Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
Definitions Used in This Section:
(1)
"Consumer" means, with respect to any item, the first person who purchases such
item for purposes other than resale.
(2) "Fuel dispenser" means the dispenser
through which a retailer sells the fuel to a consumer.
(3) "Methane Number" means the antiknock
index of compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas motor vehicle fuel.
The Methane Number of compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas is a
calculated value determined by the chemical composition of the fuel, including
inert components.
(4) "MWM Method"
means the algorithm for the calculation of the Methane Number of a natural gas
fuel from its composition. The MWM Method algorithm is available in the
European Committee for Standardization (CEN) standard EN 16726 "Gas
infrastructure -- Quality of gas -- Group H" (EN16726), Annex A, pages 9
through 30, published December 2015, which is herein incorporated by reference.
A spreadsheet calculator implementing the MWM Method
algorithm and a pdf file of instructions for its use ("readme.pdf") are
available for download at no cost at:
http://euromot.org/media_and_events/publications/mn.
(5) "Minimum MWM Methane Number" means the
lowest MWM Methane Number of natural gas fuel offered for retail
sale.
(6) "Producer" means any
person who purchases component elements and combines them to produce and market
natural gas motor vehicle fuels.
(7) "Retailer" means any person who markets
natural gas motor vehicle fuels to the general public for ultimate
consumption.
(b) The name
of the product and grade designation, if any, shall be conspicuously displayed
on each customer side of all natural gas fuel dispensers. For all natural gas
fuels, the name of the product and grade designation, if any, shall also appear
on all advertising signs and storage tank labels as required in Sections
13480
and
13532
of the Business and Professions Code.
(c)
(1) A
person shall not sell at retail to the general public any compressed or
liquefied natural gas for use as a motor vehicle fuel from any place of
business in this state unless there is displayed and labeled on the fuel
dispenser in a conspicuous place on the customer side the following statement:
"MINIMUM METHANE NUMBER XX BY THE MWM METHOD (4 CCR
4206)," where XX is the MWM Methane Number of
the dispensed natural gas fuel expressed in a number rounded down to a whole
number. This statement shall be displayed in Helvetica Black or equivalent font
type with characters not less than 1/2 inch in height.
(2) Natural gas motor vehicle fuel producers
shall be responsible for determining the minimum MWM Methane Number to be
displayed for the fuel they produce for retail sale to the general public. In
making this determination, they may rely on information received from the
utility supplying the pipeline gas used to produce their fuel, independent
laboratory testing of the composition of the pipeline gas, or any other
reliable information available to them. The minimum MWM Methane Number shall be
accurate at all times.
(d)
(1) A
person shall not sell at retail to the general public any compressed natural
gas for use as a motor vehicle fuel from any place of business in this state
unless there is displayed and labeled on the fuel dispenser in a conspicuous
place on each customer side the following statement: "1 Gasoline Gallon
Equivalent (GGE) equals 5.66 lb of Compressed Natural Gas".
(2) The statement "1 Gasoline Gallon
Equivalent (GGE) equals 5.66 lbs. of Compressed Natural Gas" shall be in
characters of Helvetica Black or equivalent font type, no less than 3/4
inch in height and on a contrasting background. All lines or marks used in the
making or forming of all the characters which are a part of the label shall be
at least one-eighth of an inch in width.
(e)
(1) A
person shall not sell at retail to the general public any liquefied natural gas
for use as a motor vehicle fuel from any place of business in this state unless
there is displayed and labeled on the fuel dispenser in a conspicuous place on
each customer side the following statement: "1 Diesel Gallon Equivalent (DGE)
equals 6.06 lb of Liquefied Natural Gas".
(2) The statement "1 Diesel Gallon Equivalent
(DGE) equals 6.06 lbs. of Liquefied Natural Gas" shall be in characters of
Helvetica Black or equivalent font type, no less than 3/4 inch in height
and on a contrasting background. All lines or marks used in the making or
forming of all the characters that are a part of the label shall be at least
one-eighth of an inch in width.
1. New section
filed 1-24-2018; operative 4-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 4).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
12027
and
13480,
Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
13400,
13404,
13440,
13451,
13470,
13471,
13473,
13474,
13480,
13484,
13531,
13532
and
13536,
Business and Professions Code.
