N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 1 § 224.8

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 224.8 - Retail sales of gasoline-alcohol blends

(a) A retailer or reseller shall not transfer, sell, dispense, or offer gasoline for sale in this State if it contains more than one percent by total volume of ethanol unless the retail dispensing device displays a sign with at least one-quarter inch block letter on a contrasting background reading "Contains. . . . . .% ethanol", the blanks being filled in with the maximum percentage of ethanol in the gasoline. This information shall be continuously displayed on the upper 50 percent of the dispenser.

(b) A retailer or reseller shall not transfer, sell, dispense, or offer gasoline for sale in this State if it contains more than three-tenths (0.3) percent by total volume of methanol unless the retail dispensing device displays a sign with at least one-quarter inch block letter on a contrasting background reading "Contains. . . . . .% Methanol" and "Contains. . . . . .% Co-solvent", the blanks being filled in with the maximum percentage of methanol and the minimum percentage of co-solvent in the gasoline. This information shall be continuously displayed on the upper 50 percent of the dispenser.

(c) A retailer or reseller shall not transfer, sell, dispense, or offer gasoline for sale in this State if it contains more than one percent by total volume of butanol unless the retail dispensing device displays a sign with at least one quarter inch block letter on a contrasting background reading "Contains......% Butanol", the blank being filled in with the maximum percentage of butanol in the gasoline. This information shall be conspicuously displayed on the upper 50 percent of the dispenser.

(d) A retailer that stores, sells or offers for sale any gasoline-alcohol blend for the first time shall remove all water and precipitated materials from the storage tank before the gasoline- alcohol blend is delivered into the storage tank.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 1 § 224.8

Amended New York State Register November 20, 2019/Volume XLI, Issue 47, eff. 11/20/2019