Petroleum Products Fees & Penalties

The bill:

• Authorizes the use of money in the petroleum storage tank fund for costs related to relocation or redevelopment of the division of oil and public safety's petroleum laboratory;
• Allows the division of oil and public safety to impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for a violation of a fuel quality standard for reformulated gasoline; and
• Reduces the current maximum civil penalty amount for a violation of certain record-keeping requirements by a person that owns or operates a gasoline dispensing facility to $500 per violation .

When the federal environmental protection agency requires the sale of reformulated gasoline in a nonattainment area in the state, the bill allows the division of oil and public safety to impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 per day for the retail distribution of reformulated gasoline that violates the applicable fuel quality specification. "Nonattainment area" is defined as an area of the state that the federal environmental protection agency has designated as being in nonattainment with a national ambient air quality standard.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)