Bill Text: IA HF574 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act expanding the renewable fuel infrastructure program to support the storage and dispensing of E-15 gasoline. (Formerly HSB 186)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-03 - Referred to Agriculture. H.J. 753. [HF574 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF574-Introduced.html

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House File 574 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     AGRICULTURE

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 186)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act expanding the renewable fuel infrastructure program to
  2    support the storage and dispensing of E=15 gasoline.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 159A.14, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (1)  Ethanol infrastructure shall be designed and used
  1  4 exclusively to do any of the following:
  1  5    (a)  Store and dispense E=15 gasoline.  At least for the
  1  6 period beginning on September 16 and ending on May 31 of each
  1  7 year, the ethanol infrastructure must be used to store and
  1  8 dispense E=15 gasoline as a registered fuel recognized by the
  1  9 United States environmental protection agency to power 2001 and
  1 10 newer model year passenger vehicles.
  1 11    (a)  (b)  Store and dispense E=85 gasoline.
  1 12    (b)  (c)  Store, blend, and dispense motor fuel from a motor
  1 13 fuel blender pump, as required in this subparagraph division.
  1 14 The ethanol infrastructure must provide be used for the storage
  1 15 of ethanol or ethanol blended gasoline, or for blending ethanol
  1 16 with gasoline. The ethanol infrastructure must at least
  1 17 include a motor fuel blender pump which dispenses different
  1 18 classifications of ethanol blended gasoline and allows E=85
  1 19 gasoline to be dispensed at all times that the blender pump is
  1 20 operating.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 23 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 24    BILL'S PROVISIONS.  The bill expands the renewable fuel
  1 25 infrastructure program for retail motor fuel sites (program)
  1 26 by providing that state moneys may be used to finance
  1 27 infrastructure associated with storing and dispensing ethanol
  1 28 blended gasoline classified as E=15. The bill provides that
  1 29 the infrastructure so financed must always be used to store and
  1 30 dispense E=15 and during nonsummer months (from September 16 to
  1 31 May 31) it must be designated as a registered fuel recognized
  1 32 by the United States environmental protection agency (EPA) to
  1 33 operate 2001 and newer model year passenger vehicles.
  1 34    BACKGROUND ==== STANDARDS.  Motor fuel classified as
  1 35 reformulated gasoline and associated fuel additives produced
  2  1 and commercially distributed to operate highway motor vehicles
  2  2 must be registered with the EPA (40 C.F.R. ch. I, pt. 79). E=15
  2  3 is available to power certain later model passenger vehicles
  2  4 pursuant to waivers granted by the EPA.  However, the EPA
  2  5 prohibits the use of E=15 to power those vehicles when it is
  2  6 regulated as a registered fuel during summer months because it
  2  7 does not meet volatility standards referred to as Reid vapor
  2  8 pressure limits. General state standards for ethanol blended
  2  9 gasoline are set forth in Iowa Code section 214A.2.  Ethanol
  2 10 blended gasoline is designated E=xx where "xx" is the volume
  2 11 percent of ethanol in the ethanol blended gasoline.
  2 12    BACKGROUND ==== PROGRAM.  The program is currently used to
  2 13 provide cost=share financing to retail dealers of motor fuel
  2 14 to pay for costs associated with installing, replacing, or
  2 15 converting infrastructure used to store, blend, or dispense
  2 16 renewable fuel, including ethanol blended gasoline such as
  2 17 E=85 (Code section 159A.14). The program is supported by
  2 18 moneys available in the renewable fuel infrastructure fund
  2 19 (Code section 159A.16) as administered by the department
  2 20 of agriculture and land stewardship, the renewable fuel
  2 21 infrastructure board (Iowa Code section 159A.13), and the Iowa
  2 22 comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund board
  2 23 (Iowa Code section 455G.4).
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