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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2909

 2        AMENDMENT NO. ____.  Amend House Bill 2909,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    in    Section  5,  Sec.  4.1,  subsection  (a),  the sentence
 4    beginning "Upon any retail", by  deleting  "of  the  methanol
 5    derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE),"; and

 6    in   Section  5,  Sec.  4.1,  subsection  (a),  the  sentence
 7    beginning "Upon any retail", by  deleting  "of  the  methanol
 8    derivative MTBE,"; and

 9    in  Section  5,  Sec.  4.1,  subsection  (a), by deleting the
10    sentence beginning "With respect to the  methanol  derivative
11    MTBE,"; and

12    in   Section  5,  Sec.  4.1,  subsection  (a),  the  sentence
13    beginning "Devices used to dispense", by replacing "methanol,
14    and ethanol, and the methanol derivative MTBE" with "methanol
15    and ethanol"; and

16    in Section 5, Sec. 4.1, immediately below subsection (a),  by
17    inserting the following:
18        "(a-5)  Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that
19    is  used  to  dispense a motor fuel containing at least 2% by
20    volume of the methanol derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether
21    (MTBE), there shall be displayed a label  stating:  "CONTAINS
22    METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)".  The label shall be done
 
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 1    in contrasting colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in
 2    height  and  1/4 inch in width, and not more than one inch in
 3    height and 1/2  inch  in  width,  and  shall  be  visible  to
 4    customers.   The label shall be located on the front or sides
 5    of the dispenser and within the top 30 percent of the  height
 6    of the dispenser.  On a dual-faced dispenser, the label shall
 7    be  affixed  on  each  front  or each side in accordance with
 8    these requirements.  Devices  used  to  dispense  only  motor
 9    fuels  that  contain a total of less than 2% by volume of the
10    methanol derivative MTBE need not be so labeled."; and

11    in Section 5, Sec. 4.1, immediately below subsection (e),  by
12    inserting the following:
13        "(f)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed to
14    require or impose an obligation upon the owner or operator of
15    a retail motor fuel dispensing station, facility,  or  device
16    to  perform  a  test on or measurement of a shipment of motor
17    fuel received to determine the specific content  of  ethanol,
18    methanol, or the methanol derivative MTBE.".

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