Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 174 - Abatement of Air Pollution › Section 22a-174-28 - Oxygenated gasoline

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions
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(1) "ASTM" means the
			 American Society for Testing and Materials.
(2) "Carrier" means any person who
			 transports, stores or causes the transportation or storage of gasoline at any
			 point in the gasoline distribution network, without taking title to or
			 otherwise having ownership of the gasoline and without altering the quality or
			 quantity of the gasoline.
(3)
			 "Central Control Area" means the cities and towns within the Hartford
			 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. These towns are: Andover, Avon,
			 Bark-hamsted, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Canton,
			 Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Cromwell, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam,
			 East Hampton, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington,
			 Glastonbury, Granby, Haddam, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough,
			 Middlefield, Middletown, New Britain, New Hartford, Newington, Plainville,
			 Plymouth, Portland, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington,
			 Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Willington,
			 Windsor and Windsor Locks.
(4)
			 "Control Area" means either the Central Control Area or the Southwestern
			 Control Area.
(5) "Control period"
			 means the period from November 1 to the last day of February for the Central
			 Control Area and the Southwestern Control Area if a violation of the ambient
			 air quality standard for carbon monoxide, as determined in accordance with the
			 procedures specified in 40 CFR 50, occurs within such Control Area after
			 November 1, 1998. If such violation occurs between December 1 and September 1,
			 the Control Period for the Control Area in which such violation occurred begins
			 the following November. If such violation occurs between September 1 and
			 December 1, the Control Period for the Control Area in which such violation
			 occurred begins sixty (60) days after such violation for the initial Control
			 Period and begins November 1 for each succeeding year.
(6) "Distributor" means any person who
			 transports or stores or causes the transportation or storage of gasoline at any
			 point between any gasoline refinery or importer's facility and any retail
			 outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer's facility.
(7) "Gasoline" means any fuel sold for use in
			 motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines, and commonly or commercially known or
			 sold as gasoline.
(8) "Importer"
			 means a person who imports gasoline or gasoline blending stocks from a foreign
			 country into the United States.
(9)
			 "Oxygenate" means any substance which, when added to gasoline, increases the
			 amount of oxygen in that gasoline blend. Lawful use of any combinations of
			 these substances requires that they be "Substantially Similar" under section
			 211(f)(1) of the Clean Air Act, or be permitted under a waiver granted by the
			 Administrator under the authority of section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air
			 Act.
(10) "Oxygenated gasoline"
			 means a gasoline with an oxygen content of at least two and seven tenths
			 percent (2.7%) but no more than three and five tenths percent (3.5%) of oxygen
			 by weight.
(11) "Oxygen content"
			 means the percentage of oxygen by weight contained in gasoline, based upon its
			 percentage oxygenate by volume, excluding denaturants and other non-oxygen
			 containing components.
(12)
			 "Refinery" means a plant at which gasoline is produced.
(13) "Retail outlet" means any establishment
			 at which gasoline is sold, offered for sale or dispensed to the ultimate
			 consumer for use in motor vehicles.
(14) "Retailer" means any person who owns,
			 leases, operates, controls or supervises a retail outlet.
(15) "Southwestern Control Area" means the
			 cities and towns within the Connecticut portion of the New Jersey - New York -
			 Connecticut Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. These towns are:
			 Ansonia; Beacon Falls; Bethel; Bridgeport; Bridgewater; Brookfield; Danbury;
			 Darien; Derby; Easton; Fairfield; Greenwich; Milford; Monroe; New Canaan; New
			 Fairfield; New Milford; Newtown; Norwalk; Oxford; Redding; Ridgefield; Seymour;
			 Shelton; Sherman; Stamford; Stratford; Trumbull; Weston; Westport; and
			 Wilton.
(16) "Terminal" means a
			 facility at which gasoline is sold or dispensed into trucks for transportation
			 to a retailer or wholesale purchaser-consumer.
(17) "Wholesale purchaser-consumer" means any
			 person who:
(A) is an ultimate consumer of
			 gasoline;
(B) purchased or obtains
			 such gasoline from a distributor or carrier; and
(C) receives such gasoline into a storage
			 tank with a capacity of 550 gallons or more which is substantially under the
			 control of such person.