Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 327d - Motor Fuel Quality Testing Standards › Section 14-327d-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in section 14-327d-1 to section
				14-327d-11,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "ASTM" means the American Society for
			 Testing and Materials International. ASTM is an international voluntary
			 consensus standards organization formed for the development of standards on
			 characteristics and performance of materials, products, systems, and services,
			 and the promotion of related knowledge;
(2) "Antiknock Index (AKI)" means the
			 arithmetic average of the Research Octane Number (RON) and Motor Octane Number
			 (MON): AKI = (RON+MON)/2. This value is called by a variety of names, in
			 addition to antiknock index, including: octane rating, posted octane, (R+M)/2
			 octane;
(3) "Approved
			 denaturant(s)" means materials used for denaturing ethyl alcohol for use as a
			 motor fuel which have been approved by the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
			 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Director;
(4) "Approved lead substitute" means an EPA
			 registered gasoline additive formulated to reduce valve seat recession in
			 engines designed to operate on leaded gasoline and which has been approved by
			 the director. Such approval shall be based upon the submission of scientific
			 documentation acceptable to the director;
(5) "Automatic transmission fluid" means a
			 product intended for use in a passenger vehicle, other than a bus, as either a
			 lubricant, coolant, or liquid medium in any type of fluid automatic
			 transmission that contains a torque converter. For the purposes of this
			 section, fluids intended for use in continuously variable transmissions are not
			 considered "Automatic Transmission Fluid;"
(6) "Automotive fuel rating" means the
			 automotive fuel rating required under the amended Octane Certification and
			 Posting Rule (or as amended, the Fuel Rating Rule), 16 CFR Part 306. Under said
			 rule, sellers of liquid automotive fuels, including alternative fuels, shall
			 determine, certify, and post an appropriate automotive fuel rating. The
			 automotive fuel rating for gasoline is the antiknock index (octane rating). The
			 automotive fuel rating for alternative liquid fuels consists of the common name
			 of the fuel, along with a disclosure of the amount, expressed as a minimum
			 percentage by volume of the principal component of the fuel. For alternative
			 liquid automotive fuels, a disclosure of other components, expressed as a
			 minimum percentage by volume, may be included;
(7) "Automotive gasoline, Automotive
			 gasoline-oxygenate blend" means a type of fuel suitable for use in
			 spark-ignition automobile engines and also commonly used in marine and
			 non-automotive applications;
(8)
			 "Aviation gasoline" means a type of gasoline suitable for use as a fuel in an
			 aviation spark-ignition internal combustion engine;
(9) "Aviation turbine fuel" means a refined
			 middle distillate suitable for use as a fuel in an aviation gas turbine
			 internal combustion engine;
(10)
			 "Base gasoline" means all components other than ethanol in a blend of gasoline
			 and ethanol;
(11) "Biodiesel" means
			 a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from
			 vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100;
(12) "Biodiesel blend" means a fuel comprised
			 of a blend of biodiesel with petroleum-based diesel fuel and designated as BXX.
			 In the abbreviation BXX, the XX represents the volume percentage of biodiesel
			 fuel in the blend;
(13) "Cetane
			 index" means an approximation of the cetane number of distillate diesel fuel,
			 which does not contain a cetane improver additive, calculated from the density
			 and distillation measurements;
(14)
			 "Cetane number" means a numerical measure of the ignition performance of a
			 diesel fuel obtained by comparing it to reference fuels in a standardized
			 engine test;
(15) "Commissioner"
			 means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection;
(16) "Denatured fuel ethanol" means nominally
			 anhydrous ethyl alcohol meeting the provisions of ASTM D-4806, "Standard
			 Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol to be Blended with Gasolines for Use
			 as an Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine fuel." It is intended to be blended with
			 gasoline for use as a fuel in a spark-ignition internal combustion engine. The
			 denatured fuel ethanol is first made unfit for drinking by the addition of
			 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) approved substances before
			 blending with gasoline;
(17)
			 "Diesel fuel" means a refined middle distillate suitable for use as a fuel in a
			 compression-ignition (diesel) internal combustion engine;
(18) "Director" means the Director of the
			 Food and Standards Division of the Department of Consumer Protection;
(19) "Distillate" means any product obtained
			 by condensing the vapors given off by boiling petroleum or its
			 products;
(20) "Distributor" means
			 any person who imports or causes to be imported into this state motor fuel for
			 sale or use in this state or any person who produces, refines, blends,
			 manufactures or compounds motor fuels within this state for sale or use in this
			 state and includes any affiliate of either such person who purchases motor fuel
			 for sale, consignment, or distribution to another or receives motor fuel on
			 consignment for consignment or distribution to his own motor fuel accounts or
			 to accounts of his supplier, but does not include any person who is an employee
			 of, or merely serves as a common carrier providing transportation service for,
			 such supplier;
(21) "EPA" means the
			 United States Environmental Protection Agency;
(22) "E85 Fuel ethanol" means a blend of
			 ethanol and hydrocarbons of which the ethanol portion is nominally 85 to 75
			 volume percent denatured fuel ethanol;
(23) "Engine fuel" means any liquid or
			 gaseous matter used for the generation of power in an internal combustion
			 engine;
(24) "Engine fuels designed
			 for special use" means engine fuels designated by the director as requiring
			 registration. These fuels normally do not have ASTM or other national consensus
			 standards applying to their quality or usability. Common special fuels are
			 racing fuels and those intended for agricultural and other off-road
			 applications;
(25) "Fuel oil" means
			 a refined oil middle distillates, heavy distillates, or residues of refining,
			 or blends of these, suitable for use as a fuel for heating or power generation,
			 the classification of which shall be defined by ASTM D-396;
(26) "Gasoline" means a volatile mixture of
			 liquid hydrocarbons generally containing small amounts of additives suitable
			 for use as a fuel in a spark-ignition internal combustion engine;
(27) "Gasoline-oxygenate blend" means a blend
			 consisting primarily of gasoline and a substantial amount (more than 0.35 mass
			 percent of oxygen, or more than 0.15 mass percent of oxygen if methanol is the
			 only oxygenate) of one or more oxygenates. This definition includes, but is not
			 limited to, the following designations:
(A)
			 "Gasohol" meaning any motor fuel containing a nominal ten volume percent
			 anhydrous denatured ethanol and 90 volume percent unleaded gasoline, regardless
			 of other name, label, or designation;
(B) Any gasoline-oxygenate blend which meets
			 the EPA's "Substantially Similar" rule;
(C) Any gasoline-oxygenate blend for which
			 there is an existing Clean Air Act waiver issued by the EPA; and
(D) Any gasoline-oxygenate blend which is not
			 subject to EPA fuel requirements, but for which approval has been granted by
			 the Department of Consumer Protection.