ON FUEL PUMPS
House Bill 4805
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Johnson
Committee: Transportation
Complete to 6-30-99
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4805 AS INTRODUCED 6-17-99
House Bill 4805 would amend the Motor Fuels Quality Act to eliminate the ethanol labeling requirement at fuel pumps. Under the act, a retail dealer cannot sell gasoline in Michigan unless the pump dispensing the gas is posted with a notice that indicates the grade of gasoline and the additives in the gasoline.
Specifically, House Bill 4805 would remove the following labeling requirement: If gasoline contains at least one percent alcohol by volume, the notice shall state: "Contains (indicate the type of alcohol such as ethanol or methanol, and if methanol the label shall state 'alcohol: methanol', followed in the same size type, by the concentration to the nearest whole percent)". However, if the gasoline contains alcohols or ethers that have a molecular weight greater than ethanol and are not mixed with methanol or ethanol, or both, these alcohols or ethers are not subject to the notice requirements of this section.
MCL 290.644
Analyst: J. Hunault