N.M. Code R. § 20.11.102.12 Oxygenated Fuels

• Library: New Mexico Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 34, No. 24, December 19, 2023
• Citation: N.M. Code R. § 20.11.102.12
• Year: 2023

During the winter pollution season, oxygenated fuels shall be used in all gasoline powered motor vehicles as a wintertime air pollution control strategy for reduction of carbon monoxide emissions in Bernalillo county.

A. Annual program duration and minimum oxygen content:

(1) During the winter pollution season, no person shall supply or sell any gasoline motor fuel intended as a final product for fueling of motor vehicles within Bernalillo county, or sell at retail, or sell to a private or government fleet for consumption; or introduce such fuels into a motor vehicle in Bernalillo county unless the fuel contains a minimum 2.7 percent oxygen content by weight, except as required pursuant to 20.11.102.14 NMAC.

(2) The department shall establish the blending tolerance for oxygenated fuels.

(3) The board, after considering EPA guidelines and other applicable information, reports, data, and testimony, may make a determination by July of each year whether the oxygenate levels should be modified or remain the same.

(4) Oxygenates approved for use in this program shall be blended per unit volume of gasoline motor fuel, and blended up to 10 percent by volume for ethanol, or at the volume for any other gasoline motor fuel additive which has been issued a waiver by the EPA pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Section 211 (f) (4).

(5) No gasoline motor fuel blended with methanol and intended as a final product for fueling of motor vehicles shall be sold at retail or to a private or government fleet within Bernalillo county.

B. Inventory: Any supplier who provides gasoline or oxygenate blends in bulk in Bernalillo county must register with VPMD and provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all jobbers, fleet fueling facilities and retail outlets supplied. The inventory shall be submitted to VPMD by November 30, 2005 and by October 31 each year thereafter.

C. Recordkeeping: During the winter pollution season, any supplier providing gasoline in Bernalillo county must document whether each batch is oxygenated, the oxygen content by weight and the oxygenate type and percent by volume. This documentation must accompany each shipment and be kept on file by the retailer or fleet facility for the duration of the winter pollution season.

D. Labeling and notice to the public:

(1) All oxygenated motor fuel...