Bill Text: CA SB336 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Air pollution: gasoline blends.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB336 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB336-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 336 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
An act to amend Section 43830 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 336, as introduced, Huff. Air pollution: gasoline blends.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to establish,
by regulation, maximum standards for the volatility of gasoline sold
in California at or below 9 pounds per square inch Reid vapor
pressure, as determined by specified testing, except that a blend of
gasoline consisting of at least 10% ethyl alcohol, as defined, is
exempt, until October 1, 1993, from meeting the volatility standard
if the gasoline used in the blend meets the volatility standard for
gasoline.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 43830 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
43830. (a) The state board shall establish, by regulation,
maximum standards for the volatility of gasoline at or below nine
pounds per square inch Reid vapor pressure as determined by the
American Society for Testing and Materials, Test D 323-58, or by an
appropriate test determined by the state board, for gasoline sold in
this state.
(b) The state board, in adopting the regulations, shall give full
consideration to topography and climatic conditions and may provide
that the standards imposed thereby shall apply in those areas which
the state board determines necessary in order to carry out the
purposes of this division.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law or
regulation, until October 1, 1993, any blend of gasoline of at least
10 percent ethyl alcohol shall not result in a violation of any
regulation adopted by the state board pursuant to this section unless
the volatility of the gasoline used in the blend exceeds the
applicable standard of the state board.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "ethyl alcohol" (also known
as ethanol) means fuel that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) It is produced from agricultural commodities, renewable
resources, or coal.
(2) It is rendered unsuitable for human consumption at the time
of its manufacture or immediately thereafter.
(e) For the purposes of determining the percentage of ethyl
alcohol contained in gasoline, the volume of alcohol includes the
volume of any denaturant approved for that purpose by the United
States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, provided these
denaturants do not exceed 5 percent of the volume of alcohol
(including denaturants).
(f) From October 1, 1993, to December 31, 1995, inclusive, any
blend of gasoline of at least 10 percent ethyl alcohol shall not
result in a violation of the Reid vapor pressure standard adopted by
the state board pursuant to this section unless it is determined by
the state board on the basis of independently verifiable automobile
exhaust and evaporative emission tests performed on a representative
fleet of automobiles that the blend would result in a net increase in
the ozone forming potential of the total emissions, excluding
emissions of oxides of nitrogen, when compared to the total
emissions, excluding emissions of oxides of nitrogen, from the same
automobile fleet using gasoline that meets all applicable
specifications for Phase I gasoline established by the state board.
(g) On and after January 1, 1996, any blend of gasoline of at
least 10 percent ethyl alcohol shall not result in a violation of the
Reid vapor pressure standard adopted by the state board pursuant to
this section unless it is determined by the state board on the basis
of independently verifiable automobile exhaust and evaporative
emission tests performed on a representative fleet of automobiles
that the blend would result in a net increase in the ozone forming
potential of the total emissions, excluding emissions of oxides of
nitrogen, when compared to the total emissions, excluding emissions
of oxides of nitrogen, from the same automobile fleet using gasoline
that meets all applicable specifications for Phase II gasoline
established by the state board.
(h) Notwithstanding subdivisions (f) and (g), at any time that
the state board adopts, by regulation, standards specifying
acceptable levels for emissions of oxides of nitrogen for all
reformulated fuels, any blend of gasoline of at least 10 percent
ethyl alcohol that exceeds those levels no longer qualifies for an
exemption from the Reid vapor pressure standard established by the
state board.
