Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXXV - Agro-Consumer Services › Chapter 3 - Petroleum Products › Subchapter A - Standards › Section XXXV-301 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
				  Subchapter, the terms defined in this Section have the meanings herein given to
				  them, except where the context expressly indicates otherwise.
ASTM or ASTM International
-the national
					 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.
Antiknock Index or AKI
-the arithmetic
					 average of the Research Octane Number (RON) and Motor Octane Number (MON): AKI
					 = (RON+MON)/2. In addition to anti-knock index, this value is called by a
					 variety of names including: octane rating, posted octane, and (R+M)/2
					 octane.
Automotive Fuel Rating
-the automotive fuel
					 rating required under federal law.1 The automotive
					 fuel rating for gasoline is the antiknock index. The automotive fuel rating for
					 alternative liquid fuels consists of the common name of the fuel and the
					 disclosure of the amount, expressed as a minimum percentage, by volume of the
					 principal component of the fuel.
Automotive Gasoline or Automotive
					 Gasoline-Oxygenate Blend
-a type of fuel suitable for use in automotive
					 spark-ignition internal combustion engines and also commonly used in marine and
					 non-automotive applications.
Aviation Gasoline
-a type of gasoline
					 suitable for use as a fuel in an aviation spark-ignition internal combustion
					 engine.
Aviation Turbine Fuel
-a refined middle
					 distillate suitable for use as a fuel in an aviation gas turbine internal
					 combustion engine.
Base Gasoline
-all components other than
					 ethanol in a blend of gasoline and ethanol.
Biodiesel
-a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl
					 esters of long chain fatty acids derived from renewable resources including but
					 not limited to vegetable oils, waste grease, or animal fat, and meeting the
					 requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D-6751 or
					 a diesel fuel substitute produced from non-petroleum renewable resources
					 (inclusive of vegetable oils and animal fats) that meet the registration
					 requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the United States
					 Environmental Protection Agency and any blending components derived from
					 renewable fuel.
Biodiesel Blend
-a blend of diesel fuel
					 and biodiesel suitable for use as a fuel in compression ignition
					 engines.
Biomass-Based Diesel
-a non-ester renewable
					 diesel fuel produced from non-petroleum renewable resources, including biomass,
					 plant oils, animal fats, microbial oils, and agricultural or municipal wastes,
					 that meets the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives
					 established by the Environmental Protection Agency under
					 42 U.S.C.
					 7545 and conforms to the most recent revision
					 of the appropriate ASTM specification. It is a renewable fuel that has
					 lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are at least 50 percent less than the
					 baseline lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, is registered as a motor vehicle
					 fuel under 40 CFR 79, and is either a transportation fuel (ASTM D975), heating
					 oil (ASTM D396), or jet fuel (ASTM D1655).
Biomass-Based Diesel Blend
-a blend of
					 diesel fuel and biomass-based diesel that conforms to ASTM D975 and is suitable
					 for use as a fuel in compression ignition engines.
Cetane Index
-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.
Cetane Number
-a numerical measure of the
					 ignition performance of a diesel fuel obtained by comparing it to reference
					 fuels in a standardized engine test.
Diesel Fuel
-a refined middle distillate
					 suitable for use as a fuel in a compression-ignition (diesel) internal
					 combustion engine.
Distillate
-any product obtained by
					 condensing the vapors given off by boiling petroleum or its products.
EPA
-the United States Environmental
					 Protection Agency.
E85 Fuel Ethanol
-a blend of ethanol and
					 hydrocarbons of which the ethanol portion is nominally 75 to 85 volume percent
					 denatured fuel ethanol.
Engine Fuel
-any liquid or gaseous matter
					 used for the generation of power in an internal combustion engine.
Engine Fuels Designed for Special
					 Use
-engine fuels designated by the commissioner 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.
Ethanol or Denatured Fuel
					 Ethanol
-nominally anhydrous ethyl alcohol meeting ASTM D 4806
					 standards. It is intended to be blended with gasoline for use as a fuel in a
					 spark-ignition internal combustion engine.
Fuel Oil
-refined oil middle distillates,
					 heavy distillates, 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.
Gasoline
-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.
Gasoline-Alcohol Blend
-a fuel 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 alcohols.
Gasoline-Oxygenate Blend
-a fuel consisting
					 primarily of gasoline along with 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.
Kerosene
or
Kerosine
-a
					 refined middle distillate suitable for use as a fuel for heating or
					 illuminating, the classification of which shall be defined by ASTM D
					 3699.
Lead Substitute
-an EPA-registered gasoline
					 additive suitable, when added in small amounts to fuel, to reduce or prevent
					 exhaust valve recession (or seat wear) in automotive spark-ignition internal
					 combustion engines designed to operate on leaded fuel.
Lead Substitute Engine Fuel
-for labeling
					 purposes, a gasoline or gasoline-oxygenate blend that contains a "lead
					 substitute."
Leaded
-for labeling purposes, any gasoline
					 or gasoline-oxygenate blend that contains more than 0.013 g of lead per liter
					 (0.05 g lead per U.S. gal).2
Low Sulfur
-low sulfur diesel fuel that
					 meets ASTM D 975 standards, e.g., Grade Low Sulfur No. 1-D or Grade Low Sulfur
					 No. 2-D.
Low Temperature Operability
-a condition
					 that allows the uninterrupted operation of a diesel engine through the
					 continuous flow of fuel throughout its fuel delivery system at low
					 temperatures. Fuels with adequate low temperature operability characteristics
					 have the ability to avoid wax precipitation and clogging in fuel
					 filters.
Lubricity
-a qualitative term describing
					 the ability of a fluid to affect friction between surfaces and wear to surfaces
					 in relative motion under load.
M100 Fuel Methanol
-nominally anhydrous
					 methyl alcohol, generally containing small amounts of additives, suitable for
					 use as a fuel in a compression-ignition internal combustion engine.
M85 Fuel Methanol
-a blend of methanol and
					 hydrocarbons of which the methanol portion is nominally 70 to 85 volume
					 percent.
Motor Octane Number or MON
-a numerical
					 indication of a spark-ignition engine fuel's resistance to knock obtained by
					 comparison with reference fuels in a standardized ASTM D 2700 Motor Method
					 engine test.
Oxygen Content of Gasoline
-the percentage
					 of oxygen by mass contained in a gasoline.
Oxygenate
-an oxygen-containing, ashless,
					 organic compound, such as an alcohol or ether, which can be used as a fuel or
					 fuel supplement.
Reformulated Gasoline
-a volatile mixture
					 of liquid hydrocarbons and oxygenates meeting the reformulated gasoline
					 requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and suitable for use as a
					 fuel in a spark-ignition internal combustion engine.
Research Octane Number
or
RON
-a numerical indication of a spark-ignition engine fuel's
					 resistance to knock obtained by comparison with reference fuels in a
					 standardized ASTM D 2699 Research Method engine test.
SAE
-the Society of Automotive Engineers, a
					 technical organization for engineers, scientists, technicians, and others in
					 positions that cooperate closely in the engineering, design, manufacture, use,
					 and maintainability of self-propelled vehicles.
Substantially Similar
-the EPA's
					 "Substantially Similar" rule, Section 211(f) of the Clean Air Act [
					 42 U.S.C.
					 7545(f)].
Thermal Stability
-the ability of a fuel to
					 resist the thermal stress that is experienced by the fuel when exposed to high
					 temperatures in a fuel delivery system.
Total Alcohol
-the aggregate total in
					 volume percent of all alcohol contained in any fuel defined in this
					 Subchapter.
Total Oxygenate
-the aggregate total in
					 volume percent of all oxygenates contained in any fuel defined in this
					 Subchapter.
Unleaded
(when used in conjunction with
engine fuel
or
gasoline
)-any gasoline or
					 gasoline-oxygenate blend to which no lead or phosphorus compounds have been
					 intentionally added and which contains not more than 0.013 gram of lead per
					 liter (0.05 g lead per U.S. gal) and not more than 0.0013 gram of phosphorus
					 per liter (0.005 g phosphorus per U.S. gal).
Wholesale Purchaser Consumer
-any person
					 who is an ultimate consumer of gasoline, fuel methanol, fuel ethanol, diesel
					 fuel, biodiesel, fuel oil, kerosene, aviation turbine fuel, or aviation
					 gasoline and who purchases or obtains the product from a supplier and receives
					 delivery of that product into a storage tank.
1 16 CFR Part 306, adopted
					 pursuant to
					 15
					 U.S.C. 2801, et seq.
2NOTE: EPA defines leaded fuel
					 as one which contains more than 0.0013 g of phosphorus per liter (0.005 g per
					 U.S. gal), or any fuel to which lead or phosphorus is intentionally
					 added.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 3:4671, 4673, 4680, and
					 4681.