Chapter
181
2005 -- H 6117 SUBSTITUTE B
Enacted 07/06/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO STATE
AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Introduced By: Representatives Ginaitt, Naughton, Lima, Lally, and Shanley
Date
Introduced: March 02, 2005
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Chapter 31-37 of the General Laws entitled "Retail Sale of
Gasoline" is
hereby
amended by adding thereto the following section:
31-37-7.1.–
Minimum standards for gasoline. – (a) Beginning June 1, 2007,
no person shall sell,
deliver
for sale, import, or cause to be imported into the state for sale any gasoline
containing methyl tertiary-
butyl
ether (MTBE) or other ether oxygenates in quantities greater than one half of
one percent
(0.5%)
by volume. For the purpose of this section, "other ether oxygenates"
shall include the
following
gasoline additives: Methanol; Isopropanol; n-Propanol; N-Butonal; sec-Butanol;
tert-
Butanol;
Tert-pentalol (tert-amylalcohol); Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE);
Diisopropylether
(DIPE);
Tertiary Butyl alcohol (TBA); Iso-butanol; and Tert-amymethylether (TAME).
Nothing
in
this section shall prohibit the transshipment of gasoline containing the
oxygenates within the
state
for disposition outside the state, including storage coincident to the
transshipment.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it shall be the
responsibility of
the director
of the department of environmental management to administer and enforce this
section.
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-37-17, penalties for violations of
this
section
shall be assessed pursuant to section 23-23-14 as administered by the
department of
environmental
management. In addition, the department is hereby authorized to administer this
section
according to the provisions of chapter 46-12.1 in conjunction with its
authority relating to
underground
storage tanks.
SECTION
2. Chapter 42-17.1 of the General Laws entitled "Department of
Environmental
Management" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
42-17.1-2.4.
Gasoline additives - Enforcement. – (a) The director of
environmental
management
shall administer and enforce, as provided for by section 31-37-7.1, standards
for
gasoline
additives.
(b)
The director shall report on or before February 1, 2007, to the Governor, the
President
of
the Senate, and the Speaker of the House, with regard to the status of the
implementation in
other
states of restrictions on gasoline additives prescribed by section 31-37-7.1.
SECTION 3. This act
shall take effect upon passage.
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