fuel formulations; modeling; study; appropriation

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not specify a particular effective date or completion timeline beyond the required deadlines for each study.

Fuel Formulations Study and Modeling

This bill requires ADEQ to evaluate different gasoline blends using air emissions modeling, and it also requires AZDA's Weights and Measures Services Division to conduct a feasibility study on these blends. Both studies are funded with $100,000 each from the state General Fund in fiscal year 2026-2027.

What This Bill Does

• Requires ADEQ to evaluate different gasoline blends using air emissions modeling within 90 days after the bill's effective date.
• ADEQ must publish a report on their findings and submit it to relevant officials.
• The AZDA Weights and Measures Services Division must conduct a feasibility study on the evaluated gasoline blends within 90 days after receiving ADEQ's report.
• This division will also publish a report containing the results, impacts, and availability of transportation or supply capacity for these blends.
• Funds $100,000 from the state General Fund to ADEQ for air emissions modeling in fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Funds another $100,000 from the state General Fund to AZDA for the feasibility study in fiscal year 2026-2027.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Director and staff at ADEQ will conduct the air emissions modeling evaluation.
• The Associate Director and staff at the Weights and Measures Services Division of the Arizona Department of Agriculture will perform the feasibility study.

Terms To Know

Air Emissions Modeling

A process that predicts how pollutants from different sources, like cars, will spread in the air.

Feasibility Study

An analysis to determine if a project or idea is practical and can be successfully carried out.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens after the studies are completed.
• It is unclear how the results of these studies will influence future fuel regulations in Arizona.
• Sensitive information received during the feasibility study must remain confidential unless consented to by suppliers or blenders.

Official Summary Text

HB2014 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2014

fuel formulations;
modeling; study; appropriation

Purpose

Requires the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to
evaluate using the most recent air emissions modeling approved by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), outlined gasoline blends and appropriates
$100,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to ADEQ for the
evaluation. Requires the Associate Director of the Weights and Measures
Services Division (Associate Director) of the Arizona Department of Agriculture
(AZDA) to conduct the outlined fuel blend feasibility study and appropriates
$100,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to AZDA for the study.

Background

Fuel sold in Arizona must meet minimum standards prescribed by statute
and by Arizona Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures Division
(Division) rule. All gasoline produced and shipped to or within Arizona and all
gasoline sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles in a county with a
population of 1,200,000 or more persons and any portion of a county contained
in Area A (Area A) or the portion of Pinal County that is west of range 11
east, excluding the portion within Area A (Area C), must comply with one of two
outlined fuel reformulation options, subject to a waiver by the EPA to comply
with the federal Clean Air Act. All gasoline in Area A or Area C must also meet
the statutory maximum vapor pressure requirements, which vary based on the time
of year (A.R.S. ��
3-3433
and
3-3493
).

The reformulated gasoline program was mandated by the U.S. Congress in
the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. The Clean Air Act intended that reformulated
gasoline would be blended to burn more cleanly than conventional gasoline and
would reduce emissions of smog-forming and toxic pollutants. Reformulated
Gasoline is required in cities with high smog levels and is optional elsewhere.
Reformulated gasoline is currently used in 17 states and the District of
Columbia. About 25 percent of gasoline sold in the United States is
reformulated (
EPA
).

H.B. 2014 appropriates $100,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADEQ and $100,000
from the state GF in FY 2027 to the AZDA.

Provisions

Air
Emissions Modeling Report

1.

Requires the Director of ADEQ, within 210 days of the general effective
date and in consultation with the Associate Director, for each seasonal time
period in area A and area C to evaluate using the most recent air emissions
model approved by the EPA, each of the following gasoline blends for
compliance:

a)

federal
phase II reformulated gasoline, in effect on January 1, 2021, as modified to
meet the statutory requirements for the gasoline's maximum vapor pressure and
the minimum oxygen content or percentage by volume of ethanol;

b)

California
phase 3 reformulated gasoline, in effect on February 16, 2014, as modified to
meet the minimum oxygen content or the statutory requirements for the
percentage by volume of ethanol;

c)

federal
conventional gasoline, as modified to meet the statutory requirements for the
gasoline's maximum vapor pressure and the minimum oxygen content or percentage
by volume of ethanol;

d)

conventional
gasoline or gasoline that otherwise meets the standards for ASTM D4814 and the
statutory requirements for maximum vapor pressure; and

e)

on
the general effective date, 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 and area C, during any
seasonal period and that have not been evaluated by the Director of ADEQ using
the most recent air emissions model approved by the EPA.

2.

Requires the Director of ADEQ, within 90 days of the completion of the
air emissions modeling,� to prepare and publish on ADEQ's website a report
containing the findings of the air emissions modeling and identifying each
gasoline or gasoline blend that may be eligible for approval by the U.S. EPA to
be sold or used in one or more regulated areas during one or more seasonal time
periods.

3.

Requires the Director of ADEQ to submit a copy of the report to the
Associate Director, the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and provide a copy to the Secretary of State.

4.

Appropriates $100,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADEQ for the air emission
modeling evaluation.

5.

Repeals the air emissions modeling reporting requirements for ADEQ on
October 1, 2027.

Fuel Blend Feasibility Study

6.

Requires the Associate Director, within 90 days of receipt of the
outlined report and in consultation with registered suppliers and oxygenate
blenders, to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of authorizing or
obtaining for sale or use in Arizona each gasoline or gasoline blend identified
in the report that meets the following criteria:

a)

the
gasoline or gasoline blend may be eligible for approval by the EPA to be sold
or used in one or more regulated areas during one or more seasonal time
periods; and

b)

the
gasoline or gasoline blend is not currently authorized for sale or use in area
A and area C during any seasonal time period.

7.

Requires the Associate Director, within 90 days after the feasibility
study's completion, to prepare and publish on the Division's website a report
containing the:

a)

findings
of the feasibility study;

b)

impact
of a potential gasoline's or gasoline blend's sale or authorization on
Arizona's transportation fuel supply; and

c)

availability
of transportation or supply capacity to provide a potential gasoline or
gasoline blend.

8.

Requires the Associate Director to submit a copy of the report to the Governor,
the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
provide a copy the Secretary of State.

9.

Requires the information that the
Associate
Director
receives from a registered supplier or oxygenate blender to be
treated as sensitive information and kept confidential.

10.

Prohibits
the Associate Director from naming, identifying or providing any identifiable
information of a registered supplier or oxygenate blender in the prescribed
report without the written consent of the registered supplier or oxygenate
blender.

11.

Repeals
the fuel blend feasibility study requirements for the AZDA on October 1, 2027.

12.

Appropriates $100,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the AZDA for fuel
blend feasibility study.

Miscellaneous

13.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by Committee

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Extends the deadline for the air emissions modeling evaluation
conducted by ADEQ from within 90 days of the general effective date to within 210
days of the general effective date.

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Current 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.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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 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 time
period.

B. Within ninety days
after completing the feasibility study required by subsection A of this
section, the associate director of the weights and measures services division
of the Arizona department of agriculture shall prepare and publish on the
division's website a report containing the following:

1. The findings of the
feasibility study.

2. The impact of a
potential gasoline's or gasoline blend's sale or authorization on this state's
transportation fuel supply.

3. The availability of
transportation or supply capacity to provide a potential gasoline or gasoline
blend.

C. The associate
director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona
department of agriculture shall submit a copy of the report to 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.

D. Information the
associate director of the weights and measures services division of the Arizona
department of agriculture receives from a registered supplier or oxygenate
blender pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be treated as sensitive
information and kept confidential. In the report prepared pursuant to
subsection B of this section, the associate director may not name, identify or
provide any identifiable information of a registered supplier or oxygenate
blender without the written consent of the registered supplier or oxygenate
blender.

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

Sec. 3.
Appropriation;
department of environmental quality; air emissions modeling

The sum of $100,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
environmental quality for air emission modeling.

Sec. 4.
Appropriation;
Arizona department of agriculture; fuel blend feasibility study

The sum of $100,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Arizona
department of agriculture for a fuel blend feasibility study.