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§ 4187.4. Standards for automotive fuel

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 3 Pa.C.S.A. AgricultureEffective: July 8, 2016

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 3 Pa.C.S.A. Agriculture
Part VI. Development, Marketing and Promotion
Chapter 41. Weights and Measures
Subchapter F. Automotive Fuel Testing and Disclosure Program
Effective: July 8, 2016
3 Pa.C.S.A. § 4187.4
§ 4187.4. Standards for automotive fuel
Currentness
(a) Adoption of standards.--The department shall adopt the latest standards for automotive spark ignition engines based on the latest standards of the ASTM as determined by the FTC. The standards shall be published as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(b) Automotive fuel.--Automotive fuel sold, offered or exposed for sale or stored or held for distribution in this Commonwealth shall comply with all of the following:
(1) Volatility requirements promulgated by the EPA under 40 CFR Pt. 80 (relating to regulation of fuels and fuel additives) or any supplement thereto or revisions thereof.
(2) The Uniform Engine Fuels, Petroleum Products and Automotive Lubricants Regulation as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130 and any supplements and revisions of the regulation.
(b.1) Vapor pressure specifications.--The department may, by publication of notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, adopt vapor pressure specifications for gasoline ethanol blends which shall remain in effect until the ASTM adopts such specifications, at which point the ASTM vapor pressure specifications shall apply. A notice published prior to the effective date of this subsection1 shall be deemed effective as of the date of publication.
(c) Records and compliance review.--Each distributor, producer or retailer who distributes, produces, blends, transports, stores, sells or offers or exposes for sale automotive fuel in this Commonwealth shall maintain for one year original copies of all bills, manifests, delivery tickets and invoices for the purpose of compliance review.

Credits

2012, Nov. 1, P.L. 1672, No. 208, § 1, effective in 30 days [Dec. 3, 2012]. Amended 2016, July 8, P.L. 522, No. 80, § 1, imd. effective.

Footnotes

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Subsec. (b.1) added by 2016, July 8, P.L. 522, No. 80, § 1, imd. effective.
3 Pa.C.S.A. § 4187.4, PA ST 3 Pa.C.S.A. § 4187.4
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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