditions set forth in the waiver.

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      THE DIRECTOR SHALL NOT PERMIT THE USE OF THE ADDITIVE METHYL TER-

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      TIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE) IN THIS STATE.

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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,  Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sec-

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      tions 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1969

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      PA 306, MCL 24.201 TO 24.328.























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