California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 5 - Standards for Motor Vehicle Fuels › Article 3 - Specifications for Alternative Motor Vehicle Fuels › Subarticle 1 - Specifications for Alternative Motor Vehicle Fuels › Section 2292.1 - Fuels Specifications for M100 Fuel Methanol

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following standards apply to M-100 fuel
						methanol
(The identified test methods are incorporated herein by
						reference):
Specifications for
								  M-100 Fuel Methanol
Specification
Value
Test
								Method
Methanol
96 vol. % (min.)
As
								determined by the distillation range below
Distillation
4.0°C (range)
ASTM
								D 1078-86. At 95% by volume distilled. Must include 64.6 + 0.1°C
Other alcohols and ethers
2 mass %
								(max.)
ASTM D 4815-89
Hydrocarbons, gasoline or diesel fuel
								derived
2 mass % (max.)
ASTM D 4815-89, and then subtract
								concentration of alcohols, ethers and water from 100 to obtain percent
								hydrocarbons
Specific gravity
0.792 + 0.002 @
								20°C
ASTM D 891-89
Acidity as acetic acid
0.01 mass %
								(max.)
ASTM D 1613-85
Total chlorine as chloride
0.0002 mass %
								(max.)
ASTM D 2988-86
Lead
2 mg/1
								(max.)a
ASTM D 3229-88
Phosphorus
0.2 mg/1
								(max.)b
ASTM D 3231-89
Sulphur
0.002 mass % (max.)
ASTM D
								2622-87
Gum, heptane washed
5 mg/1
								(max.)
ASTM D 381-86
Total particulates
5 mg/1
								(max.)
ASTM D 2276-89, modified to replace cellulose acetate filter
								with a 0.8 micron pore size membrane filter
Water
0.3 mass % (max.)
ASTM E
								203-75
Appearance
Free of turbidity, suspended
								matter and sediment
Visually determined at 25°C by proc. A of ASTM
								D 4176-86
Bitterant
c
Odorant
d
__________
a No added lead.
b No added phosphorous.
c The M-100 fuel methanol at
						ambient conditions must have a distinctive and noxious taste, for purposes of
						preventing purposeful or inadvertent human consumption. Applicable
						1/1/95.
d The M-100 fuel methanol upon
						vaporization at ambient conditions must have a distinctive odor potent enough
						for its presence to be detected down to a concentration in air of not over 
						1/5
						(one-fifth) of the lower limit of flammability. Applicable
						1/1/95.
1. New
						section filed 12-9-92; operative 1-1-93 (Register 92, No. 50).
2.
						New footnote (e) filed 8-4-95; operative 8-4-95 pursuant to Government Code
						section
						11343.4(d)
						(Register 95, No. 31).
3. Amendment of section heading and
						incorporated test methods filed 9-23-96; operative 10-23-96 (Register 96, No.
						39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  39600,
						  39601,
						  43013,
						  43018,
						  and
						  43101,
						  Health and Safety Code; and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n. v. Orange County Air
						  Pollution Control District, 14 Cal. 3d 411, 121 Cal. Rptr. 249 (1975).
						  Reference: Sections
						  39000,
						  39001,
						  39002,
						  39003,
						  39010,
						  39500,
						  40000,
						  43000,
						  43016,
						  43018
						  and
						  43101,
						  Health and Safety Code: and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n. v. Orange County Air
						  Pollution Control District, 14 Cal. 3d 411, 121 Cal. Rptr. 249
						  (1975).