Arizona HB 2014: fuel formulations; modeling; study; appropriation

Bill Text

HB2014 - 572R - H Ver 

 House Engrossed

 fuel formulations; 
 modeling; study; appropriation

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HOUSE BILL 2014

AN 
ACT

prescribing air emissions modeling and 
fuel blend feasibility study requirements; Appropriating monies.

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Be it 
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Department of 
environmental quality; air emissions modeling; coordination; report; delayed 
repeal

A. Within ninety days 
after the effective date of this act, the director of the department of 
environmental quality, in consultation with the associate director of the 
weights and measures services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, 
for each seasonal time period in area A as defined in section 49-541, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, and area C as defined in section 3-3401, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, shall evaluate, using the most recent air emissions model 
approved by the United States environmental protection agency, each of the 
following gasoline blends for compliance:

1. Federal phase II 
reformulated gasoline, as provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations sections 
1090.200 through 1090.295, in effect on January 1, 2021, as modified to meet, 
for each relevant time period, the maximum vapor pressure requirements in 
section 3-3433, subsections D and F, Arizona Revised Statutes, and the 
minimum oxygen content or percentage by volume of ethanol requirements 
prescribed in section 3-3492, Arizona Revised Statutes.

2. California phase 3 
reformulated gasoline, as adopted by the California air resources board 
pursuant to California Code of Regulations title 13, sections 2261 through 
2262.7 and 2265, in effect on February 16, 2014, as modified to meet, for each 
relevant time period, the minimum oxygen content or percentage by volume of 
ethanol requirements prescribed in section 3-3492, Arizona Revised 
Statutes.

3. Federal conventional 
gasoline, as modified to meet, for each relevant time period, the maximum vapor 
pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsections D and F, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, and the minimum oxygen content or percentage by volume of 
ethanol requirements prescribed in section 3-3492, Arizona Revised 
Statutes.

4. Conventional 
gasoline or gasoline that otherwise meets the standards for ASTM D4814 and the 
maximum vapor pressure requirements in section 3-3433, subsection D, 
Arizona Revised Statutes.

5. On the effective 
date of this act, all gasoline or gasoline blends that are approved for sale or 
use in petroleum administration of defense district five and that have not been 
approved for sale or use in area A as defined in section 49-541, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, and area C as defined in section 3-3401, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, during any seasonal period and that have not been evaluated 
by the director of the department of environmental quality using the most 
recent air emissions model approved by the United States environmental 
protection agency.

B. Within ninety days 
after completing the air emissions modeling required pursuant to subsection A 
of this section, the director of the department of environmental quality shall 
prepare and publish on the department's website a report containing the 
findings of the air emissions modeling completed pursuant to subsection A of 
this section and identifying each gasoline or gasoline blend that may be 
eligible for approval by the United States environmental protection agency to 
be sold or used in one or more regulated areas during one or more seasonal time 
periods. The director of the department of environmental quality shall submit a 
copy of the report to the associate director of the weights and measures 
services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, the governor, the 
president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives and shall 
provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state. 

C. This section is 
repealed from and after September 30, 2027.

Sec. 2. Weights and measures services division; feasibility study; 
coordination; report; delayed repeal

A. Within ninety days 
after the associate director's receipt of the report required by section 1, 
subsection B of this act, the associate director of the weights and measures 
services division of the Arizona department of agriculture, in consultation 
with registered suppliers and oxygenate blenders, shall conduct a study to 
evaluate the feasibility of authorizing or obtaining for sale or use in this 
state each gasoline or gasoline blend identified in the report that meets the 
following criteria: 

1. The gasoline or 
gasoline blend may be eligible for approval by the United States environmental 
protection agency to be sold or used in one or more regulated areas during one 
or more seasonal time periods. 

2. The gasoline or 
gasoline blend is not currently authorized for s