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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0649
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. John M. Sullivan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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815 ILCS 370/4.1 |
from Ch. 5, par. 1704.1 |
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Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act. Removes language requiring a label to be placed on the retail motor fuel dispensing device for motor fuel containing at least 2% by volume of the methanol derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Requires that biodiesel and biodiesel blends be identified by the capital letter "B" followed by the numerical value representing the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel. Provides requirements for a label that must be located on the retail motor fuel dispensing device concerning biodiesel and biodiesel blend fuels. Provides that devices used to dispense only motor fuels that contain a total of less than 5% by volume of biodiesel need not be labeled. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 07304 LCT 27443 b |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 4.1 as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 370/4.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1704.1)
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| Sec. 4.1. (a) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device |
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| which is
used to dispense a motor fuel containing at least 1% |
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| by volume of ethanol,
of methanol,
or of a combination thereof, |
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| there shall be displayed a label
which identifies the maximum |
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| percentage by volume, to the nearest whole
percent, of ethanol, |
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| of methanol, and of
co-solvent contained in the motor fuel. |
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| Such labelling shall be done in
contrasting colors with block |
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| letters at least 1/2 inch in height and 1/4 inch
in width, and |
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| not more than one inch in height and 1/2 inch in width, and |
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| shall
be visible to customers. The label shall be located on |
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| the front or sides of
the dispenser and within the top 30 |
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| percent of the height of the dispenser. On
a dual-faced |
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| dispenser, the label shall be affixed on each front or each |
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| side
in accordance with these requirements.
Devices used to |
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| dispense only motor fuels which contain
a total of less than 1% |
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| by volume of methanol and ethanol
need not be so labelled.
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| (a-5) Blank.
Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device |
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| that is used to
dispense a motor fuel containing at least 2% by |
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| volume of the methanol
derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether |
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| (MTBE), there shall be displayed a label
stating: "CONTAINS |
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| METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)". The label
shall be done in |
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| contrasting colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in
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| height
and 1/4 inch in width, and not more than one inch in |
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| height and 1/2 inch in
width,
and shall be visible to |
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| customers. The label shall be located on the front or
sides
of |
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| the dispenser and within the top 30 percent of the height of |
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| the dispenser.
On
a dual-faced dispenser, the label shall be |
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| affixed on each front or each side
in accordance with these |
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| requirements. Devices used to dispense only motor
fuels
that |
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| contain a total of less than 2% by volume of the methanol |
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| derivative MTBE
need not be so labeled.
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| (a-10) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that is |
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| used to dispense a motor fuel containing biodiesel or biodiesel |
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| blends, the biodiesel and biodiesel blends shall be identified |
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| by the capital letter "B" followed by the numerical value |
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| representing the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel, such as |
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| B10, B20, or B100, as follows:
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| (1) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that |
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| is used to dispense a motor fuel containing between 5% and |
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| up to and including 20% of biodiesel, there shall be |
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| displayed on each retail dispenser:
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| (a) the capital letter "B" followed by the |
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| numerical value representing the maximum volume |
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| percentage of biodiesel fuel and ending with |
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| "biodiesel blend", such as B10 biodiesel fuel blend or |
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| B20 biodiesel fuel blend; or
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| (b) the phrase "biodiesel blend between 5% and 20%" |
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| or similar words.
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| (2) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that |
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| is used to dispense a motor fuel containing more than 20% |
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| of biodiesel, there shall be displayed on each retail |
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| dispenser the capital letter "B" followed by the numerical |
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| value representing the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel |
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| and ending with either "biodiesel" or "biodiesel blend", |
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| such as B100 biodiesel or B60 biodiesel blend.
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| (3) The label shall be done in contrasting colors with |
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| block letters at least 1/2 inch in height and 1/4 inch in |
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| width, and not more than one inch in height and 1/2 inch in |
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| width, and shall be visible to customers. The label shall |
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| be located on the front or sides of the dispenser and |
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| within the top 30% of the height of the dispenser. On a |
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| dual-faced dispenser, the label shall be affixed on each |
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| front or each side in accordance with these requirements. |
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| Devices used to dispense only motor fuels that contain a |
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| total of less than 5% by volume of biodiesel need not be |
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| labeled.
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| (b) Each seller of a motor fuel which contains methanol,
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| ethanol, or biodiesel
the methanol derivative MTBE
shall notify |
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| the purchaser thereof of the percentage by volume of ethanol,
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| of methanol, of biodiesel
the methanol derivative MTBE, and of |
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| co-solvent which have
been added to such motor fuel,
and this |
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| information shall appear on the bill of lading, manifest or
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| delivery ticket for such motor fuel. However, this subsection |
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| (b)
shall not apply to sales at retail.
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| (c) No motor fuel, whether or not it contains any lead or |
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| lead
compounds, may contain more ethanol,
or methanol, or the |
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| methanol
derivative MTBE than is permitted, or contain less |
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| co-solvent than is
required, by the United States Environmental |
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| Protection Agency for
unleaded motor fuels under Section 211(f) |
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| of the federal Clean Air Act.
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| (d) All motor fuel sold or offered for sale by the |
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| distributor shall
contain the percentage and type of alcohol as |
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| stated on the bill of lading,
manifest or delivery ticket.
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| (e) (Blank).
With respect to the methanol derivative MTBE, |
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| the labeling and
notification requirements in this Section |
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| shall be enforced beginning 60 days
after the effective date of |
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| this amendatory Act of the 91st General
Assembly.
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| (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require |
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| or impose an
obligation upon the owner or operator of a retail |
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| motor fuel dispensing
station,
facility, or device to perform a |
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| test on or measurement of a shipment of motor
fuel received to |
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| determine the specific content of ethanol, methanol, or |
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| biodiesel
the
methanol derivative MTBE.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-718, eff. 6-2-00.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |