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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  
 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT  
 
 1) Heading of the Part :  Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act  
 
2) Code Citation :  8 Ill. Adm. Code 850  
 
3) Section Number :  Proposed Action : 
 850.60     Amendment  
 
4) Statutory Authority :  Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act [815 ILCS 370/5.1(i)]  
 
5) A Complete Description of the Subjects and Issues I nvolved :  Gasoline blended with 
ethanol has a higher vapor pressure than gasoline alone.  For gasoline -ethanol blends, 
Illinois adopts Section 2.1.2 of the Uniform Engine Fuels and Automotive Fuel 
Lubricants Regulations, NIST Handbook 130, which in turn ad opts ASTM D4814.  
Although considered by ASTM several times, ASTM has not adopted vapor pressure 
exceptions to ASTM D4814.  Handbook 130 therefore contains specific vapor pressure 
exceptions for gasoline -ethanol blends, but said exceptions expire on May 1,  2016. 
Without the vapor pressure exceptions, petroleum marketers are concerned with the cost 
of compliant fuel.  The rule also adopts the latest version of Handbook 130 (2016).  
 
6) Published studies or reports, and sources of underlying data, used to com pose this 
rulemaking : Uniform Engine Fuels and Automotive Fuel Lubricants Regulations, NIST 
Handbook 130 and ASTM D4814.  
 
7) Will this rulemaking replace any emergency rule currently in effect ?  Yes , 40 Ill. Reg. 
7478  
 
8) Does this rulemaking contain an a utomatic repeal date ?  No  
 
9) Does this rulemaking contain incorporations by reference ?  Yes  
 
10) Are there any other rulemakings pending on this Part ?  No  
 
11) Statement of Statewide Policy Objective :  This rulemaking allows consistent standards 
for the petroleum industry to continue.  
 
12) Time, Place and Manner in which interested persons may comment on this proposed 
rulemaking :  A 45 -day written comment period will begin on the day the Notice of 
Proposed Amendments appears in the Illinois Register .  Ple ase mail written comments on 
the proposed rulemaking to the attention of:       ILLINOIS REGISTER             8881  
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  
 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT  
 
  
Susan Baatz  
Illinois Department of Agriculture  
State Fairgrounds, P. O. Box 19281  
Springfield  IL 62794 -9281  
 
217/524 -6905  
fax:  217/785 -4505  
 
13) Initial Regulatory Flexibility Ana lysis: 
 
A) Types of small businesses, small municipalities and not -for-profit corporations 
affected :  There will be little to no impact to small businesses, small 
municipalities and not -for-profit corporations .  
 
B) Reporting, bookkeeping or other procedur es required for compliance :  Petroleum 
refiners will be given more latitude in the chemical make -up of components used 
in the production of motor fuels.  The American Petroleum Institute supports this 
change.  
 
C) Types of professional skills necessary for compliance :  Petroleum refiners will 
need to continue to utilize a laboratory technician/analyst.  
  
14) Regulatory Agenda on which this rulemaking was summarized :  The agency believed 
ASTM would incorporate the vapor pressure exceptions into ASTM D4814 before May 
1, 2016, but ASTM has not done so yet.  Therefore, the agency did not anticipate the 
need for this rulemaking.  
 
The full text of the Proposed Amendment begins on the next page : 
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  
 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT  
 
 TITLE 8:  AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS  
CHAPTER I:  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICU LTURE  
SUBCHAPTER s:  MOTOR FUELS  
 
PART 850  
MOTOR FUEL AND PETROLEUM STANDARDS ACT  
 
Section  
850.10  Written Complaint Required  
850.20  Access to Motor Fuels and Records  
850.30  Responsibility for Standards of Quality  
850.40  Administrative, Laboratory and S ampling Fees  
850.50  Label on Motor Fuel Dispensing Device  
850.60  ASTM Standards  
 
AUTHORITY:  Implementing and authorized by the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act 
[815 ILCS 370].  
 
SOURCE:  Emergency rules adopted at 8 Ill. Reg. 1455, effective January 12, 1984; adopted at 8 
Ill. Reg. 5993, effective April 23, 1984; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 12711, effective August 6, 1985; 
amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 5072, effective March 26, 1990; emergency amendment at 28 Ill. Reg. 
16352, effective December 1, 2004, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 1886, 
effective January 24, 2005; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 5372, effective April 1, 2005; emergency 
amendment at 34 Ill. Reg. 301, effective December 21, 2009, for a maximum of 150 days; 
amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 6050, effective April 19, 2010; emergency amendment at 34 Ill. Reg. 
10532, effective July 8, 2010, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 19468, 
effective December 3, 2010; emergency amendment at 35 Ill. Reg. 5615, effective March 17, 
2011 , for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 11241, effective July 1, 2011; 
emergency amendment at 36 Ill. Reg. 7330, effective May 1, 2012, for a maximum of 150 days; 
amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 14685, effective September 24, 2012; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 14004, 
effective September 16, 2013; emergency amendment at 40 Ill. Reg. 7478, effective April 26, 
2016, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ____________.  
 
Section 850.60  ASTM Standards  
 
a) The standards set forth in the Annual Book of (ASTM ) Standards American 
Society for Testing and Materials Section 5, Volumes 05.01, 05.02, 05.03, 05.04 
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  
 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT  
 
 modified or rejected by a regulation adopted by the Department.   [815 ILCS 
370/4]  
 
b) The effective date for the lubricity requirement contained in Table 1 (Detailed 
Requirements for Diesel Fuel Oils) of D 975 -04b is extended until October 1, 
2005.  
 
c) The quality of gasoline -ethanol oxygenate  blends sold or  offered for sale in this 
State shall meet the standards set forth in Section 2.1.2 of the Uniform Engine 
Fuels and Automotive Lubricants Regulations as provided inunder the  National 
Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, 2016 2013  edition, as 
adopted by the 100th National Con ference on Weights and Measures , November 
2015, http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/pubs/upload/hb 130-2016 -wfinal3.pdf . 
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subsection, the Department expressly 
rejects the May 1, 2016 expiration of the vapor pressure exceptions in Section 
2.1.2 of Handbook 130.  Therefore, the vapor pressure exceptions in Section 2.1.2 
of Handbook  130 shall remain in effect until ASTM incorporates those exceptions 
into ASTM D4814 NIST Weights and Measures Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 
2600, Gaithersburg MD 20899 -2600, http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/pubs/  
hb13013.cfm .  These standards do not include any later amendments or editions  
of NIST Handbook 130 . 
 
(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ____________)