Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-7-749 - Definitions Applicable to Arizona CBG and AZRBOB

The following definitions apply only to R3-7-750 through R3-7-762 :

1. "Designated alternative limit" means a fuel property specification, expressed in the nearest part per million by weight for sulfur content, nearest 10th percent by volume for aromatic hydrocarbon content, nearest 10th percent by volume for olefin content, and nearest degree Fahrenheit for T90 and T50, that is assigned by a registered supplier to a final blend of Type 2 Arizona CBG or AZRBOB for purposes of compliance with the Predictive Model Procedures, which are incorporated by reference in R3-7-702(10).

2. "Importer" means any person that assumes title or ownership of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB produced by an unregistered supplier.

3. "Oxygenate-blending facility" means any location (including, but not limited to, a truck) where an oxygenate or ethanol flex fuel is added to Arizona CBG or AZRBOB, and nothing further is added to the resulting Arizona CBG except for the addition of a deposit-control or similar additive registered under 40 CFR 79 . An oxygenate-blending facility includes a facility that recertifies Arizona CBG under R3-7-755(F).

4. "Performance standard" means the VOC and NOx emission reduction percentages in R3-7-751(A)(8) and R3-7-751(D)(1).

5. "PM alternative gasoline formulation" means a final blend of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB that is subject to a set of PM alternative specifications.

6. "PM alternative specifications" means the specifications for the following fuel properties, as determined using a testing methodology in R3-7-759 :

a. Maximum vapor pressure, expressed in the nearest 100th of a pound per square inch;

b. Maximum sulfur content, expressed in the nearest part per million by weight;

c. Maximum olefin content, expressed in the nearest 10th of a percent by volume;

d. Minimum and maximum oxygen content, expressed in the nearest 10th of a percent by weight;

e. Maximum T50, expressed in the nearest degree Fahrenheit;

f. Maximum T90, expressed in the nearest degree Fahrenheit; and

g. Maximum aromatic hydrocarbon content, expressed in the nearest 10th of a percent by volume.

7. "PM flat limit" means a PM alternative specification that is subject to the PM flat limit compliance option.

8. "PM flat limit compliance option" means, with reference to a specific fuel property, the compliance option that each gallon of gasoline must meet for that specified fuel property as contained in the PM alternative specifications.

9. "Produce" means:

a. Except as otherwise provided, to convert a liquid compound that is not Arizona CBG or AZRBOB into Arizona CBG or AZRBOB.

b. If a person blends a blendstock that is not Arizona CBG or AZRBOB with Arizona CBG or AZRBOB acquired from another person, and the resulting blend is Arizona CBG or AZRBOB, the person conducting the blending produces only the portion of the blend not previously Arizona CBG or AZRBOB. If a person blends Arizona CBG or AZRBOB with other Arizona CBG or AZRBOB in accordance with this Article, without the addition of a blendstock that is not Arizona CBG or AZRBOB, that person is not a producer of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB.

c. If a person supplies Arizona CBG or AZRBOB to a refiner that agrees in writing to further process the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB at the refiner's refinery and be treated as the producer of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB, the refiner is the producer of the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB.

d. If an oxygenate blender blends oxygenates or ethanol flex fuel into Arizona CBG or AZRBOB, and nothing further is added to the AZRBOB or the resulting Arizona CBG except for the addition of a deposit-control or similar additive, the producer or importer of the AZRBOB, rather than the oxygenate blender, is considered the producer or importer of the resulting Arizona CBG.

10. "Registered supplier" means a producer or importer that supplies Arizona CBG or AZRBOB and is registered with the associate director under R3-7-750.

11. "Third-party terminal" means an owner or operator of a gasoline storage tank facility that accepts custody, but not ownership, of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB from a registered supplier, oxygenate blender, pipeline, or other third-party terminal and relinquishes custody of the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB to a transporter or other terminal.

12. "Type 1 Arizona CBG" means a gasoline that meets the standards contained in R3-7-751(A) and R3-7-751(D)(1).

13. "Type 2 Arizona CBG" means a gasoline that meets the standards contained in R3-7-751(D)(2), and meets the requirements in:

a. R3-7-751(A) beginning April 1 through October 31 of each year, and

b. R3-7-751(B) beginning November 1 through March 31 of each year.

14. "Winter" means November 1 through March 31.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-7-749

Adopted by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2280, effective 10/2/2017. Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 2666, effective 11/10/2018. Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 442, effective 3/5/2023.