What's happening
This bill updates labeling requirements for diesel fuel in New York, replacing cetane rating disclosures with grade disclosures.
Why it matters
Switches focus from "cetane rating" to "grade". for diesel fuel, meaning consumers and businesses will now see grade information instead of cetane numbers when buying or selling diesel. This could change how buyers compare fuels or make purchasing decisions.
Simplifies compliance and enforcement. for fuel retailers and suppliers, as "grade" is often a broader, more easily defined category than cetane rating, which requires specific laboratory testing.
May affect consumer awareness. about fuel quality, since cetane rating is a technical measure of diesel performance, while grade may be less directly informative about engine suitability or emissions. This could impact drivers who rely on cetane information for certain vehicles or equipment.
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Who cares
Diesel refiners, distributors and resellers
The bill would require their transaction documents to identify diesel fuel grade instead of cetane rating.
Diesel fuel retailers
The bill would require signs on retail diesel dispensers to disclose fuel grade instead of minimum cetane rating.
Diesel fuel purchasers
Buyers would receive grade information rather than cetane ratings on transaction documents and retail dispenser signs.
Headline styles
Label Diesel Fuel Grades
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 111
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S5756
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.184
- Rules report cal.184
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to codes
- Referred to agriculture
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Label Diesel Fuel Grades
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Jen Metzger
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7690
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 16, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA, LUPARDO -- (at request of the Department of Agriculture and Markets) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to diesel fuel grade posting requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The section heading, paragraph b of subdivision 3 and paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 192-c of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 716 of the laws of 1989, are amended to read as follows:
Motor fuel standards and labelling; [cetane rating] grade of diesel fuel; alcohol content.
b. A refiner, distributor or reseller shall not transfer, sell or dispense diesel motor fuel in this state without delivering to the purchaser a bill, invoice or other instrument evidencing the transaction which shall indicate the [cetane rating] grade of such diesel motor fuel.
b. A retailer shall not transfer, sell, dispense or offer diesel motor fuel for sale in this state unless the retail petroleum dispensing device displays a sign disclosing the [minimum cetane rating] grade.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09039-01-9
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