OAR 340-258-0110
Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements

(1)

Pursuant to ORS 468A.420 (Oxygenated motor vehicle fuels), OAR 340-258-0100 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Policy) through 340-258-0310 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas) apply to:

(a)

A person who refines, distributes, blends, supplies, sells, offers for sale, or otherwise markets gasoline for use in motor vehicles; and

(b)

Permitted control area responsible parties who own gasoline being imported or being sold at or from terminals who market gasoline.

(2)

Except as provided in OAR 340-258-0300 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Dispenser Labeling), the requirements of 340-258-0110 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements) through 340-258-0310 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas) apply only from November 1 to February 29, and only within a control area listed in 340-204-0090 (Oxygenated Gasoline Control Areas).

(3)

The labeling requirements of OAR 340-258-0300 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Dispenser Labeling) apply only within a control area during the control period.
NOTE: This applies only to the Department rules and a dispenser is still responsible for complying with the disclosure requirements of ORS 646.915 (Requirement to display on fuel dispensing devices names and concentrations of oxygenates in certain blended gasolines).

(4)

To reduce carbon monoxide air pollution from motor vehicles in a control area, OAR 340-258-0110 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements) through 340-258-0310 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas) requires:

(a)

The dispensing into gasoline powered motor vehicles of an oxygenated gasoline with an oxygen content that meets the requirements of OAR 340-258-0140 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Per Gallon Oxygen Content Standard) or 340-258-0150 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Average Oxygen Content Standard), and 340-258-0160 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Minimum Oxygen Content), as applicable;

(b)

That a dispenser where an oxygenated gasoline is dispensed be labeled as required by OAR 340-258-0300 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Dispenser Labeling);

(c)

That oxygenated gasoline be blended as required by OAR 340-258-0170 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Oxygenated Gasoline Blending); and

(d)

A person who refines, distributes, blends, supplies, or sells an oxygenated gasoline to meet the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of OAR 340-258-0110 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements) through 340-258-0310 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas).

(5)

Nothing in OAR 340-258-0110 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements) through 340-258-0310 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas) precludes a person from using, refining, distributing, blending, supplying, selling, or otherwise marketing fuel that meets the requirements of OAR 340-258-0110 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements) through 340-258-0310 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas):

(a)

Between March 1 and October 31 in a control area; or

(b)

At any time in any other location statewide.

(6)

Nothing in OAR 340-258-0110 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements) through 340-258-0310 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas) precludes a person from using, refining, distributing, blending, supplying, selling, or otherwise marketing non oxygenated fuel:

(a)

Between November 1 and February 29 outside of control areas;

(b)

At dispensing facilities where motor vehicles are not fueled.

(7)

Except as provided in OAR 340-258-0230 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Prohibited Activities), the following dispensing sites are exempt from 340-258-0110 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements) through 340-258-0310 (Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas) and may dispense non oxygenated gasoline in control areas during control periods if fuel will not be used in motor vehicles, including but not limited to: Airports, marinas, saw shops, farms dispensing to farm equipment not used as a motor vehicle, and other facilities not dispensing fuel into motor vehicles.

Source: Rule 340-258-0110 — Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=340-258-0110.

340‑258‑0010
Definitions 340‑258‑0100
Oxygenated Gasoline: Policy 340‑258‑0110
Oxygenated Gasoline: Purpose and General Requirements 340‑258‑0120
Oxygenated Gasoline: Sampling and Testing for Oxygen Content 340‑258‑0130
Oxygenated Gasoline: Compliance Options 340‑258‑0140
Oxygenated Gasoline: Per Gallon Oxygen Content Standard 340‑258‑0150
Oxygenated Gasoline: Average Oxygen Content Standard 340‑258‑0160
Oxygenated Gasoline: Minimum Oxygen Content 340‑258‑0170
Oxygenated Gasoline: Oxygenated Gasoline Blending 340‑258‑0180
Oxygenated Gasoline: Registration 340‑258‑0190
Oxygenated Gasoline: CAR, Distributor and Retail Outlet Operating Permits 340‑258‑0200
Oxygenated Gasoline: Owners of Gasoline at Terminals, Distributors and Retail Outlets Required to Have Indirect Source Operating Permits 340‑258‑0210
Oxygenated Gasoline: Recordkeeping 340‑258‑0220
Oxygenated Gasoline: Reporting 340‑258‑0230
Oxygenated Gasoline: Prohibited Activities 340‑258‑0240
Oxygenated Gasoline: Inspection and Sampling 340‑258‑0250
Oxygenated Gasoline: Liability for Violation of a Prohibited Activity 340‑258‑0260
Oxygenated Gasoline: Defenses for Prohibited Activities 340‑258‑0270
Oxygenated Gasoline: Inability to Produce Conforming Gasoline Due to Extraordinary Circumstances 340‑258‑0280
Oxygenated Gasoline: Quality Assurance Program 340‑258‑0290
Oxygenated Gasoline: Attest Engagements Guidelines When Prohibited Activities Alleged 340‑258‑0300
Oxygenated Gasoline: Dispenser Labeling 340‑258‑0310
Oxygenated Gasoline: Contingency Provision for Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas 340‑258‑0400
Standard for Automotive Gasoline: Reid Vapor Pressure for Gasoline
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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