Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 27 - SALE BY WEIGHT OR MEASURE › Section 603-027-0410 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Accredited
			 Laboratory" means a laboratory that is currently accredited by an independent
			 laboratory accrediting body for analyzing motor fuels using American Society
			 for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International test procedures and
			 specifications.
(2) "Alcohol" means
			 a volatile flammable liquid having the general formula CnH(2n+1)OH used or sold
			 for the purpose of blending or mixing with gasoline for use in propelling motor
			 vehicles, and commonly or commercially known or sold as an alcohol, and
			 includes ethanol or methanol.
(3)
			 "ASTM" means 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. ASTM when used in these rules shall mean the 2016 Annual
			 Book of ASTM Standards, Section 5, Volumes 05.01 through 05.05.
(4) "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.
(5) "Automotive Fuel
			 Rating" means the automotive fuel rating determined under
			 16 CFR
			 306.5, required to be certified under
			 16
			 CFR 306.6 and
			 16 CFR
			 306.8, and required to be posted under
			 16 CFR
			 306.10. Under this Rule, sellers of liquid
			 automotive fuels, including alternative fuels, must 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, if desired.
(6)
			 "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.
(7) "Aviation Gasoline" means a type of
			 gasoline suitable for use as a fuel in an aviation gas spark-ignition internal
			 combustion engine.
(8) "Batch" and
			 "Production Lot" means a homogenous production volume of finished biodiesel
			 from one or more sources that is held in a single container where
			 representative samples are taken and analyzed to provide an authentic
			 certificate of analysis (COA) for the specific volume.
(9) "Bulk Facility" means a facility,
			 including pipelines terminals, refinery terminals, rail and barge terminals and
			 associated underground and above ground tanks connected or separate, from which
			 motor vehicle fuels are withdrawn from bulk and delivered to retail, wholesale
			 or nonretail facilities or into a cargo tank or barge used to transport those
			 products.
(10) "Base Gasoline"
			 means all components other than ethanol in a blend of gasoline and
			 ethanol.
(11) "Biodiesel" means a
			 motor vehicle fuel consisting of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids
			 derived from vegetable oils, animal fats, or other nonpetroleum resources, not
			 including palm oil, designated as B100 and complying with ASTM D6751. Biodiesel
			 produced in or imported into Oregon for use as a blend stock shall comply with
			 B100 biodiesel requirements including ASTM International D6751 and the
			 Certificate of Analysis.
(12)
			 "Biodiesel Blend" means a fuel comprised of a blend of biodiesel fuel with
			 petroleum-based diesel fuel, designated BXX. In the abbreviation BXX, the XX
			 represents the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel in the blend.
(13) "Biomass" means organic matter that is
			 available on a renewable or recurring basis and that is derived from:
(a) Forest or rangeland woody debris from
			 harvesting or thinning conducted to improve forest or rangeland ecological
			 health and reduce uncharacteristic stand replacing wildfire risk;
(b) Wood material from hardwood timber
			 described in ORS 321.267(3);
(c) Agricultural residues;
(d) Offal and tallow from animal
			 rendering;
(e) Food wastes
			 collected as provided under ORS Chapter 459 or 459A;
(f) Yard or wood debris collected as provided
			 under ORS Chapter 459 or 459A;
(g)
			 Wastewater solids; or
(h) Crops
			 grown solely to be used for energy, and
(i) Biomass does not mean wood that has been
			 treated with creosote, pentachlorophenol, inorganic arsenic, or other inorganic
			 chemical compounds.