§17-347. Ethanol or methanol label requirements.

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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.

B. 1. A label as required in subsection A of this section shall:

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,

b. state “Contains Ethanol” or “Contains Methanol”, as

applicable,

c. appear in contrasting colors with block letters at

least one-half (1/2) inch high and one-fourth (1/4)

inch wide, and

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 percent (15%) ethanol, a pump label as required in subsection A of this section 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 containing at least ten percent (10%) ethanol by volume or at least five percent (5%) methanol by volume is delivered in the sixty-day period preceding the date of the sale or offer of sale, the sign as required 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 highest 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 ethanol contained in the motor fuel being sold;

2. The percentage of methanol contained in the motor fuel being sold; and

3. If the motor fuel contains methanol, 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 any 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. Added by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 46, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2023, c. 36, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.