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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2839 By: Caldwell (Trey) and Boles
of the House
and
Rader of the Senate
[ Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act -
ethanol or methanol labeling – federal requirements
- effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 347, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 347. A. No person shall sell or offer for sale motor
fuel from a motor fuel dispenser supplied by a storage tank into
which motor fuel that contains a mixture of at least one percent
(1%) by volume of ethanol or methanol has been delivered within the
sixty-day period preceding the date of sale or offer of sale unless
the person prominently displays on the dispenser from which the
mixture is sold a label that complies with subsection B of this
section.
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B. 1. A label as required in subsection A of this section
shall:
1. Be
a. be displayed on each face of the motor fuel dispenser
on which the price of the motor fuel mixture sold from
the dispenser is displayed;,
2. State
b. state "Contains Ethanol" or "Contains Methanol", as
applicable;,
3. Appear
c. appear in contrasting colors with block letters at
least one-half (1/2) inch high and one-fourth (1/4)
inch wide;, and
4. Be
d. be displayed in a clear, conspicuous and prominent
manner, visible to customers using either side of the
dispenser.
2. If the motor fuel contains fifteen per cent (15%) ethanol, a
pump label as required in subsection A of this se ction shall meet
federal E15 labeling requirements as ruled by the Environmental
Protection Agency pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1090.1510 as it is written
on February 1, 2023.
C. If a motor fuel dispenser is supplied by a storage tank into
which motor fuel con taining at least ten percent (10%) ethanol by
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volume or at least five percent (5%) me thanol by volume is delivered
in the sixty-day period preceding the date of the sale or offer of
sale, the sign as require d in subsection A of this section shall
also state the percentage of ethanol or methanol by volume, to the
nearest whole percent, of the motor fuel having the highes t
percentage of ethanol or methanol delivered into that storage tank
during that period.
D. On request by a motor fuel user , a person selling or
offering for sale motor fuel from a motor fuel dispenser shall
reveal:
1. The percentage of e thanol contained in the motor fuel being
sold;
2. The percentage of methanol contained in the mo tor fuel being
sold; and
3. If the motor fuel contains met hanol, the types and
percentages of associated cosolvents contained in the motor fuel
being sold.
E. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the
posting of any other alcohol or additive information. Other alcohol
or additive information and an y relevant posting shall be subject to
regulation by the Corporation Commission.
F. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules as
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate