Arizona Administrative Code › Title 3 - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SERVICES DIVISION › Article 7 - MOTOR FUELS AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS › Section R3-7-760 - Compliance Surveys

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A registered supplier
				shall conduct surveys for oxygenate blending during the winter and a compliance
				survey during the summer. The winter survey shall be conducted following the
				requirements in subsection (A), or using an independent third-party surveyor
				following the requirements in subsections (B) and (D). The summer survey shall
				be conducted following the requirements in subsection (C), or using an
				independent third-party surveyor following the requirements in subsections (C)
				and (D). Surveys for oxygenate blending during the winter: A registered
				supplier supplying AZRBOB from a production or import facility shall conduct an
				oxygenate blending survey program to be carried out at the facilities of each
				oxygenate blender who blends any AZRBOB produced or imported by the refiner or
				importer with any oxygenate, to determine whether the Arizona CBG, which has
				been produced through blending, complies with the applicable standards using
				the methodology specified in
				R3-7-759. The sampling and testing
				program shall be conducted as follows:
1.
				Samples shall be collected in accordance with ASTM D4057 and be analyzed for
				oxygenates. All samples shall be collected subsequent to the addition of
				oxygenate and prior to combining the resulting gasoline with any other
				gasoline.
2. Sampling and testing
				shall be at one of the following rates, regardless of the amount of oxygenate
				added:
a. In the case of AZRBOB which is
				blended with oxygenate in a gasoline storage tank, a rate of not less than one
				sample for every 400,000 barrels of AZRBOB produced or imported by that refiner
				or importer that is blended by that oxygenate blender, or one sample every
				month, whichever is more frequent;
b. In the case of AZRBOB which is blended
				with oxygenate in gasoline delivery trucks through the use of
				computer-controlled in-line blending equipment, a rate of not less than one
				sample for every 200,000 barrels of AZRBOB produced or imported by that refiner
				or importer that is blended by that oxygenate blender, or one sample every
				three months, whichever is more frequent; or
c. In the case of AZRBOB which is blended
				with oxygenate in gasoline delivery trucks without the use of
				computer-controlled in-line blending equipment, a rate of not less than one
				sample for each 50,000 barrels of AZRBOB produced or imported by that refiner
				or importer which is blended, or one sample per month, whichever is more
				frequent.
3. In the event
				that the test results for any sample indicate the gasoline does not comply with
				applicable standards, including reproducibility, the refiner or importer shall:
a. Immediately take steps to stop the sale of
				the gasoline that was sampled;
b.
				Take steps which are reasonably calculated to determine and correct the cause
				of the noncompliance;
c. Increase
				the rate of sampling and testing to double the required frequency outlined in
				subsection (A)(2); and
d. Continue
				the increased frequency of sampling and testing until the results of ten
				consecutive samples and tests indicate the gasoline complies with applicable
				standards, at which time the sampling and testing may be conducted at the
				original frequency.
4.
				This survey program conducted by a registered supplier shall be conducted in
				addition to any survey requirements carried out under this subsection by other
				registered suppliers.