Bill Text: AZ SB1064 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Conditional enactment; fuel reformulations
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-04-24 - House Committee of the Whole action: Do Pass Amended [SB1064 Detail]
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House Engrossed Senate Bill
gasoline formulations; air quality. |
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(now: conditional enactment; fuel reformulations)
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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SENATE BILL 1064 |
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An Act
amending section 3-3493, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 232, section 27; amending section 3-3493, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2017, chapter 295, section 2; amending section 3-3494, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 3, chapter 19, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 3-3499, 3-3500 and 3-3501; amending section 44-1374, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 49, chapter 3, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 49-468; relating to fuel.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 3-3493, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2016, chapter 232, section 27, is amended to read:
3-3493. Area A; fuel reformulation; rules
A. All gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and any portion of a county contained in area A, subject to an appropriate waiver granted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to section 211(c)(4) of the clean air act as defined in section 49-401.01, shall comply with either one of the following fuel reformulation options:
1. A gasoline that meets standards for federal phase II reformulated gasoline, as provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 80.41, paragraphs (e) through (h), in effect on January 1, 1999, except that the minimum oxygen content standard does not apply. The gasoline shall also meet the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F.
2. California phase 2 reformulated gasoline, including alternative formulations allowed by the predictive model, as adopted by the California air resources board pursuant to California Code of Regulations title 13, sections 2261 through 2262.7 and 2265, in effect on January 1, 1997, except that the minimum oxygen content standard does not apply. The gasoline shall also meet the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F.
B. For the period beginning November 1 through March 31 of each year, all gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and any portion of a county contained in area A, subject to an appropriate waiver granted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to section 211(c)(4) of the clean air act as defined in section 49-401.01, shall comply with standards for California phase 2 reformulated gasoline, including alternative formulations allowed by the predictive model, as adopted by the California air resources board pursuant to California Code of Regulations title 13, sections 2261 through 2262.7 and 2265, in effect on January 1, 1997 and shall meet the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F. The fuel described in this subsection shall meet the requirements of section 3-3492, subsection A, paragraph 1.
C. Any registered supplier or oxygenate blender, as defined in division rules, may petition the associate director to request that all registered suppliers or oxygenate blenders be allowed to comply with standards other than the standards prescribed by section 3-3492, subsection A if the petitioner can demonstrate ethanol supply shortages are imminent.
D. The petition shall:
1. Identify specific supply conditions that will result in a shortage of ethanol.
2. Identify which oxygenate or oxygenates and the concentration that will be blended into gasoline for sale or use in area A.
3. Demonstrate that the alternative oxygenate blend comes closest to meeting a three and one-half percent by weight oxygen content at reasonable cost, unless the registered supplier or oxygenate blender is petitioning to use a gasoline-ethanol blend containing less than ten percent by volume of ethanol.
4. Specify a time period for compliance with any provision of section 3-3492, subsection A, not to exceed sixty days.
E. The associate director shall either grant or deny the petition in writing within seven days of its receipt. Any decision by the associate director to grant the petition shall be equally applicable to all registered suppliers or oxygenate blenders and shall not be selectively applied to any single registered supplier or oxygenate blender. The petition may be granted only if the associate director verifies that the basis for requesting the petition is factual.
F. The associate director may reauthorize a petition if the petitioner can demonstrate that the conditions have continued. The reauthorization of a petition shall not exceed thirty days.
G. The associate director of the division shall consult with the director of the department of environmental quality before granting, reauthorizing or denying any such petition.
H. c. The ASSOCIATE director of environmental quality the division, in consultation with the associate director of the division department of ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, shall adopt by rule:
1. Requirements to implement subsections A, and B, C and D of this section.
2. Requirements for recordkeeping, reporting and analytical methods for fuel providers to demonstrate compliance with subsections A, and B, C and D of this section.
I. d. This section does not apply to fuel sold for use at a motor vehicle manufacturer proving ground or at a motor vehicle racing event.
Sec. 2. Section 3-3493, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2017, chapter 295, section 2, is amended to read:
3-3493. Area A; fuel reformulation; rules
A. All gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and any portion of a county contained in area A, subject to an appropriate waiver granted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to section 211(c)(4) of the clean air act as defined in section 49-401.01, shall comply with either one of the following fuel reformulation options:
1. A gasoline that meets standards for federal phase II reformulated gasoline, as provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 80.41, paragraphs (e) through (h), in effect on January 1, 1999, except that the minimum oxygen content standard does not apply. The gasoline shall also meet the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F.
2. California phase 2 reformulated gasoline, including alternative formulations allowed by the predictive model, as adopted by the California air resources board pursuant to California Code of Regulations title 13, sections 2261 through 2262.7 and 2265, in effect on January 1, 1997, except that the minimum oxygen content standard does not apply. The gasoline shall also meet the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F.
B. For the period beginning November 1 through March 31 of each year, all gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in a county with a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and any portion of a county contained in area A, subject to an appropriate waiver granted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to section 211(c)(4) of the clean air act as defined in section 49-401.01, shall comply with standards for California phase 2 reformulated gasoline, including alternative formulations allowed by the predictive model, as adopted by the California air resources board pursuant to California Code of Regulations title 13, sections 2261 through 2262.7 and 2265, in effect on January 1, 1997 and shall meet the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F. The fuel described in this subsection shall meet the requirements of section 3-3492, subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2.
C. Any registered supplier or oxygenate blender, as defined in division rules, may petition the associate director to request that all registered suppliers or oxygenate blenders be allowed to comply with standards other than the standards prescribed by section 3-3492, subsection A if the petitioner can demonstrate that ethanol supply shortages are imminent.
D. The petition shall:
1. Identify specific supply conditions that will result in a shortage of ethanol.
2. Identify which oxygenate or oxygenates and the concentration that will be blended into gasoline for sale or use in area A.
3. Demonstrate that the alternative oxygenate blend comes closest to meeting a three and one-half percent by weight oxygen content at reasonable cost, unless the registered supplier or oxygenate blender is petitioning to use a gasoline-ethanol blend containing less than ten percent by volume of ethanol.
4. Specify a time period for compliance with any provision of section 3-3492, subsection A, not to exceed sixty days.
E. The associate director shall either grant or deny the petition in writing within seven days of its receipt. Any decision by the associate director to grant the petition shall be equally applicable to all registered suppliers or oxygenate blenders and shall not be selectively applied to any single registered supplier or oxygenate blender. The petition may be granted only if the associate director verifies that the basis for requesting the petition is factual.
F. The associate director may reauthorize a petition if the petitioner can demonstrate that the conditions have continued. The reauthorization of a petition shall not exceed thirty days.
G. The associate director of the division shall consult with the director of the department of environmental quality before granting, reauthorizing or denying any such petition.
H. c. The ASSOCIATE director of environmental quality the division, in consultation with the associate director of the division department of ENVIRONMENTAL quality, shall adopt by rule:
1. Requirements to implement subsections A, and B, C and D of this section.
2. Requirements for recordkeeping, reporting and analytical methods for fuel providers to demonstrate compliance with subsections A, and B, C and D of this section.
I. d. This section does not apply to fuel sold for use at a motor vehicle manufacturer proving ground or at a motor vehicle racing event.
Sec. 3. Section 3-3494, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
3-3494. Area C; fuel reformulation; rules
A. From and after May 31 through September 30 of each year, all gasoline produced and shipped to or within this state and sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in area C shall comply with either one of the following fuel reformulation options:
1. A gasoline that meets standards for federal phase II reformulated gasoline, as provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 80.41, paragraphs (e) through (h), in effect on January 1, 1999, except that the minimum oxygen content standard does not apply. The gasoline shall also meet the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3434, subsection D.
2. California phase 2 reformulated gasoline, including alternative formulations allowed by the predictive model, as adopted by the California air resources board pursuant to California Code of Regulations title 13, sections 2261 through 2262.7 and 2265, in effect on January 1, 1997, except that the minimum oxygen content standard does not apply. The gasoline shall also meet the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3434, subsection D.
B. Any registered supplier or oxygenate blender, as defined in division rules, may petition the associate director to request that all registered suppliers or oxygenate blenders be allowed to supply gasoline in area C that does not meet the standards in subsection A of this section if the petitioner demonstrates that a shortage in the supply of gasoline meeting the standards in subsection A of this section is imminent.
C. A petition under subsection B of this section shall:
1. Identify specific supply conditions that will result in a shortage of gasoline meeting the standards in subsection A of this section.
2. Identify the formulation of gasoline that will be sold in area C in lieu of gasoline meeting the standards in subsection A of this section.
3. Specify a time period for compliance with the standards of subsection A of this section not to exceed sixty days.
D. The associate director shall either grant or deny a petition under subsection B of this section in writing within seven days of its receipt. Any decision by the associate director to grant the petition shall be equally applicable to all registered suppliers or oxygenate blenders and shall not be selectively applied to any single registered supplier or oxygenate blender. The petition may be granted only if the associate director verifies that the basis for requesting the petition is factual.
E. The associate director may reauthorize a petition granted under subsection B of this section if the petitioner demonstrates that the conditions identified in the petition have continued. The reauthorization of a petition shall not exceed thirty days.
F. The associate director of the division shall consult with the director of the department of environmental quality before granting, reauthorizing or denying any petition under subsection B of this section.
G. b. The associate director of the division, in consultation with the director of the department of environmental quality, shall adopt by rule:
1. Requirements to implement subsections subsection A, B and C of this section.
2. Requirements for recordkeeping, reporting and analytical methods for fuel providers to demonstrate compliance with subsection A of this section.
H. c. This section does not apply to fuel sold for use at a motor vehicle manufacturer proving ground or at a motor vehicle racing event.
Sec. 4. Title 3, chapter 19, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 3-3499, 3-3500 and 3-3501, to read:
3-3499. Motor fuel waiver requests; definition
A. Any person may petition the associate director to request a waiver from the standards for motor fuel prescribed in section 3-3491, 3-3492, 3-3493, 3-3494 or 3-3495 or federal standards established by the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to the clean air act.
B. A petition for a motor fuel waiver request pursuant to subsection A of this section shall do all of the following:
1. Identify the specific supply conditions that will result in a shortage of motor fuel to meet the applicable standard.
2. Identify the geographic area and motor fuel standards for which the potential shortage exists.
3. Identify the alternative motor fuel formulations that will be sold in lieu of the motor fuel that meets the applicable standards.
4. Specify the time period that the motor fuel waiver is requested, which may not exceed twenty days.
c. Not later than seven days after the receipt of a petition submitted pursuant to subsection b of this section, the associate director of the division, in consultation with the director of the department of environmental quality and the United States environmental protection agency, shall:
1. Evaluate the petition.
2. Issue a written decision determining whether the petition includes the information required by subsection b of this section and meets the relevant criteria as prescribed in the clean air act.
3. Transmit a copy of the associate director's written decision to the petitioner, director of the department of environmental quality, president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives.
D. If the associate director issues a written decision determining that the petition meets the criteria in subsection b of this section and the clean air act within twenty-four hours of transmittal to the director of the department of environmental quality as prescribed by subsection C of this section, the director of the department of environmental quality, on behalf of the governor, shall submit a motor fuel waiver request to the United States environmental protection agency.
E. Any decision issued by the United States environmental protection agency to waive the applicable federal standards, and any decision issued by the associate director to waive the applicable state standards, that results from the submission of a motor fuel waiver request pursuant to subsection D of this section shall be applied equally to all regulated persons for which the standards apply. Any decision that results from the submission of a motor fuel waiver request pursuant to subsection D of this section shall be provided to the petitioner, the associate director of the division, the director of the department of environmental quality, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and all regulated persons for which the standards apply.
F. The director of environmental quality, in consultation with the associate director of the division, may submit a written request to the United States environmental protection agency to extend the motor fuel waiver granted pursuant to subsection D of this section if the petitioner demonstrates, and the associate director of the division verifies, that the conditions identified in the petition have continued. The reauthorization of a motor fuel waiver may not exceed twenty days.
G. A petition may be submitted pursuant to subsection A of this section for motor fuel properties that are not regulated by the United States environmental protection agency. Not later than seven days after the receipt of a petition submitted pursuant to this subsection, the associate director of the division shall evaluate the petition and, after consultation with and concurrence by the director of the department of environmental quality, issue a written decision determining whether the petition includes the information required in subsection B of this section and meets the criteria of the clean air act and whether to issue a waiver to waive the applicable state motor fuel requirements. The associate director shall transmit a copy of any written decision the associate director of the division issues pursuant to this subsection to the petitioner, the director of the department of environmental quality, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
H. If any person submits a petition pursuant to subsection A of this section, the associate director shall provide written notice that the petition was submitted within two business days of receipt of the petition to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. For the purposes of this subsection, all of the following are exempt from the provisions of title 39, chapter 1 and shall comply with the requirements of section 44-1374:
1. All communication regarding a petition between the president of the senate or the president's agent and any other person.
2. All communication regarding a petition between the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's agent and any other person.
3. All notices the associate director provides to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives or to their respective agents.
i. For the purposes of this section, "clean air act" has the same meaning prescribed in section 3-3511.
3-3500. Additional motor fuel blend; study; report
a. On RECEIPT of written NOTIFICATION from the director of the department of ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY pursuant to section 49-468, the associate director of the division, in consultation with registered suppliers and oxygenate blenders, as defined in division rule, that may be likely to supply or produce a blend for this state that is included in the director of department of ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY'S FINDINGS PURSUANT to section 49-468, shall conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of authorizing or obtaining a new blend for sale or use in this state, including the impact on the state's transportation fuel supply and the availability of transportation or supply capacity to provide the new blend.
b. Within one hundred twenty days after RECEIVING the written notice PURSUANT to section 49-468 and COMPLETING the feasibility study required by subsection a of this section, the associate director of the division, in consultation with the director of the department of environmental quality, shall prepare and submit to the governor, president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives a written report of the following information:
1. The findings of the air emissions model evaluated pursuant to section 49-468.
2. The results of the feasibility study completed pursuant to subsection a of this section.
3. Legislative recommendations based on the findings and results provided pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.
3-3501. Approved gasoline formulations; posting requirement
A. The associate director shall post on the department's website a list of all approved gasoline formulations by area in this state. The associate director shall update the list as the United States environmental protection agency approves or denies new gasoline formulations pursuant to this article.
B. The associate director shall post separately on the department's website both of the following:
1. A map that includes all currently approved gasoline formulations by area in this state.
2. A map of area A, area B and area C.
Sec. 5. Section 44-1374, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
44-1374. Confidentiality of petroleum industry information; disclosure; supply emergency; definitions
A. A governmental entity shall classify as confidential and not publicly disclose any documents or other information that is received from any petroleum industry related private or public source if the person or entity that provides the information agrees to provide the information only on the express condition that the information remain confidential.
B. If a governmental entity receives a request to publicly disclose information that is confidential information or for any other reason proposes to publicly disclose confidential information, the governmental entity shall provide to the person or entity that submitted the confidential information notice in writing of the request or proposal to disclose. The notice shall identify the confidential information that would be disclosed and indicate the form in which the confidential information would be provided. On receipt of the notice, the person or entity that submitted the confidential information has fifteen working days in which to respond to the notice and to either withdraw the request for confidentiality or justify to the governmental entity the claim of confidentiality on each specific item of confidential information covered by the notice.
C. The governmental entity shall consider the response in determining whether to publicly disclose any confidential information for which a justification has been submitted. Unless the governmental entity determines that there is no trade secret or other legitimate justification for the confidentiality being claimed by the respondent, the governmental entity shall not disclose any confidential information for which a justification has been timely submitted. If the governmental entity determines that there is no trade secret or other legitimate justification for all or a portion of the confidentiality claim, the governmental entity shall issue a written decision that sets forth the reasons for making that determination. The governmental entity shall deliver a copy of the decision to the person or entity submitting the confidential information and the person requesting public disclosure of the confidential information.
D. Notwithstanding a determination that there is no legitimate justification for a claim of confidentiality, and to allow the person or entity that submitted the confidential information to seek direct judicial intervention to prevent its release, the governmental entity shall not publicly disclose confidential information submitted to the governmental entity pursuant to this section for at least fifteen working days after the date on which the governmental entity has issued and disclosed the written determination pursuant to this section.
E. If any legal or administrative action is filed with any court or other agency seeking to force disclosure of any confidential information, the governmental entity, within five working days of after being served with the action, shall notify in writing the person or entity that submitted the confidential information of the action to allow the person or entity that submitted the confidential information to intervene in the action.
F. Confidential information shall not be classified or maintained as confidential if the governmental entity determines that the confidential information has already been made public by the submitting person or entity and advises, in writing, the person or entity that submitted the confidential information of this determination. Notwithstanding a determination that the confidential information has already been made public by the submitting person or entity, the governmental entity shall not publicly disclose the confidential information for at least five working days after the governmental entity has advised the submitting person or entity to allow the person or entity that submitted the confidential information to seek direct judicial intervention to prevent its release.
G. This section protects petroleum industry related confidential information submitted to a governmental entity but does not impose any requirement that information of any type from any source be submitted to any governmental entity.
H. If there is a statewide or regional shortage or threatened shortage of a product or service that is essential to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state due to an abnormal market disruption resulting from any natural disaster, weather condition, act of nature, strike, civil disorder, war, national or local emergency or other extraordinary adverse circumstance, the governor may proclaim that a supply emergency exists. If a supply emergency is declared pursuant to this subsection and a majority of the persons or entities that are the subject of the supply emergency has provided information to the governmental entity, the governmental entity may only disclose the unattributable aggregated total of all sources of confidential information.
I. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Confidential information" means all of the following:
(a) The information is not and has not been reasonably obtainable by legitimate means by other persons without the consent of the person or entity providing the information, other than by governmental entities and other than in discovery based on a showing of a special need in a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding.
(b) A statute does not specifically require disclosure of the information to the public.
(c) The person or entity has satisfactorily shown that disclosing the information is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person or entity providing the information.
2. "Governmental entity" means an agency, board, department or commission of this state, the state legislature and all members, agencies or committees of the state legislature and their agents but does not include the courts of this state.
3. "Publicly disclose" means to reveal the contents of information that has been classified as confidential to any third person or entity that is not bound by this section.
Sec. 6. Title 49, chapter 3, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 49-468, to read:
49-468. Air emissions model; gasoline formulations; definitions
A. Within one hundred twenty days after any of the following events, the director of the department of environmental quality, in consultation with the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of AGRICULTURE, for each seasonal period in area a and area c, shall evaluate using the most recent air emissions model approved by the united states environmental protection agency all relevant gasoline or gasoline blends that, as of the date of the evaluation, have not been evaluated by the director of the department of ENVIRONMENTAL quality using the most recent air emissions model approved by the united states environmental protection agency:
1. The adoption of a new federal gasoline standard or fuel formulation of national applicability by the United States environmental protection agency.
2. The approval of a new air emissions model by the united states environmental protection agency.
3. The adoption of a new federal air quality standard or nonattainment level by the united states environmental protection agency that impacts area a or area c.
4. The receipt of a written request from a registered supplier or oxygenate blender, as defined by rules adopted by the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, submitted pursuant to subsection c of this section, or a written request from the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture.
B. After evaluating the air emissions model required PURSUANT to subsection a of this section, if the director finds that any gasoline or gasoline blend that is not authorized for sale or use in area a or area c of this state during any seasonal time period may be eligible for approval by the united states environmental protection agency to be sold or used in one or more area during one or more of the relevant time periods, the director of the department of environmental quality shall notify the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture of the director's findings.
C. The director of the department of ENVIRONMENTAL quality shall adopt rules prescribing the application form and minimum information that must be provided in order for a registered supplier or oxygenate blender, as defined by rules adopted by the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, to request the director model a gasoline or gasoline blend pursuant to subsection a, paragraph 4 of this section. The rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall require a registered supplier or oxygenate blender that submits a written request to the director pursuant to this section to do all of the following:
1. Identify the specific gasoline or gasoline blends that the registered supplier or oxygenate blender is requesting the director to model.
2. Demonstrate a bona fide interest in supplying or producing the gasoline or gasoline blends for sale or use in area a or area c that the registered supplier or oxygenate blender is requesting the director to model.
3. Provide notice and a copy of the written request to the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture.
D. For the purposes of this section, "Area A" and "Area C" have the same meanings prescribed in section 49-541.
Sec. 7. Weights and measures services division; capacity and supply task force; study; membership; report; delayed repeal
A. Subject to legislative appropriation during the fifty-sixth legislature, second regular session, within ninety days after the effective date of this act, the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, in consultation with the director of the department of environmental quality, shall establish a task force as prescribed by this section to study and issue a report on critical fuel supply and capacity issues and opportunities in this state as set forth in this section.
B. The task force shall study all of the following issues:
1. Fuel supply and capacity constraints.
2. Pipeline and transportation capacity.
3. Fuel storage and strategic reserves.
4. Refinery maintenance and outages.
5. Capital investments and requirements.
6. Proposed or adopted energy policies in neighboring states.
7. Processes for modeling and adopting new fuel formulations.
8. Opportunities to update or modernize existing statutes or rules.
9. Ability to commingle blends while maintaining compliance and enforcement.
10. Ensuring federal air quality standards reflect state, local, and international conditions.
11. Any other issues the task force deems relevant to its goal.
C. Members of the task force shall include representatives from each of the following groups:
1. Fuel producers and refiners.
2. Fuel sellers and marketers.
3. Fuel suppliers and transporters.
4. Pipeline operators.
5. Terminal operators.
6. Relevant multistate trade associations.
7. Relevant local trade associations.
8. A majority and minority member of the relevant standing committee of the house of representatives who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
9. Any other members of the house of representatives who the speaker of the house of representatives appoints.
10. A majority and minority member of the relevant standing committee of the senate who are appointed by the president of the senate.
11. Any other members of the senate who the president of the senate appoints.
12. At least one employee of the governor's office who is appointed by the governor.
D. The members of the task force shall meet as often as the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture deems necessary to conduct and complete the study.
E. Not later than December 31, 2025, the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, in consultation with the director of the department of environmental quality, shall submit a written report of the task force's findings and recommendations to the governor, president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
F. This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2026.
Sec. 8. Weights and measures services division; air emissions modeling; coordination; report; delayed repeal
A. Subject to legislative appropriation during the fifty-sixth legislature, second regular session, within one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this act, the director of the department of environmental quality, in consultation with the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, for each seasonal time period in area A and area C as defined in section 49-541, Arizona Revised Statutes, shall evaluate using the most recent air emissions model approved by the United States environmental protection agency each of the following gasoline blends:
1. Federal phase II reformulated gasoline, as provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations sections 1090.200 through 1090.295, in effect on December 4, 2020, as modified to meet, for each relevant time period, the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F, Arizona Revised Statutes, and the minimum oxygen content or percentage requirements prescribed in section 3-3492, Arizona Revised Statutes.
2. California phase 3 reformulated gasoline, as adopted by the California air resources board pursuant to California Code of Regulations title 13, sections 2261 through 2262.7 and 2265, in effect on February 16, 2014, as modified to meet, for each relevant time period, the minimum oxygen content or percentage requirements prescribed in section 3-3492, Arizona Revised Statutes.
3. Federal conventional gasoline, as modified to meet, for each relevant time period, the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F, Arizona Revised Statutes, and the minimum oxygen content or percentage requirements prescribed in section 3-3492, Arizona Revised Statutes.
4. Federal conventional gasoline or gasoline that meets the standards for ASTM D4814 class and the maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsection D, Arizona Revised Statutes.
5. On the effective date of this act, all gasoline or gasoline blends that are approved for sale or use in petroleum administration of defense district five and that have not been approved for sale or use in area A or area C as defined in section 49-541, Arizona Revised Statutes, during any seasonal period and that have not been evaluated by the director of the department of environmental quality using the most recent air emissions model approved by the United States environmental protection agency.
B. If after completing the air emissions modeling required pursuant to subsection A of this section the director of the department of environmental quality finds that any gasoline or gasoline blend that is not authorized for sale or use in area A or area C as defined in section 49-541, Arizona Revised Statutes, during any seasonal time period may be eligible for approval by the United States environmental protection agency to be sold or used in one or more of such areas during one or more of such time periods, the director of the department of environmental quality shall notify the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture of the director's findings.
C. On receipt of written notification pursuant to subsection B of this section, the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, in consultation with registered suppliers and oxygenate blenders, that may be likely to supply or produce such a blend for this state, shall conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of authorizing or obtaining such a blend for sale or use in this state, including the impact on the state's transportation fuel supply and the availability of transportation or supply capacity to provide such a blend.
D. Within one hundred twenty days after completing the air emissions modeling required by subsection A of this section and the feasibility study required by subsection C of this section, the associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, in consultation with the director of the department of environmental quality, shall prepare and submit to the governor, president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives a written report containing all of the following:
1. The findings of the air emissions modeling completed pursuant to subsection A of this section.
2. The results of the feasibility study completed pursuant to subsection C of this section.
3. Recommended legislation based on the findings and results provided pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.
E. This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2026.
Sec. 9. Conditional enactment
Section 3-3493, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by Laws 2017, chapter 295, section 2 and this act, becomes effective on the date prescribed by Laws 2017, chapter 295, section 3, as amended by Laws 2022, chapter 177, section 12 and Laws 2024, chapter 70, section 1, but only on the occurrence of the condition prescribed by Laws 2017, chapter 295, section 3, as amended by Laws 2022, chapter 177, section 12 and Laws 2024, chapter 70, section 1.
