BILL REQ. #:  H-1631.1 

Read first time 02/05/2007.   Referred to Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.

     AN ACT Relating to defining allowable fuel blends; amending RCW 19.112.100; and adding a new section to chapter 19.112 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 19.112 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) No wholesale motor fuel dealer or motor fuel retailer may sell or offer to sell any gasoline blended or mixed with any of the following:
     (a) Ethanol, unless the blend or mixture meets the specifications or registration requirements established by the federal environmental protection agency pursuant to section 211 of the clean air act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7545 and 40 C.F.R. Part 79;
     (b) Methyl tertiary butyl ether in concentrations that exceed fifteen one-hundredths of one percent by volume; or
     (c) A total of all of the following oxygenates that exceeds one-tenth of one percent by weight, of:
     (i) Diisopropylether;
     (ii) Ethyl tert-butylether;
     (iii) Iso-butanol;
     (iv) Iso-propanol;
     (v) N-butanol;
     (vi) N-propanol;
     (vii) Sec-butanol;
     (viii) Tert-amyl methyl ether;
     (ix) Tert-butanol;
     (x) Tert-pentanol or tert-amyl alcohol; and
     (xi) Any other additive that has not been approved by the California air resources board or the federal environmental protection agency as of the effective date of this section, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the board or agency by rule, consistent with the purposes of this section.
     (2) Nothing in this section prohibits transshipment through this state, or storage incident to the transshipment, of gasoline that contains methyl tertiary butyl ether in concentrations that exceed five-tenths of one percent by volume or any of the oxygenates listed in subsection (1)(c) of this section, provided:
     (a) The gasoline is used or disposed of outside this state; and
     (b) The gasoline is segregated from gasoline intended for use within this state.

Sec. 2   RCW 19.112.100 and 2001 c 218 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     Methyl tertiary-butyl ether may not be intentionally added to any gasoline, motor fuel, or clean fuel produced for sale or use in the state of Washington after December 31, 2003((, and)). In no event may methyl tertiary-butyl ether be knowingly mixed in gasoline above ((six-tenths)) fifteen one-hundredths of one percent by volume.