Tests include octane, cetane, oxygenates, and sulfur content. We distribute recycling information posters for used motor oil and automotive batteries. Consumers are not charged for complaint investigations. A copy of the fee schedule is available on request. The division registers and monitors 440 individuals who install and repair commercial weighing and measuring equipment in Minnesota.
Registration is voluntary.
Registrants must have complete test equipment and a thorough knowledge of department requirements governing the equipment they install or repair. Vehicle and railroad scales. The division reviews plans and issues permits to install railroad scales and above ground scales used for commercial truck weighing. The most common complaints involve gasoline pump accuracy. Most complaints involve the net weight or measure of packaged foods and other consumer commodities.