290.642 Definitions.

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Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a)"Additive" means any substance in gasoline other than gasoline but does not include approved blending components, other than lead, sodium, and phosphate components, introduced at refineries or terminals as octane or product quality enhancers in quantities of less than 1% of volume.

(b)"American society for testing and materials" means an international nonprofit scientific and educational society devoted to the promotion of knowledge of the materials of engineering and the standardization of specification and methods of testing.

(c)"Antiknock index" or "AKI" means an index number arrived at by adding the motor octane number and the research octane number, then dividing by 2.

(d)"Biodiesel" means a fuel composed of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, and, in accordance with standards specified by the American society for testing and materials, designated B100, and meeting the requirements of D-6751, as approved by the department.

(e)"Biodiesel blend" means a fuel comprised of a blend of biodiesel fuel with petroleum-based diesel fuel, suitable for use as a fuel in a compression-ignition internal combustion diesel engine.

(f)"Blender" means a person who as an individual or through his or her agent adds an oxygenate to a gasoline.

(g)"Bulk purchaser-end user" means a person who is an ultimate consumer of gasoline and receives delivery of gasoline into a storage tank of at least 550-gallon capacity substantially under his or her control.

(h)"CARB" means the California air resources board.

(i)"Delivery vessel" means a tank truck, tank equipped trailer, or a similar vessel used for the delivery of gasoline to a dispensing facility.

(j)"Department" means the department of agriculture.

(k)"Diesel fuel" means any liquid other than gasoline that is suitable for use as a fuel or a component of a fuel in a compression-ignition internal combustion diesel engine.

(l)"Director" means the director of the department of agriculture or his or her authorized representative.

(m)"Dispensing facility" means a site used for gasoline refueling.

(n)"Dispensing unit" means a device designed for the delivery of gasoline in which 1 nozzle equates to 1 dispensing unit.

(o)"Distributor" means a person who purchases, transports, or stores or causes the transportation or storage of gasoline at any point between a gasoline refinery and a retail outlet or bulk purchaser-end user facility.

(p)"E.P.A." means the United States environmental protection agency.

(q)"Gasoline" means a volatile mixture of liquid hydrocarbons generally containing small amounts of additives suitable for use in spark-ignition internal combustion engines, and commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline.

(r)"Hydrogen fuel" means a substance containing the chemical formula H2 that exists as a colorless, odorless, and highly flammable gas except at low cryogenic temperatures or when highly compressed that is gaseous or liquefied and suitable for use in a fuel cell or hydrogen fuel vehicle.

(s)"Leak" means liquid or vapor loss from the gasoline dispensing system or stage I vapor-recovery system as determined by visual inspection or functional testing.

(t)"Modification" means any change, removal, or addition, other than an identical replacement, of any component contained within a stage I vapor-recovery system. The resultant modification must constitute an approved vapor-recovery system.

(u)"Motor octane number" or "MON" means a knock characteristic of gasoline determined by use of standard procedures on a motor engine.

(v)"Operator" means a person who owns, leases, operates, manages, supervises, or controls, directly or indirectly, a gasoline-dispensing facility.

(w)"Oxygenate" means an oxygen-containing, ashless, organic compound, such as alcohol or ether, that may be used as fuel or fuel supplement.

(x)"Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.

(y)"Refiner" means a person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a refinery.

(z)"Refinery" means a plant at which gasoline is produced.

(aa)"Research octane number" or "RON" means a knock characteristic of gasoline determined by use of standard procedures on a research engine.

(bb)"Retail dealer" means a person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a retail outlet.

(cc)"Retail outlet" means an establishment at which motor fuel is sold or offered for sale to the public.

(dd)"Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(ee)"Stage I vapor-recovery system" means a vapor tight collection system that is approved by the department and is designed to capture the gasoline vapors displaced during delivery into a stationary storage tank and to return not less than 90% of the displaced vapors to the delivery vessel.

History: 1984, Act 44, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 127, Eff. Aug. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1988 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1993 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 104 , Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 2006 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 271 , Imd. Eff. July 7, 2006

Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties relating to purity and quality standards for biofuels from department of energy, labor, and economic growth to department of agriculture, see E.R.O. No. 2009-4, compiled at MCL 445.2026.