455G.31 E-85 gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure.

1. a. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Dispenser” includes a motor fuel pump, including but not limited to a motor fuel blender pump.

(2) “E-85 gasoline”, “ethanol blended gasoline”, and “retail dealer” mean the same as defined in section 214A.1.

(3) “Gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure” means any storage tank located below ground or above ground and any associated equipment including but not limited to a pipe, hose, connection, fitting seal, or motor fuel pump, which is used to store, measure, and dispense gasoline by a retail dealer.

(4) “Motor fuel pump” means the same as defined in section 214.1.

b. Ethanol blended gasoline shall be designated in the same manner as provided in section 214A.2.

2. A retail dealer may use gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure to store and dispense ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-9 or higher if the department of natural resources under this subchapter or the state fire marshal under chapter 101 determines that it is compatible with the ethanol blended gasoline being used.

3. a. A retail dealer may use a dispenser that does not satisfy the requirement in subsection 2 to dispense ethanol blended gasoline classified as higher than E-10 if the dispenser’s manufacturer has submitted the dispenser to an independent testing laboratory to be listed as compatible for use with E-85 gasoline. In addition, the retail dealer must install an under-dispenser containment system with electronic monitoring. The under-dispenser containment system shall comply with applicable rules adopted by the department of natural resources and the state fire marshal.

b. If within ten years from the date that a dispenser described in paragraph “a” is installed the same model of dispenser is listed as compatible for use with E-85 gasoline by an independent testing laboratory, the dispenser shall be deemed as compatible for use with ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-9 or higher up to and including E-85 by the department of natural resources and the state fire marshal. However, if after that time the same model of dispenser is not listed as compatible for use with E-85 gasoline by an independent testing laboratory, paragraph “a” no longer applies and the retail dealer must upgrade or replace the dispenser as necessary to be listed as compatible for use with E-85 gasoline.

2006 Acts, ch 1142, §25; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §122; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §80; 2007 Acts, ch 211, §47 – 49; 2008 Acts, ch 1169, §22 – 25, 30; 2009 Acts, ch 105, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §104; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §136; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §142

Referred to in §159A.14, 323.4A

Subsection 3 amended